• theQuandary@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      When Xi publicly told his military to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 earlier this year (meaning there was probably a non-public memo demanding readiness by 2025), he made things political.

      Taiwan doesn’t have many natural resources and their government since the 70s has deliberately poured money and legislation into their chip industry to make it so valuable that other countries would be forced to come to their aid if they are attacked.

      The idea that hardware and politics are strictly separate has always been a fantasy.

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        1 year ago

        When Xi publicly told his military to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027 earlier this year (meaning there was probably a non-public memo demanding readiness by 2025), he made things political.

        Xi didn’t publicly tell the military to be ready by 2027. That was a (probably accurate) claim by US intelligence

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        1 year ago

        I can speak English, french, spanish, Italian, German, and chinese. Show me that video clip and I can translate into all the language to fact check.

        Let me speed it up for you. It doesn’t exist.

    • 3G6A5W338E@alien.topOPB
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      1 year ago

      Note the mini-itx board with the 16xP670+8xX280 chip can be preordered. It is due in some 8 months and will cost around $120.

      At that price, at that point in time, it will be quite powerful.