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Just an additional note: the xz backdoor is well known because it was found. It was found mostly because it’s foss. It’s doubtful it would’ve been found if it was closed source.

Imagine how many xz-like exploits are live today that hasn’t been detected yet. Is this exploit more prevalent in open source or closed source software?

Truly the art of the deal

They targeted gamers…

China has everything to gain from a weakened America. These tariffs will hurt China short term. Long term it’s America that will be hurt the most.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

A loss in sales of Chinese goods in America will hurt China.

”Trade war resistant” is probably closer to reality. It’s a major disruption that’s going to hurt their economy, but they can probably adjust. China can always sell their goods to some other country.

In grand scheme, I suppose America is more dependent on China than China is on America. It’s going to be difficult for America to replace Chinese goods.

It was always a given that China would eventually dethrone US as a global super power. I never expected US to basically hand it over to them.

That’s not a mutually exclusive or

As John Green put it: we can no longer say that the deaths of tuberculosis are caused by a bacteria. The deaths of tuberculosis are caused by human choice. We have the choice to live in a world where millions don’t die by this treatable disease, but we chose not to.

I’m eagerly waiting for his upcoming book about this terrible disease.

I’m afraid MAGA does

*Non-elected illegal immigrant

They will just deny it ever happening and say it’s taken out of context. He can’t possibly be a Nazi because he likes Israel. And if it happened (which it did not), it’s not important. Libs are so easily triggered these days.

Huge tragedy. As a Swede, I never expected we would ever have a school shooting of this magnitude. It’s a sad day for everyone.

Some added context: the school is a base and college level education school for adults. It’s like a second chance for many. This often applies to immigrants, which makes these kinds of schools immigrant heavy.

The attack seem to have no gang related motivation (like other recent shootings and bombings in Sweden). Not much has been made public about the attacker, but it seems like he acted alone. He was a loner in general. Probably an ethnic Swede based on current rumors.

Update: the attacker’s identity has now been made public, which confirms the rumors. Why he did it is unclear though.

Correction: it wasn’t a robot. It was just a stupid steel tube.

They now know driving scooters to the front line is a bad idea.

Some countries benefit from a weakened United State. Others benefit from a strengthened. You can guess which ones.

Microsoft has already lost the console wars, and now it starts to look like they might even lose the PC wars. Is there any future for Microsoft gaming? It feels like the only thing they got going for them is Call of Duty.

Let me guess, the coins can only be bought in bundles. The bundles are deliberately made so that no matter how you spend the coins, you’ll always have 1 or 2 coins left. Which makes you encouraged to buy another bundle to make all your moneys worth.