Hey @roexni, But every conflict must be compared to WWII (in which we are the good guys and the other side is literally Hitler) don'tcha know? This sort of re

Hey @roexni, But every conflict must be compared to WWII (in which we are the good guys and the other side is literally Hitler) don'tcha know? This sort of reductive simplistic childish thinking is going to be the undoing of the Collective West, you can't wish a state of affairs into being no matter how much you desire and no matter how much you propagandize your own populous. Fair play to you for speaking out. === crickets from HN about the biggest news in tech at the moment: https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1582646512202395648 https://twitter.com/RnaudBertrand/status/1582646512202395648 “This is real: Masha Blackburn, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and a bunch of other senators sent a letter to Biden "demanding he act quickly to prevent Huawei building the [PXW] semiconductor plant." The plant in question is... in Shenzhen, China!“ and https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/17/export-controls-us-china-chips/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/17/export-... Western suppliers cut ties with Chinese chipmakers as U.S. curbs bite Export controls aim to deprive China of equipment and software it needs to manufacture high-end chips with military applications === prediction: this spells the beginning of the end for the so-called West's dominance in high-tech semiconductor manufacturing