JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll [alleged billionaire] Trump campaign.
FTFY
Readit Newsa3n commented on JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to help bankroll Trump campaign ft.com/content/52a7c7b8-9... · Posted by u/cempaka
Haven't we been saying for years that corporations getting away with everything will never change until CEOs start going to jail?
a3n commented on Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair 404media.co/appliance-and... · Posted by u/worik
Simple solution: Only let contracts where verifiably senior company technical employees are to accompany equipment in war and peace, and to have all technical data in their possession, verified unencrypted.
After they're all dead, the president signs an executive order confiscating all on-site data and equipment, and authorizing military to repair. This would also be spelled out in the contract.
Effing great.
It's shocking how so much can be unsurprising yet still shocking.
On the other hand, what good is [effectively] owning executive agencies if you can't use them for your own ends?
Good example of what to expect should Trump be re-elected.
There won't even be any pushback from department analysts and lawyers, since they'll all have been replaced by loyalists.
a3n commented on Why Silicon Valley Is Turning Red tippinsights.com/why-sili... · Posted by u/djkivi
As the article is overtly political, I'll make a political response and cut to the chase:
Trump is the most for-sale candidate and president in history. He solicited $1B in campaign contribution directly from a meeting with oil execs, in return for signing any Executive Orders they cared to submit.
As for Vance, he was brought to Silicon Valley and re-tooled, Manchurian-like, then sent back to Washington.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Trump+oil+executives+meeting+one+b...
My phone is hidden in its case. It's just a shallow black tray with a screen. I barely remember what the phone looks like.
a3n commented on Why Has the Internet of Things Failed petewarden.com/2024/08/23... · Posted by u/yourstruly-br
I think the only compelling use case that applies to every IoT user is selling their data; the user as product.
In that sense, every connected device is just another implementation of the exact same thing: a surveiling data collector. What the user thinks of as the device's main purpose is a mere implementation detail.
I had peanut butter toast on sourdough yesterday. The Man knew nothing about it. Bwa ha ha ha!
Your overpayment today funds your children's and grandchildren's more effective overpayments.
It's your legacy.