Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar
https://apnews.com/article/airstrike-military-mogok-gems-mining-resistance-b4f0cbdbc8a9987334b8a6952c168916?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ian Campbell 🏴
in reply to Ian Campbell 🏴 • • •the sadder part is probably that with Trump & co absolutely savaging our research institutions, China will stop having reason to steal American IP willy nilly.
grumble.
Risotto Bias
in reply to Ian Campbell 🏴 • • •Ian Campbell 🏴
in reply to Risotto Bias • • •@risottobias So China adopting those methods requires believing their own numbers and PRC have been lying bastards about that.
R&D has thrived in the US at academic institutions, which is why you saw China either sending their best or trying to replicate the systems.*
That being said, R&D in the US has been crushed by Trump & Co, so that's all changing swiftly.
(*Academia is still completely fucked here, to be clear; but still miles ahead of PRC.)
Risotto Bias
in reply to Ian Campbell 🏴 • • •Ian Campbell 🏴
in reply to Risotto Bias • • •Risotto Bias
in reply to Ian Campbell 🏴 • • •"always has been" ~= "the US is just as bad as Russia" ~= not considering magnitude
Like if there's a massive shift in the magnitude of mask off lobbying by crypto bros or bribes, or a massive abandonment of token green energy research
They could have been tepidly approaching green energy before but they've thrown it in hard reverse now
Ian Campbell 🏴
in reply to Risotto Bias • • •@risottobias who's the "they" here?
also, not saying we're just as bad, just that we've done it too. tends to cut down on reply guys.
Ian Campbell 🏴
Unknown parent • • •Risotto Bias
in reply to Ian Campbell 🏴 • • •it's ironic that the only reason the US might get much more nuclear is because of right wing AI investors who /don't care/ about the environment
(To be clear, nuclear taken care of is less radioactive than a coal powered plant)
Like, green folks have been sabotaged from within for ages by anti nuclear lobby
That said, AI Bros won't shut down the gas and coal plants, either. Jevons paradox.