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There are numbers for these, you know. Biggest sources of carbon emissions are (1) burning fossil fuels and (2) land use change (converting natural ecosystems such as forests, grasslands and wetlands - to plantations, farmlands and concrete).

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I think it would be more correct to say that quality control in Chinese science is very poor. I have seen top quality research, and I have also seen crap that should not have been published at all. But the sheer quantity of output means that the next big discovery in <insert field> will be from China.

OSTP is focused on removing regulations to science and tech bc they argue they are slowing us down in the AI race against China.

I don't work on AI, but in my field I have seen the insane speed and scale of Chinese research. Now I'm from a developing country; the US can probably give better funding than we can, but I am inclined to agree that Chinese science does benefit from easier and better funding and a faster administrative process.

AI data in China is very poor likely bc of the lack of regulations

The big problem for AI research in China seems to be a shortage of high-end GPUs due to the trade wars. China is very strong in maths and comp sci, and they are finding workarounds, but it is still a pretty hard barrier.

Amazon/Bezos is probably getting some sweet federal kick backs

I think it's more a threat against employees. The robots can be used as scabs.

which, until Jan. 2025, was one area that the U.S. had unquestionably dominated China

China had more scientists and papers well before this year. And China dominates particularly in fields like maths, computer science and manufacturing.

they are indeed going to try to replace scientists with robots

I can actually think of a lot of uses for robots in research. And, of course, there are a lot of robots in labs already; they just don't look like humans.

but 6nm without EUV?

I read elsewhere that 5nm was already done (in the lab, not on industrial levels), and they're planning on 3nm by 2026.

The workaround seems to be to use particle accelerators instead of EUV machines. More expensive and with lower yield, but it'll do the job.

The nerds are missing the forest for the trees. This isn't meant to stop missiles. It's meant to line pockets. And it will do that.

Face, meet leopard.

Socialism is when the Prime Minister (?, I don't know what his official title is) serves for life and his son becomes the next PM?

Easier: PaIestine

I only use my phone for phone calls and messaging and the occasional web browsing.

Why not use a feature phone, then? Cheaper, more repairable, and the Nokia ones will also last longer.

Oh no, I understood what you meant. But I feel that OP's approach is correct. They used the words correctly, so that those who already know the meanings can understand what they are saying. Some people did not know what 'capitalism' meant, so they critiqued the meme based on their own understandings. Then OP was able to explain to them the correct meaning.

Returning to my analogy, let us say someone is teaching that 2 + 2 = 4. They can say, 'you already know that 1 + 1 = 2, now multiply both sides by 2'. If a student does not know that 1 + 1 = 2, they can then explain it.

A meme can have only so much text. If they had to derive everything from first principles each time, we would get nowhere.

One plus one is two, not three or twenty six. If a bunch of people go around thinking that one plus one is three, that has no effect on reality. Such people must be educated as necessary, yes, but we should not avoid speaking the truth out of fear of confusing them.

Societies aren't different because they have different technology with the same economic system. It feels like you're saying indigenous societies wouldn't have been able to industrialise without changing their political system radically

Societies with different technologies would tend to have very different social and economic systems. Indigenous societies that industrialise do end up changing their political systems because of this.

Drag doesn't buy the distinction you're making between indigenous communism and industrialised communism.

Industrialised communism does not exist, at least yet, but any industrial society will necessarily need to organise itself in a very different way from a primitive society (whether communist or not).