I work at a bank and it’s mind boggling how often I encounter systems very similar to this. A signed PDF isn’t good enough but send it via fax and suddenly it’s secure 🙄

Heavy subsidies to our own industry are definitely a better alternative, but our politicians would rather cry “China bad” and further line the pockets of our ruling class

Not really different anywhere as far as I know. Old ships usually have tons of cancerous/toxic material as part of their construction so nobody wants to deal with salvaging them for free

This lawsuit is specifically about them breaking California law, so it still isn’t simple enough I suppose

Can’t count on the library of Alexandria staying up over time either

None of those articles show white women voting blue. The first link shows them voting for Trump, the second one is for all women so the statistic is irrelevant, and the third article still says more white women voted for trump than Clinton…

The US is already busy supporting two other wars right now. I doubt the Philippines wants to push their luck on how much support we would be willing/able to provide.

If you don’t use it then how is it a big deal if it’s monitored?