The proposal for 100% tariffs on movies is certain to put AMC in immediate bankruptcy, if done.

the threat from AI to workers isn’t that AI can do your job – it’s that an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can’t do your job

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filmed and set in is I think the term they are looking for. That doesn’t jive with “foreign propaganda national security” excuse, as Hollywood produces much of that content.

Good thing everyone diligently reads the T&A of Pool 3d before using it. You are reading every line of text before you hit agree, and then uninstall, right?

Electricity is a pretty easy concept. Steam power driving magnets and copper. That rare earths make better magnets should be easy enough to search for them. Copper wires to deliver the electricity easy AF. Can help jump start progress to late 21st century for some things.

I don’t know how to refine oil, but knowing that its refinable into diesel/gasoline is a pretty good start to looking for it. Steam power easier to figure out. A head start on murdering some sperm whales for lighting industry seems easy enough to figure out. Partnering with metal smiths who might have a clue on making gun barrels, and pipe’s in general that could be used for advanced weaponry, would be an easy path to get governments to give me a ton of money for weapons research by just showing them some drawings. Doesn’t really matter if I ever figure out how to do it, just the vision of what is possible would make me richer than Musk. Richer if I can help enslave all of humanity to one empire.

only around 40% of the tardigrades survived, but the researchers say this could improve with further refinement. Nevertheless, the study suggests that researchers could use this method to print microelectronics or sensors onto living tissue.

“This approach provides new insights into tardigrades’ resilience

The only thing that can kill tardigrades are tattoos.

Having access to information about who voted on a post would allow people to locate brigading1 efforts and detect bots spamming down/upvotes on posts. Currently, only admins can access this information, which makes it harder for users to report such behaviour to them.

Or provide the empire controlling most of the bots, extra ammunition to have AI determine a social credit score for everyone. Winner gets a free trip to El Salvador.

Some barbarians refuse to take slices in consistent uniform pie chart shape, making the other slices get colder faster.

$20k with some cargo for a car is pretty good. If you need a F150, then you’ll have to pay for one.

Emigrating to internet friendly country is something I’d do in a week. I guess sharing someone else’s internet, or account identity is an option.

I don’t like purity for purity’s sake, but maybe at 545% tariffs, this starts to be an out.

3d printing lugs for carbon fiber, bamboo, metal tubes and beams, and fitting in regular motors, electronics, bearings, belts is a good/best path to reduced BOM and high performance/value.

Rants about Biden seem to dominate every comment, or “weave” about answering any question. “If we don’t deport all hispanics to death camps, then Biden wins.”

The US has threatened Russia for last 80 years. At increased levels in last 20 years. Forcing Russia to defend itself in last 3 years has made it stronger. There is absolute blowback danger from Russia, that can extend to nuclear destruction, but it as fully self inflicted as going around zoinking Grizzly bears’ tails. Foreign national threats to US are entirely the result of US evil, and US desperation is making it worse.

wasn’t exclusive. But they got a lot of extra ones from “schemes”.

OTOH, they should be able to improve yield over time. Certainly will get free money to throw at yield improvement.

They are reporting 40% yield for 910C chip, and profitability, on feb 25. Enough to increase production capacity if national importance.

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250225PD224/huawei-ascend-ai-chip-yield-rate.html#%3A~%3Atext=Yield+improvement+and+profitability+milestone%2Cprofitable+for+the+first+time.

improvement from 20% yield in just 6 months.

Sad state of US democracy/press. They could have asked “If the US asked you to, and paid all related transfer expenses, and you got to keep original $20k fee, would you be able to locate the prisoner and have the spare military personnel to securely transfer him to a US military plane?” Instead of allowing the answer “we can not simply set a terrorist free in the middle of El Salvador”

It’s all just purely “cruelty is the point” sickening dystopia.

China’s announced reduction in big studio releases can place a positive influence on original/independent films.

Minecraft is only technically an original movie. Video game “franchise” popular with kids is usual “formula slop” leveraging past pop culture.

They definitely have to stop announcing tariffs effective in next few hours. Maybe a 2 year effective date announcement allows “progress” in US reindustrialization with CHIPS act type subsidies.