All I‘m saying is that said lab was one of the largest ones in the world to research SarS at that time and if my memory serves me right was only one of three in the world to research the type of SarS that could infect humans. Cave bats knowing to carry it naturally don‘t live anywhere near that region either (a detail most people probably never even considered). That makes the whole food stall theory doubtful with this giant lab next door.

Mix that with how the local and then national Chinese government have mismanaged the outbreak every step of the way (I still remember the terrifying headlines from late 2019 of warning doctors that vanished and fleeing international journalists vividly, so don‘t tell me that didn‘t happen) and it looks a whole lot like a classic lab leak combined with no action to contain it because then you would have to admit something went wrong. Because yes, lab leaks do happen from time to time but they‘re usually contained, but there are no signs containment was ever a priority in Wuhan apart from blocking national flights (international flights still went in and out though. The government didn‘t even issue a warning. Gotta keep the trade flowing I guess.).

It‘s also extremely valuable to actually listen to virologists word for word because what they have said many times is that Covid-19 just doesn‘t look like a virus you would make in a lab, implying it would be reckless to do research on something like that. That‘s the sole reason they disprove of the lab theory. They blindly trust their Chinese colleagues to work as vigilant and exemplary as they do when the timeline points to the opposite.

I doubt we will ever see any proof of a lab leak because Chinese officials have swept that lab and the records squeaky clean before they allowed any foreign investigation of the site. The lab leak theory is by far the most plausible one and believe me when I say it will happen again because those corrupt structures are still intact.

TikTok is the cause in other parts of the world at least. It has been washing the brains of friends and family for many years now. It‘s odd how the most apolitical people suddenly drop pro Chinese talking points at a gathering.

But what‘s worse is how it radicalizes young adults and teenagers and pushes them to the far right. Dictatorship suddenly becomes freedom and democracy becomes a prison to them. It‘s well documented how much anti-democratic content the platform is pushing aggressively and that‘s extremely beneficial for China.

I expect it‘s no different in Taiwan.

It looks to me like all they accomplished was making the job more dreadful and I‘m afraid the people making these decisions will see that as a partial success.

Ist Schokolade nicht generell deutlich teurer geworden? Da war doch vor einer weile sehr viel Angstmache in den Medien wegen akutem Kakaobohnen-Mangel. Und ob das jetzt gestimmt hat, ist erstmal zweitrangig, denn die Panik nutzen Hersteller sofort und das habe Ich hier und da schon gemerkt.

Milka kaufe Ich eh nicht mehr weil es den USA gehört. Gibt genug Marken in Europäischer Hand.

I know it might be an annoying nitpick but if the game does not comment on Japanese warcrimes then I‘d be deeply disappointed but sadly not surprised.

Mod logs aren‘t necessarily a good tool to keep track of bad actors either because you don‘t know the mods. I think someone would have to have a lot of entries from several communities for me to even raise an eyebrow. It‘s tough.

That way of thinking is a trap. They did have a more reasonably priced ad free tier but people using it only made it worse over time because it got so popular that Youtube could confidently raise prices and slash benefits. And the line has to go up. That‘s the only thing that matters to them.

The presentation looks too fluid. I don‘t see any room or reason to use a controller live on stage there other than to pretend. The entire thing looks scripted through and through so why would you even make Ciri controlled live there? Feel free to send me time codes where the camera itself actually looks like it‘s controlled by the guy behind the pult, though. I can‘t see anything. It looks like a normal tech demo with preselected inputs to me and I see no reason why they would give the guy control over anything.

What actually stuck out most to me besides Witcher 4 was their LLM based „Don‘t press the button“ game presentation at the very end of the show. No one is really talking about it because it was really lame but I think it‘s telling how they showed the AI driven stuff after everything else almost to kind of sweep it under the rug because they know most people are already sick of AI but they still had to include it for gullible shareholders or something.

HA HA!

If the government wants to know they can just ask your Bank. Besides, Sony itself is probably the greatest potential risk to exposing your data here anyway since they already have your banking data most likely and are known to have leaks. The German government really is my smallest concern in that whole process of buying something on Sony’s store.

Well damn I know it’s just footage of a tech demo so there is a lot that can happen still and Ciri was definitely not controlled live (as they tried to make us believe if you watched the full event. Like seriously, who’s going to believe you when you slice up a horse and voxelize trees? Holding the controller on stage was just corny, sorry guys) BUT it looks amazing! I especially loved how they showcased some of the technical details. I really didn’t think it would impress me this much because they showed way more about a game that’s probably years away from release than I ever anticipated. And again, a lot can still happen and go wrong but I would lie if I said I wasn’t hyped already. Mission accomplished I guess.

When did Snowden whistleblow? This isn‘t exactly new tech.

I don‘t know the name but from the user side it works like a payment system that pops up, asks for some digits on your ID and then gives the thumbs up for you to proceed. The store or website doesn‘t see any of this, just that you are approved by the service. The Playstation Store uses it and it‘s honestly really neat. Sadly almost no one else does. Steam even removed thousands of games rather than implementing this simple feature. I bet they don‘t even know about it given that they don‘t have a German branch to deal with this type of stuff, hence removing everything that could potentially cause extra work with German authorities.

I‘m worried about that too. I can‘t think of many cases where foreign investment was beneficial for consumers here in Germany. Perhaps I am biased because you probably don‘t hear about the success stories but it can‘t be good for autonomy.

We have far right governments in Poland, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands and some more center right governments in other EU member states. This is very bad for human rights and we should be worried by this trend.

Depriving the internet of an opportunity for good old German bashing. How sinister of you. /s

Would be a shame if people had so sift through AI generated gore before the bots like and comment it. But seriously, good on them.

Oh like they do every single election everywhere?

Germany already has a method that works pretty well and keeps your identity and exact birthday secret from third parties. Problem is nobody implements it because tech companies would rather have all your data. Maybe this time it will be different but knowing the EU they will probably try something funny with this thing.