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Two additions :
- Among a lot of things, the US forbade ASML to trade with China, and this video of engineers going way too far reminded me of that youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0
- It also reminded me that the EU has few companies, and that infographic make me uneasy, even if free trade theories say otherwise
- Among a lot of things, the US forbade ASML to trade with China, and this video of engineers going way too far reminded me of that youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0
- It also reminded me that the EU has few companies, and that infographic make me uneasy, even if free trade theories say otherwise
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Two additions :
- Among a lot of things, the US forbade ASML to trade with China, and this video of engineers going way too far reminded me of that youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0
- It also reminded me that the EU has few companies, and that infographic make me uneasy, even if free trade theories say otherwise
- Among a lot of things, the US forbade ASML to trade with China, and this video of engineers going way too far reminded me of that youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0
- It also reminded me that the EU has few companies, and that infographic make me uneasy, even if free trade theories say otherwise
It feels kinda like :
- The US uses tariffs
- The EU will rely more than others on strict norms amounting to importation quotas
- The PRC will subsidise its local companies(, e.g. $230 billion to its EV companies from 2009 to 2023)
A fourth could be devaluation ?
Not sure what'd be a fifth option
- The US uses tariffs
- The EU will rely more than others on strict norms amounting to importation quotas
- The PRC will subsidise its local companies(, e.g. $230 billion to its EV companies from 2009 to 2023)
A fourth could be devaluation ?
Not sure what'd be a fifth option
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It feels kinda like :
- The US uses tariffs
- The EU will rely more than others on strict norms amounting to importation quotas
- The PRC will subsidise its local companies(, e.g. $230 billion to its EV companies from 2009 to 2023)
A fourth could be devaluation ?
Not sure what'd be a fifth option
- The US uses tariffs
- The EU will rely more than others on strict norms amounting to importation quotas
- The PRC will subsidise its local companies(, e.g. $230 billion to its EV companies from 2009 to 2023)
A fourth could be devaluation ?
Not sure what'd be a fifth option
It's the first time i'm confronted with the idea that every thing is conscious, but does not have a memory.
Wanted to share/save that thought somewhere.
« I'm starting to think panmoronism should be the philosophy of our age, but then again if panmoronism is true then it's probably a stupid idea. »
Wanted to share/save that thought somewhere.
« I'm starting to think panmoronism should be the philosophy of our age, but then again if panmoronism is true then it's probably a stupid idea. »
December 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's the first time i'm confronted with the idea that every thing is conscious, but does not have a memory.
Wanted to share/save that thought somewhere.
« I'm starting to think panmoronism should be the philosophy of our age, but then again if panmoronism is true then it's probably a stupid idea. »
Wanted to share/save that thought somewhere.
« I'm starting to think panmoronism should be the philosophy of our age, but then again if panmoronism is true then it's probably a stupid idea. »
Graphs illustrating some pros&cons :
- archive.ph/w28gg
- fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B096R... (it may be underestimated though : in France journalist M.Aron&al's book put these subsidies beyond €300 billions, the french senate at €211B, the "Haut-commissariat au plan" at €112B, and the e.u. at €45B)
- archive.ph/w28gg
- fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B096R... (it may be underestimated though : in France journalist M.Aron&al's book put these subsidies beyond €300 billions, the french senate at €211B, the "Haut-commissariat au plan" at €112B, and the e.u. at €45B)
December 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Graphs illustrating some pros&cons :
- archive.ph/w28gg
- fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B096R... (it may be underestimated though : in France journalist M.Aron&al's book put these subsidies beyond €300 billions, the french senate at €211B, the "Haut-commissariat au plan" at €112B, and the e.u. at €45B)
- archive.ph/w28gg
- fred.stlouisfed.org/series/B096R... (it may be underestimated though : in France journalist M.Aron&al's book put these subsidies beyond €300 billions, the french senate at €211B, the "Haut-commissariat au plan" at €112B, and the e.u. at €45B)
Just one more warning to add to the list, i found interesting that the Leviathans observed the same systematic cycle for every civilization
(Initially, the devs intended for the Reapers to prevent civilizations to advance until they consume all the ressources of the galaxy, perhaps another warning)
(Initially, the devs intended for the Reapers to prevent civilizations to advance until they consume all the ressources of the galaxy, perhaps another warning)
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Just one more warning to add to the list, i found interesting that the Leviathans observed the same systematic cycle for every civilization
(Initially, the devs intended for the Reapers to prevent civilizations to advance until they consume all the ressources of the galaxy, perhaps another warning)
(Initially, the devs intended for the Reapers to prevent civilizations to advance until they consume all the ressources of the galaxy, perhaps another warning)
They task the Catalyst with preserving life, and it ironically ends up destroying the Leviathans, only "preserving" them as synthetic lifeforms without a will.
It then creates the Reapers, "preserving" advanced civilizations every 50.000 years into mindless machines before their a.i. destroys them.
It then creates the Reapers, "preserving" advanced civilizations every 50.000 years into mindless machines before their a.i. destroys them.
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
They task the Catalyst with preserving life, and it ironically ends up destroying the Leviathans, only "preserving" them as synthetic lifeforms without a will.
It then creates the Reapers, "preserving" advanced civilizations every 50.000 years into mindless machines before their a.i. destroys them.
It then creates the Reapers, "preserving" advanced civilizations every 50.000 years into mindless machines before their a.i. destroys them.
Kinda unrelated, i just saw that gif( a metaphor amplified by our use of a.i./robots in the military)
I also learned yesterday that in Mass Effect, the very old Leviathans saw a cycle in which new civilization always end up destroyed by their a.i.
To prevent this, they created the Catalyst, an a.i.
I also learned yesterday that in Mass Effect, the very old Leviathans saw a cycle in which new civilization always end up destroyed by their a.i.
To prevent this, they created the Catalyst, an a.i.
December 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Kinda unrelated, i just saw that gif( a metaphor amplified by our use of a.i./robots in the military)
I also learned yesterday that in Mass Effect, the very old Leviathans saw a cycle in which new civilization always end up destroyed by their a.i.
To prevent this, they created the Catalyst, an a.i.
I also learned yesterday that in Mass Effect, the very old Leviathans saw a cycle in which new civilization always end up destroyed by their a.i.
To prevent this, they created the Catalyst, an a.i.
« accelerating to record speeds of 55 km per year in the 2000s, before dramatically slowing to 35 km per year over the past five years. » geoscientist.online/sections/fea...
a woman is holding a cup of coffee and saying phew .
ALT: a woman is holding a cup of coffee and saying phew .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
« accelerating to record speeds of 55 km per year in the 2000s, before dramatically slowing to 35 km per year over the past five years. » geoscientist.online/sections/fea...
I think therefore I am... suspicious that Descartes' philosophy might just be a clever way to avoid doing household chores.
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I think therefore I am... suspicious that Descartes' philosophy might just be a clever way to avoid doing household chores.
Huh.
So, since Searle's man can't physically have an exhaustive table of input->output, then he must possess general rules so powerful that, in practice, they amount to what a chinese-speaking human would achieve i.r.l.(, not only externally, but also internally).
🤔
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-5
So, since Searle's man can't physically have an exhaustive table of input->output, then he must possess general rules so powerful that, in practice, they amount to what a chinese-speaking human would achieve i.r.l.(, not only externally, but also internally).
🤔
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-5
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Huh.
So, since Searle's man can't physically have an exhaustive table of input->output, then he must possess general rules so powerful that, in practice, they amount to what a chinese-speaking human would achieve i.r.l.(, not only externally, but also internally).
🤔
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-5
So, since Searle's man can't physically have an exhaustive table of input->output, then he must possess general rules so powerful that, in practice, they amount to what a chinese-speaking human would achieve i.r.l.(, not only externally, but also internally).
🤔
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-5
(Also, before the neoliberal turn in the 80s, european countries prevented capitalists to have access to tv channels, which were state-owned. It wasn't that long ago.
Anyway, once you control the narrative you control our votes, and the capitalist's influence is much larger than only owning medias.)
Anyway, once you control the narrative you control our votes, and the capitalist's influence is much larger than only owning medias.)
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
(Also, before the neoliberal turn in the 80s, european countries prevented capitalists to have access to tv channels, which were state-owned. It wasn't that long ago.
Anyway, once you control the narrative you control our votes, and the capitalist's influence is much larger than only owning medias.)
Anyway, once you control the narrative you control our votes, and the capitalist's influence is much larger than only owning medias.)
You may be interested in knowing that, ackchyually, sortition means that Aristotle lived in democracy(, albeit less than during Plato).
The only democracy ever was also the most illustrious.
Because of elections, we live in a.n 'pseudo-aristocracy'/oligarchy.
Representative democracy is an oxymoron
The only democracy ever was also the most illustrious.
Because of elections, we live in a.n 'pseudo-aristocracy'/oligarchy.
Representative democracy is an oxymoron
December 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
You may be interested in knowing that, ackchyually, sortition means that Aristotle lived in democracy(, albeit less than during Plato).
The only democracy ever was also the most illustrious.
Because of elections, we live in a.n 'pseudo-aristocracy'/oligarchy.
Representative democracy is an oxymoron
The only democracy ever was also the most illustrious.
Because of elections, we live in a.n 'pseudo-aristocracy'/oligarchy.
Representative democracy is an oxymoron
Pop-culture is culture ?
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Pop-culture is culture ?
(No-one's saying it is an exceptionally good poem, but who doesn't love it when they do that :) ?)
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
(No-one's saying it is an exceptionally good poem, but who doesn't love it when they do that :) ?)
I misunderstood that confession for a demand(, since i didn't know what "cross" meant), and ended up liking/feeling that part : « fill her eyes with tears. »
Make her laugh, cry, dream, despair, ..., for that is living. Make her feel something.
I suppose i'd prefer sadness/living to ataraxia/death.
Make her laugh, cry, dream, despair, ..., for that is living. Make her feel something.
I suppose i'd prefer sadness/living to ataraxia/death.
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I misunderstood that confession for a demand(, since i didn't know what "cross" meant), and ended up liking/feeling that part : « fill her eyes with tears. »
Make her laugh, cry, dream, despair, ..., for that is living. Make her feel something.
I suppose i'd prefer sadness/living to ataraxia/death.
Make her laugh, cry, dream, despair, ..., for that is living. Make her feel something.
I suppose i'd prefer sadness/living to ataraxia/death.
The wealthiest(=most powerful) would access the throne, as usual. Right now it's the one with the wealthiest supporters.
Interestingly enough, perhaps, the last presidential election(, Nov.24,) were the first since 1980 without a Bush, Clinton, or Biden family member on the ballot.
Interestingly enough, perhaps, the last presidential election(, Nov.24,) were the first since 1980 without a Bush, Clinton, or Biden family member on the ballot.
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The wealthiest(=most powerful) would access the throne, as usual. Right now it's the one with the wealthiest supporters.
Interestingly enough, perhaps, the last presidential election(, Nov.24,) were the first since 1980 without a Bush, Clinton, or Biden family member on the ballot.
Interestingly enough, perhaps, the last presidential election(, Nov.24,) were the first since 1980 without a Bush, Clinton, or Biden family member on the ballot.
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Science is full of wizards! Read Babbage about his encounter with Merlin the automaton-maker as a boy, Einstein riding a light beam, Lovelace imagining machines that might one day sing, Leibniz hoping for a symbolic language of all ideas, Turing on kindness toward future mechanical minds.
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Science is full of wizards! Read Babbage about his encounter with Merlin the automaton-maker as a boy, Einstein riding a light beam, Lovelace imagining machines that might one day sing, Leibniz hoping for a symbolic language of all ideas, Turing on kindness toward future mechanical minds.
I don't really know in which direction to develop my claims, but what a coincidence that the countries totally aligned with the Empire's interests are also the ones who got to develop faster than the rest of the Third World.
And China is communist, unlike Japan, it's not really the "standard model"
And China is communist, unlike Japan, it's not really the "standard model"
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I don't really know in which direction to develop my claims, but what a coincidence that the countries totally aligned with the Empire's interests are also the ones who got to develop faster than the rest of the Third World.
And China is communist, unlike Japan, it's not really the "standard model"
And China is communist, unlike Japan, it's not really the "standard model"
My interpretation is an anti-imperialist one held by people like Samir Amin and others, in essence the core countries will export manufactured objects with a high added value while the periphery will sell t-shirts, raw materials or even its whole mines.
Enriching a few local oligarchs is in the plan
Enriching a few local oligarchs is in the plan
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My interpretation is an anti-imperialist one held by people like Samir Amin and others, in essence the core countries will export manufactured objects with a high added value while the periphery will sell t-shirts, raw materials or even its whole mines.
Enriching a few local oligarchs is in the plan
Enriching a few local oligarchs is in the plan
The few asian exceptions served to contain the spread of communism(, with wars in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, ...)
B.t.w., Japan and South korea were successful precisely because they didn't follow our advices on free markets(, and the u.s. used protectionism against Japan as soon as the 60-70s)
B.t.w., Japan and South korea were successful precisely because they didn't follow our advices on free markets(, and the u.s. used protectionism against Japan as soon as the 60-70s)
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The few asian exceptions served to contain the spread of communism(, with wars in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, ...)
B.t.w., Japan and South korea were successful precisely because they didn't follow our advices on free markets(, and the u.s. used protectionism against Japan as soon as the 60-70s)
B.t.w., Japan and South korea were successful precisely because they didn't follow our advices on free markets(, and the u.s. used protectionism against Japan as soon as the 60-70s)
It'd be tempting to agree, but how would you explain that it only worked for pseudo-western asian countries, i.e. 100% aligned with the western positions : Japan, South korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong-Kong ?
Why does only Israel get to be developed in the Middle-East, or Poland in ex-USSR countries ?
Why does only Israel get to be developed in the Middle-East, or Poland in ex-USSR countries ?
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It'd be tempting to agree, but how would you explain that it only worked for pseudo-western asian countries, i.e. 100% aligned with the western positions : Japan, South korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong-Kong ?
Why does only Israel get to be developed in the Middle-East, or Poland in ex-USSR countries ?
Why does only Israel get to be developed in the Middle-East, or Poland in ex-USSR countries ?
(I don't claim that you pretended it's a monofactorial problem, nor that i've understood enough, and
how many books are you reading per day seriously 🫤)
how many books are you reading per day seriously 🫤)
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
(I don't claim that you pretended it's a monofactorial problem, nor that i've understood enough, and
how many books are you reading per day seriously 🫤)
how many books are you reading per day seriously 🫤)
Hard to believe corruption to be the only problem in every nonwestern country, what would be the odds.
Only China managed to escape poverty, and it's the only country disobeying the "unholy trinity" that wasn't crippled by western sanctions
Ah, it's always difficult to discuss unfalsifiable theories
Only China managed to escape poverty, and it's the only country disobeying the "unholy trinity" that wasn't crippled by western sanctions
Ah, it's always difficult to discuss unfalsifiable theories
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hard to believe corruption to be the only problem in every nonwestern country, what would be the odds.
Only China managed to escape poverty, and it's the only country disobeying the "unholy trinity" that wasn't crippled by western sanctions
Ah, it's always difficult to discuss unfalsifiable theories
Only China managed to escape poverty, and it's the only country disobeying the "unholy trinity" that wasn't crippled by western sanctions
Ah, it's always difficult to discuss unfalsifiable theories