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  • El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment

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  • i don't understand why you dorks are laughing when i advocate for the use of tulips as legal tender. i'll have you know that i recently cashed out during the height of this latest tulip bubble! you rubes are simply jealous of the treats i can now buy and the very coherent and good point i'm making.

  • El Salvador Abandons Bitcoin as Legal Tender After Failed Experiment

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  • i remember laughing at crypto nerds about this a few years ago, but who's laughing now?

    me, still

  • Even Fox News admits that Xi is a Marxist Leninist

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  • it'd be funny if they're quoting some anonymous disgruntled party member who's actually denouncing xi as not maoist enough or something like that, like "xi's a marxist leninist, not a marxist leninist maoist! he thinks mao was 30% correct 70% incorrect, not the other way around!"

  • Xi says US must not cross four red lines

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  • oh, okay, so in context he's just reiterating status quo ante. thanks!

    According to the Chinese readout (https://guancha.cn/internation/2024_11_17_755645.shtml) here's what he told Biden were the 7 "lessons of the past 4 years that need to be remembered":

    1. "There must be correct strategic understanding. The 'Thucydides Trap' is not historical destiny, a 'new Cold War' cannot and should not be fought, containment of China is unwise, undesirable, and will not succeed."

    1. "Words must be trustworthy and actions must be fruitful. A person cannot stand without credibility. China always follows through on its words, but if the U.S. side always says one thing and does another, it is very detrimental to America's image and damages mutual trust."

    1. "Treat each other as equals. In exchanges between two major countries like China and the United States, neither side can reshape the other according to their own wishes, nor can they suppress the other based on so-called 'position of strength,' let alone deprive the other of legitimate development rights to maintain their own leading position."

    1. "Red lines and bottom lines cannot be challenged. As two major countries, China and the United States inevitably have some contradictions and differences, but they cannot harm each other's core interests, let alone engage in conflict and confrontation. The One China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués are the political foundation of bilateral relations and must be strictly observed. Taiwan issue, democracy and human rights, development path, and development rights are China's four red lines, which cannot be challenged. [Note: Bold text in the original] These are the most important guardrails and safety nets for China-US relations."

    1. "There should be more dialogue and cooperation. Under current circumstances, the common interests between China and the United States have not decreased but increased. Whether in areas of economy and trade, agriculture, drug control, law enforcement, public health, or in facing global challenges such as climate change and artificial intelligence, as well as international hotspot issues, China-US cooperation is needed. Both sides should extend the list of cooperation, make the cooperation cake bigger, and achieve win-win cooperation."

    1. "Respond to people's expectations. The development of China-US relations should always focus on the wellbeing of both peoples and gather the strength of both peoples. Both sides should build bridges for personnel exchanges and cultural communication, and also remove interference and obstacles, not artificially create a 'chilling effect.'"

    1. "Demonstrate great power responsibility. China and the United States should always consider the future and destiny of humanity, take responsibility for world peace, provide public goods for the world, and play a positive role in world unity, including engaging in positive interaction, avoiding mutual consumption, and not coercing other countries to take sides."

  • Xi says US must not cross four red lines

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  • Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that the Taiwan question, democracy and human rights, China's path and system, and China's development right are four red lines for China, which must not be challenged or crossed.

    is there another source that expands on exactly what this all means or are these "red lines that must not be crossed" being left intentionally vague so that when the u.s. inevitably crosses them, party leadership doesn't feel obligated to respond belligerently?

  • We (Hexbear and Lemmygrad) should make a comfy "mostly apolitical" space or network for chilling - Hexbear

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  • Chinese officials say Trump’s comeback not a surprise – and this time Beijing is prepared

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  • yeah anyone following the news heads and their analysis over at the hexbear news and bulletins forum -- which the cpc in beijing certainly does -- isn't surprised by this outcome.

  • Liberals after Trump wins

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  • trump would have been worse

  • Israel sets in motion plan for Gaza concentration camps run by CIA-trained mercenaries: Report

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  • “clearing” any such bubble of Hamas fighters and erecting a separation wall

    good thing hamas isn't known for digging tunnels

  • NSFW

    Throne’s toilet camera takes pictures of your poop | TechCrunch

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  • “Within six weeks we came to the painful realization that the market was saturated and not a sandbox we wanted to play in,” says Hickle, “so we pivoted, and our investors were shockingly cool with us tackling consumer hardware.”

    please introduce me to these investors i have many lucrative business ideas they may be interested in

  • spotted a house sporting this yard sign today

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  • it's like cargo cult feminism. they lack any understanding of or desire for genuine liberation, but they feel the need to engage with a hollow, ritualized mimicry of third wave feminism as the only remaining rationale for their preferred candidate. she is a woman, and therefore will be the first woman president, and therefore a vote for harris is necessarily a vote for the advancement of the cause of gender liberation, please ignore the ongoing genocide.

    and because there's no theory underlying any of this, all they can do is grasp at the aesthetics of a cultural touchstone from last year. barbie aesthetics are apparently inherently feminist now because of the barbie movie, i guess. there's probably a relevant baudrillard quote about signs and simulacra.

    it's patronizing, infantilizing, and completely dismissive of the material concerns of women around the world.

  • سعادتي هنا

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  • I'm a member of the Japanese Go Association in the 1920's and I'm changing the rules to give white bonus points to offset black's first move advantage. Should I cut ties?

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  • yeah i like the game well enough but not having to deal with rematches is a pretty strong argument in favor

  • I'm a member of the Japanese Go Association in the 1920's and I'm changing the rules to give white bonus points to offset black's first move advantage. Should I cut ties?

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  • is there an advantage to the rating system to cutting or not cutting ties? would it make it easier to match evenly skilled players if ties were allowed?

  • New Trolley Problem Dropped

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  • cassette tapes and their consequences...

  • New Trolley Problem Dropped

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  • New Trolley Problem Dropped

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  • finally followed through on my numerous threats

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  • i've been pretty busy lately, was that a struggle session or just fly paper?

    regardless it'll be a delight to have him around, i'm sure

  • New Trolley Problem Dropped

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  • forcing the truck to stop

    so the diagram is not to scale and there's some time here to react. why not just pick up the baby? run up, grab the kid, and lunge back towards the sidewalk. sure, the truck and car are going to collide atop your legs, but you'll save the kid and be able to sue ford, tesla, and both drivers. given a split second to decide, i think that's clearly the way to go.

  • music @hexbear.net
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    Anthem of the USSR/Soviet Union by legendary American bass-baritone Paul Robeson

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    John Brown's Body, Glory, Glory, Hallelujah - Cover by legendary American bass-baritone Paul Robeson

  • Games @hexbear.net
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    CW: Dwarf Fortress

    Hexbear plays DF: Roomtheaters - Year 5 (1st Granite 104 to 1st Granite 105)

  • technology @hexbear.net
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    “Superhuman” Go AIs still have trouble defending against these simple exploits

    web.archive.org /web/20240715155703/https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/07/superhuman-go-ais-still-have-trouble-defending-against-these-simple-exploits/
  • bloomer @hexbear.net
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    babies are hatching

  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net
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    the duality of hexbear

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    Forbes

    Xi (Foolishly) Plans Communist Answers For China’s Property Crisis.

    www.forbes.com /sites/miltonezrati/2024/03/01/xi-foolishly-plans-communist-answers-for-chinas-property-crisis/
  • Chapotraphouse @hexbear.net
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    i'm standing in some fallow fields near buenos aires and i say till 'em all!

  • neurodiverse @hexbear.net
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    imposter syndrome: one time a professor told me my work was outstanding and i was in a fit for two days because he didn't specify whether it was outstandingly good or bad

  • bloomer @hexbear.net
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    thistles -- bloomer megathread for 18 november 2023