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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Capitalism is a system of whores. And there's nothing wrong with whores, but a whore is a whore. Good luck. It's going to be like trying to hold a bar of soap that's slipping out of your hands. You can keep grabbing at it, but it's just going to keep slipping. I just recall when America leaked nuclear secrets because soldiers were using a private private flashcard program and they forgot to check mark the box that said private. And so they ended up leaking all these secrets all over the internet. And let's not forget. The open source information that was used from some snot-nosed person on an osint account on twitter for targeting a supposed underground base, that cost the lives of innocent civilians via the Palantir and Peter Thiel's stupid AI. They did not get an underground base. They just wasted millions of dollars on something that wasn't there.

It's like their plans are dystopic and terrifying, but they're not going to be able to implement them in a way that's worth a damn. And also, their actual product that they produce is so stupid that it's even more terrifying than the original idea. It's just straight up fucking madness. It's like, look mom, no hands. Then you fall off the goddamn bike and you're sitting there crying.

This still remains. There is so much corruption and greed in this country that we can't even function as an empire. We can't even get a chip's factory figured out. We don't make shit. Everybody in this country is so goddamn lazy and stupid. I can't even find a noble cause because I feel like I'm just enabling stupid people. I'm sure we just operate off of bare necessities. Like the need to just stay alive one more day. But it gets to the point where it's like, what's the fucking point? This country is nonsensical. It's absurd. It's laughable. It's weak. It's limp dicked. And this happened way before Joe Biden or Trump. This has been a continuation ever since I've been alive for 40 fucking dumb ass years.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

why dont they just ask huwei to give them some spying tech.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 13 points 7 hours ago

Yeah that is fun and all but I can at least guarantee you that that shit won't fly in Europe, and likely neither in Canada. I can only imagine other countries will be penning their own laws outlawing this.

So tech giants then have the option to either go for separate chipsets for those countries or stip selling there.

Also, how do you want to implement this? Have the GPU request GPS data from the computer? That won't be hard to forgr., but let's say you ge that, then what?

You need to send that info somewhere or it'll be useless. How? Over the Internet? Ahw, my firewall told you to go fuck yourself. Over its own GPS line? A little bit of aluminum foil can do miracles.

So what are you going to do then? Require an active internet connection for your GPU to work? Bwhahahahha. Have you seen gamers responses to games that require active internet connections to play? You won't sell shit.

This is again a law designed by absolutely.emoty headed idiots tompleae some other empty headed idiots.

[–] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 19 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

How is this even legal? I am not even american nor living there, so how would the US be allowed to operate massive and unregulated surveillance through GPUs ?

The US is becoming worse than those they call villain.

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

The US has very low engagement of its voters, so even things that are illegal are starting to happen regularly.

It's the same as so many countries, once a few rich guys get into power, as long as the guys with guns will take their money, it doesn't really matter what want, the government gets captured and corrupted.

There's ways to fight it but it's a slog. I might give up. It's not my job to fix it, fixing things doesn't pay.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

If you're in Europe I'm pretty sure those chips would violate the hell out of the GDPR and as such can't be sold there.

Even then, as posted in a different too level comment, this is just too easy to fake, or block.

It's an idiot law for idiots

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago

Adversaries who are being treated to lower tarriffs than allies.

Cooked country.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 42 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

This is absolutely insane and no one will want to buy those GPUs.

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 15 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah if you think most people are going to care or even know about this, you haven't been paying attention to the last 20 years.

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[–] Yttra@lemmy.world 31 points 16 hours ago

Unless, of course, they're in all the GPUs that people want.

...It's unfortunately more likely that the majority of people won't notice or care, though.

[–] Trollception@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Just like nobody is buying the current generation because it's insane, right?

[–] centof@lemm.ee 111 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Ah yes let's try to stifle Chinese innovation by ... checks notes ... expanding our surveillance state. Usually we are the ones calling China a surveillance state, but it's fine(it's not) once we do it.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 41 points 19 hours ago

There is nothing more American than hipocracy my friend

[–] malin@thelemmy.club 20 points 17 hours ago

Yeah. All the FUD about Huawei really solidified in my mind how stupid the average internet user is these days.

It's like, everything they were bitching about has already been confirmed to be happening with US companies thanks to PRISM and the Snowden leaks.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 180 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Between this, the tarrifs and the brain drain, why would any manufacturers consider operating in the US anymore?

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 74 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (4 children)

They'll still want access to Americans coz there are profits to be had, and they can price gouge under a fascist kleptocracy many orders of magnitude harder than elsewhere.

What they don't understand is that the fascist leadership will backstab many/most of them eventually, especially if they possess any moral fiber whatsoever. Luckily for them, capitalism has already purged corporate leadership of morality and ethics.

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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 28 points 20 hours ago (11 children)

There's no real push for that to happen. This is about crashing an economy, stealing wealth and creating a a massive almost slave labor class at the bottom.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 54 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh Senator Know-Nothing....

What are you going to do about firewalls and air-gapped networks? JFK you stupid asshole... GTFO

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 50 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

Next up GPUs require always-on connections and Nvidia requires a monthly subscription to pay for that.

[–] HakunaHafada@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago

Don't give them any ideas.

[–] schema@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 56 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Senator Tom Cotton

Ah. Yeah, that tracks.

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[–] matmarspace@programming.dev 9 points 15 hours ago

Bruh... Literally 1984

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 39 points 21 hours ago

Why would they make their own products illegal in Europe?

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 35 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

...okay, so invest in Chinese GPU companies? Invest in Chinese GPU companies.

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[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 29 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 2 points 3 hours ago

Fascists are weird little guys. There is a podcast about that, it's true.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I can't imagine this would be effective at all. Assuming it uses GPS, big datacenters could simply spoof the GPS signal, and consumers could block the GPU from receiving the signal (a fully metal PC case is almost a Faraday cage already).

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

not just that. but GPS is one way communication. how will it call home to HQ?

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

That's why they need to be able to monitor everything on the internet.

Not for anything fascist, we promise.

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