For me the weirdest capitulation comes from Tim Cook, who for years cosplayed as an LGBTQ inclusion proponent but now actively undermines these values by brown-nosing the Trump regime. First, by personally gifting Trump one million dollars for his inauguration; then the grift with the golden statue; and very recently, by attending the Melania movie premiere.
"The time has come, I can no longer remain silent. The current US administration is perpetrating a fascist takeover of our democracy, and Big Tech CEOs and companies are complicit. It's time to reckon with the inextricable ties between the companies we turn to for innovation and excitement and the government's horrific actions. If this video alienates you because you support this administration, good. You are not welcome here. Please unsubscribe. Everyone else, let's keep these things in mind as we go forward. Never forget the gross violations of civil liberties, baldfaced corruption, and gross acts of evil being perpetrated."
The CEOs are probably rehearsing a version of 'I was only obeying orders". It is their job to act on behalf of shareholders, which, it grieves me to say, arguably is what they are doing.
Their German predecessors were confident they could control or dispose of a “Bavarian corporal” whenever they chose. Didn’t quite work out that way. Political power > money…. Ask Elon.
>The lines between what I do professionally and where we are politically are blurring.
>In just the last 12 months, the links between the US government and AI, crypto, and big tech has deepened so greatly that well, let's just take stock of where we are
>Over the past 3 weeks especially, I have found it nearly impossible to sit down and make a video about some MacBook that I bought off eBay
>I almost felt like I was lying to you guys by talking about, you know, normal tech stuff while this is all happening.
For the most pure-tech focused and politically reluctant it's still possible to be overwhelmed by such stupid shit that it makes all your tech look pretty insignificant no matter the upside. Normally stupid shit comes about randomly from all directions naturally without anybody working against anybody else at all. But it can be really hard to ignore when the dark side "gangs up" and starts taking prisoners, and it can happen so quick it makes peoples' heads spin.
For decades, historians will debate how the United States ended up capitulating to a thin-skinned piece of foreskin—and how that failure damaged not only America, but destabilized other countries as well. Home of the brave, my hairy ass.
The irony is that the civilian drone market exploded (no pun intended) because of cheap innovation, and now the same qualities (small, cheap, adaptable) make them nearly impossible to regulate without sweeping bans.
I suspect that an increasing number of countries and cities will move toward permanent drone bans, as battlefield technology inevitably filters down to organized crime—and eventually even petty crime.
Governments probably wouldn't care about hobbyists, but they would care about all the commercial enterprises that already adopted drones. Delivery drones and light shows are the most well-known, but they're also used in weather monitoring and agriculture.
Maybe this is the time for drone transponder signals? Require every drone handler to be registered, then have the drone broadcast some signal with the registration ID + some cryptographic hash?
Then shoot down everything that has no transponder or a blacklisted ID.
Yes, this will encourage ID theft (or just theft of the entire drone), but even then, a stolen ID could at least be a starting point for an investigation.
There's really no point to doing that. The drones which actually get used for attacks in places like Ukraine are not fancy off-the-shelf drones. They're very simple DIY systems made from basic electronic components. So, impossible to regulate.
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