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Should be a wild four years.

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Amelia Troonheart said:
From what I've heard through the grapevine educational conference attendance (for reference these can be 300-1000 dollar tickets depending on audience, E.g. professional or layperson) and flights are both down over the past 6 months or more and that was before the tariffs went into effect.
That suggests it is probably because people are having a tough financial time right now, or as you said are feeling uncertain, more than anything I think.
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that's my impression too. it reeks too much of midwit correlation TRUMP'S TARIFFS MAKE PEOPLE TRAVEL LESS, when there are a lot more factors involved.

edgymovies said:
My understanding is that Europe is kind of behind wrt the tech sector. I’d like to keep it that way. This idea about changing the way manufacturing is ordered, i think can hurt our dominance. I don’t have as clear an idea why, but that’s how I feel. Like we would be letting Europe and these other countries build their own competing sectors as a result of these bilateral trade barriers.
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and it will stay that way because europe is run by retards. UK doesn't even produce steel anymore because MUH GREEN ENERGY. beyond that EU isn't america, anything that happens has to be porkified for everyone getting their piece, otherwise it gets dragged out endlessly. in the US even if states compete it's still happening in the USA.
plus, there's a reason people complain about EU's bureaucracy, and most likely it's only getting worse the more shit hits the fan (deindustrialization, demographic change, competency crisis etc.) before actually solving it's current issues, let alone future ones. this will also never change because everyone is deathly afraid of someone actually doing something and becoming the next hitler/musselini/franco (ever wonder where all those guys came from?), the whole system is set up to prevent that - or any "unwanted" positive change.
 
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King Metalia said:
I actually feel bad at this point for continuing to laugh at him. I unironically miss the days of him ranting about Cornpop and challenging reporters to push up contests.
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It's very likely he was paid. The Obama family makes their livings off Barack showing up to places and speaking on mic.
 
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Trump just nuked nVidia by banning their China-compliant chips from being sold to China.

On April 9, 2025, the U.S. government, or USG, informed NVIDIA Corporation, or the Company, that the USG requires a license for export to China (including Hong Kong and Macau) and D:5 countries, or to companies headquartered or with an ultimate parent therein, of the Company’s H20 integrated circuits and any other circuits achieving the H20’s memory bandwidth, interconnect bandwidth, or combination thereof. The USG indicated that the license requirement addresses the risk that the covered products may be used in, or diverted to, a supercomputer in China. On April 14, 2025, the USG informed the Company that the license requirement will be in effect for the indefinite future.
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They're expecting a $5.5 billion write-off from orders they now have to cancel. Stock down almost 10% after-hours since the announcement.

EDIT: The H20 chip was specifically made to sell to China for AI since their H100 line was previously barred for export.
 
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Sweeter and Savoury said:
Ok something really weird just got dropped in the case vs Ryan Routh, the golf course assassin.

The Trump DoJ filed a motion that is so top sekret that we (the public) can't see it. Ok not that weird but it's even more super sekret that the Defence can't see it, so the dudes own lawyer isn't allowed to read it. It's ex parte and in camera so it's 100% to be kept off the record and the only the judge herself can read it and only in her own chambers with some sort of CIA Spook watcher.

What the fuck/who the fuck is Ryan Routh?

Compare to the rest of the shit they were fine filing in public it really really REALLY makes me want to know who this dude was working for and who was running him.

To bad so sad we plebs will never get to see whatever this shit is.
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He's got links to zelensky. I'm calling it right fucking now.

Speak of the devil

Well gee golly I wonder why this is happening?

autistic dog said:
General Flynn Says Ukraine Was AWARE of The Assassination Attempt on Trump Ahead of Time, Calls on FBI Director Kash Patel To Investigate:

“Ukraine was a part of this. There's another missile out there. Is the FBI going to take this shit seriously? Get in there and dig in.”
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The krain is going to be a serious terrorist problem in the future. And if that sounds unrealistic, don't worry the glowies will use them as plausible deniability for attacks on the U.S and Trump.

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The fanaticism among azov and NAFO is seriously underestimated


In a tangibly related note here's the most bombshell interview Tucker has done in a while

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It's a pretty big fucking deal and he names names with receipts. Dude has sat on this for 20 years and he sounds pissed the hell off.

Please archive.

World Famous Quasi Payer said:
The transformation of the US from an isolationist power, into one not only willing, but eager to get mixed up in European blood feuds has got to be the worst blow dealt to the Republic since its founding. It should also be mentioned that US interventionism has been more about maintaining the status quo than altering it to suit US interests. The saving of France, and Britain from defeat at German hands resulted in the Soviet Union. And yet another war with Germany, that neither power could fend off without US support, again. The destruction of the old empires and an end to european colonialism has resulted in decolonization, and the proliferation of communism. Both of which has clearly been a disaster for humanity. The europeans got themselves caught up in a large stupid war, and they should have been left there.
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Well some retard in Germany shouldn't have floated the idea of using Mexico to invade America. I don't blame them for blowing up the ships with uboats, we were transporting ammo to Europe and using civilians as cover.
 
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SaidNoOneEver said:
Trump just nuked nVidia by banning their China-compliant chips from being sold to China.



They're expecting a $5.5 billion write-off from orders they now have to cancel. Stock down almost 10% after-hours since the announcement.

EDIT: The H20 chip was specifically made to sell to China for AI since their H100 line was previously barred for export.
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Suck for nvidia or something, but I love the idea of some CCP goons being pissed off when trump says “no, the chips need to be shittier before China can have them”
 
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Potatoherder said:
Trump is pissing off everyone it seems. If they came in illegally they aren't 'good ones'. Giving illegals money and helping them back in will not be easy to sell.
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That's the existing law. Non-citizens who leave the country can apply for citizenship from their home country, but if they get deported, they are banned from coming in legally for life.
 
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Not Really Here said:
That means you may remember how to command line, if so https://ffmpeg.org/ does.....Everything?
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I’ve accomplished two technical feats in my life.

Once I put an rs232 port in an older laptop so I could connect it to bypass an older cnc mill’s extremely limited physical memory, a technique called “drip feeding”

I don’t remember how I did that, though

And once I installed a shit ton of graphics mods to my PC version of Morrowind

I don’t remember how I did that either

It all happened before I got married and had kids

Jokes aside, I promise I will try your link.
 
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Not Really Here said:
Based.

In house boomer tech support, show it to them, and tell them they can yoink video from any site, if they can teach you.
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SIGH

The oldest is four, and that’s how many years it’s been since I was allowed to sleep through a whole night

I’ll just use the link. I’ve done that shit before when Firefox still was ahead of the arms race with usable plugins. I just didn’t know there was a site that will do it for you
 
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