I’m wondering if Gaben could buy a semiconductor foundry and start producing RAM.

Wasn’t that kinda the idea behind the 6 day war?

It’s utterly bizarre, I’m looking to replace a Mondeo estate some time in the next couple of years. Frankly, SUVs are not a viable alternative - they have no boot space, they are less functional by a long chalk in that regard.

London and Paris can probably handle European financial services. My guess would be tech, we have no comparable chip design houses.

Neither of these companies design or sell the CPUs or GPUs we rely on. China has been trying to build a comparable CPU for years and is still years behind the curve.

What do we do for CPUs/GPUs?

In Europe? Also the UK.

That’s not what that study says.

In general I’m not against how the lords operate - just pointing out these are specifically hereditary peers (of which there are 92) in addition to the life peers. Oh and the bishops, can’t forget the bishops.

Ah, my bad, I’ll update.

Interestingly.as far as I’m aware Germans Italians were one of the last “ethnicities” to be considered white, alongside the Irish.

Edit: Originally said Germans, left the comment because it’s more about how whiteness is more about in group acceptance than actual skin tone.

Hol’up is Carmack a manosphere weirdo?

No one implied that.

Does that make the Wachowskis some kind of prophets to them?

I’d argue it’s not the inevitable outcome of capitalism. The grifters are connecting and feeding off each other like never before though. Trump/Tate/Farage/Rogan/Jones/Brand/Peterson/Shapiro are a few that spring to mind. They’re probably not sitting round planning stuff (well Shapiro probably is in the dorkiest way possible) but they amplify each other, vouch for each other etc etc.

They’re parasites with no moral compunction, they spot a glitch where they can get support, money and power and exploit the shit out of it with no regard to the consequences.

To my mind they harken back to the bullies of the 90s (and I’m sure before) and appeal to that mindset, wokeness bothers them because it represents progress that patches the glitch. I could ramble for hours but I’ve no solution, I wish someone did.

I’m aware of red pill/redpilling - it’s the specific slang I’m curious about. My knowledge/experience with Tate is primarily through the news and a few profiles by the likes of Robert Evans, which basically means I’m coming in with the negative viewpoint and no real experience of his content.

Without knowing the slang it likely passes me by as “well that’s how the kids talk these days” so I’m likely missing significant dog whistles all the time. I like to be aware - allows me to be vigilant and keep a check on myself.

Thanks! I feel the only new things here are simp and rizz if I’m honest. Simp seems to have gone the way of woke in that it’s lost most of its meaning, but when I see it used on YouTube it’s sinister AF. Tbh I’ve noticed this a lot on YouTube of late, high degree of racist and misogynistic comments in videos that feature a woman doing something “incorrectly” or if something criminal happens and it’s not readily apparent what the race of the perp is.

I’m clueless, what slang are we talking about here, I doubt I’d know it if I heard it.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he came up with it tbh, dude has a doctorate in economics and been the Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Governor of the Bank of England, he’s certainly got the experience to know how to play with an economy on a massive scale.

There’s more to just losing the pound than cultural attachment (though that’s very real) it would also limit the UK’s ability to dictate their monetary policy. Mind you ~25% of the EU don’t use the Euro, not least of which is Denmark which has a similar opt out to what the UK used to have.