Well my point was more that there's a bit of a rose-tint in this person's description of the "early internet"... unless they mean really early, like ARPANET early.
Plenty of rage-bait attention seeking in the mid-2000s.
I mean... how old is 4chan? .../b/?
I doubt China will make a direct military move against Russia ever. That's not how they invade their neighbors.
Instead what they like to do is arrange some kind of development contract, usually mining or something similar, where they take over a large piece of land and then basically have free reign to bring in whatever equipment and personnel they want and extract resources with little oversight, few if any environmental regulations, and no labor laws. They will either import their own workers who will basically be treated like slaves, or hire local workers if they're cheap and treat them the same. Also it's pretty easy to import some surveillance equipment and a few PRC enforcers amidst all the industrial gear and specialist personnel.
For example:
Internally, China is starting to enforce stricter environmental protections:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214790X23000096
Because of things like the damage that's been done to the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake:
https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-bans-sand-mining-on-yangtze-river
So basically they're exporting environmental damage to other countries:
https://coastalcare.org/2018/10/chinas-search-for-sand-is-destroying-mozambiques-pristine-beaches/
(which is not really different from what western nations have been doing since the industrial revolution, it's just that in the present we know a lot more about the long-term impacts of the damage and the climate crisis is a lot more immediate, plus modern technology accelerates and amplifies the damage, and China is very aggressive in this area)
Russia is experiencing a labor shortage and will continue to for a long time after this war. I expect we will start to see deals with China to do resource extraction inside Russia, and once they're in it's very difficult to get them out.
tl;dr: military operations are expensive in terms of finance, politics, and international influence, but resource extraction deals are lucrative and develop soft power
How is Russia planning on rebuilding its military might
China & North Korea.
Russia just got handed a bunch of war material by NK, probably acting as a proxy for China. China will prop them up to put pressure on the EU, while also gaining more internal control over Russia.
Old men ruling countries is a national security issue at this point
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One of my favorite AI image apps
Is "dragged" the new "slammed"?
Yes! then you can have other mental health problems to distract from your existing ones.
For best results, try Gentoo.
“Following recent regulatory changes in Russia, we received persistent requests from Roskomnadzor demanding that five add-ons be removed from the Mozilla add-on store,” a Mozilla spokesperson told The Intercept in response to a request for comment. “After careful consideration, we’ve temporarily restricted their availability within Russia. Recognizing the implications of these actions, we are closely evaluating our next steps while keeping in mind our local community.”
People are getting upset about this, but it only applies within the country where Roskomnadzor has authority, and it's temporary pending further review.
Slow down your condemnations. Mozilla, as a law-abiding organization, must at least acknowledge the requests of a regulatory agency within its own country. Whether you agree with their requests or not, Roskomnadzor has governmental authority in this context within Russia.
Stop jumping to conclusions, actually read the article, and put the fucking pitchforks away.
This is a large album of images from the protests in Beijing in 1989. It gives the historical context for the events leading up to the "tank man" photo, and what happened after.
Warning: blood, gore, visible injuries, death
In case you're ever wondering, this is an example of your tax dollars at work. Thirty years ago solar and wind generation had to be heavily subsidized with government grants to make them viable in the energy market. Now the technology of both has advanced to the point that it's undercutting all of the other forms of electricity generation, without subsidization.
Government subsidies work. They're effective for getting new technologies off the ground.
AI is a surveillance technology.