I kinda question the validity of the NSFW explanation news articles are bringing up because it’s signalling out foreign assets more than anything. Maybe a ploy in trying to keep the reign of the US currency, G7, and debt holders over BRICS plus outspoken critics? Just a quick look at the nations and currencies it seems more plausible. As a bank you don’t want that target on your back nor do you want to be excluded from SWIFT. But I guess this is way over the heads of the average gamer so blame corn.
Readit Newsup-n-atom commented on Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world pcgamer.com/games/steam-p... · Posted by u/mrkramer
the truth to the article and also hinted at is that they’re squashing the competition with lobbying and bulking on the single platform/subscription meta; the title should be
“sex is getting scrubbed from the internet so billionaire tech bros can sell you ai nudes”
up-n-atom commented on Canada's Ontario gov't cancels $100M Starlink contract datacenterdynamics.com/en... · Posted by u/01-_-
Canada or other nation states relying on private companies, especially US based and Musk owned, for critical infrastructure does seem unwise.
Plenty of other examples contradict this but comms is a fundamental component.
What’s idiotic is Canada has TeleSat which was established by the Canadian Government in 1969, although it’s private today. It’s also headquartered in Ottawa so I don’t know how the provincial government is ignorant of its existence. But this is a provincial government that has a proven record of corruption and in all likelihood was bribed by Starlink.
up-n-atom commented on Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs cnbc.com/2025/07/27/trump... · Posted by u/breadwinner
That isn't really possible.
If goods are brought into the US, with tolls paid, and then sold for much more than the assessed value, the goods will probably be seized.
This agreement is certainly exactly as bad as it looks. No one has historically entered into an agreement like this. Not Sweden when it was a tiny country not part of the EU, no country whatsoever.
When a country has been had its goods tariffed the response has always been to counter those tariffs with tariffs on goods with an equal value, so this agreement is completely exceptional.
You’re making it out like it was zero sum prior which it wasn’t and never has. The increased is 5% and the new baseline for taxable goods ie. 15% from the prior 10%. It’s basically the EU equivalent of VAT but without telling the naive American it’s an increased tax on the consumer.
The real news is these investments/purchases and that’s what my comment was about. No other country is investing in the US outside of mining. But to make face you’ll agree and setup a paper mill for manufacturing, as for power/natural resources, buy back through your own entities. Look up the news about foreign mining, they’re up in arms, but that’s exactly what they voted for.
up-n-atom commented on Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariffs cnbc.com/2025/07/27/trump... · Posted by u/breadwinner
And then you have the EU invest $600 billion in the United States instead of the European Union. I hope EU hasn't also accepted lowering food quality down to US standards...
My take is that it’s all an illusion. The deal looks good on paper for the US. But EU/Japan/etc. big business will setup subsidiaries in tax haven states such as Texas or Florida and sell back to themselves. Similarly to how US firms used Ireland.
AMD can carry on x86, the world doesn't need a second source now that x86 has ARM to keep it honest.
Problem with AMD is that it’s heavily tied to Taiwan and its government, similarly to nVidia, and that presents itself a bigger problem for the defence industry and geopolitics for both the USA and by proxy Isreal if Intel dissolves. As is unfolding in the USA and has unfolded in the past with the USSR, you can’t remain a superpower without a self sufficient at “home” chip industry, it must keep on existing and evolving. Alas IBM would be the fallback and not AMD in dire need with Apple or better TI not far behind.
Intel can’t and likely won’t fail, just as Boeing can’t. They’re integral to the defence of the country and government bailouts will keep them afloat for the eternity of power. Upper management knows this and they can line their pockets regardless of the impact on the consumer branch, all within reason and diligence not step on too many government toes.
Sucks that it has to get political but you can get too big to fail. All said and for the sake of their technical legacy that they do succeed and remain competitive.
The dataset is tainted, guardrails or not, it’s theft. Unity already perjured itself, admittedly by the mention of “guardrails”. They can’t conceivably put guardrails for all copyrightable works unless they retrain on verifiable public domain only, which in all likelihood will not happen. What they’re actually saying is you can steal from the small but not the mighty who can sue us.
up-n-atom commented on My home servers are not a homelab blog.nradk.com/posts/home... · Posted by u/nradk
home edge
up-n-atom commented on EU Eyes Ditching Microsoft Azure for France's OVHcloud euractiv.com/section/tech... · Posted by u/doener
Another lesson to be learned is not to put all your bread in 1 basket. They should disperse between all the European providers listed and not just with OVHcloud. Like that’s the entire premise of a network.
The reasonings is simple. It’s the cons con, it legitimizes their bs. And the other cloth are too lazy or naive to see the error of their ways. Those are the same people who have a high tendency to fall for a phishing/ponzi/etc scam or join a cult.
Don’t get me wrong, LLM have potential (proven mostly to deceive). But like everything else in life, cross reference and don’t be a shill.
We’re intelligent because we question, not because we answer.