Also known as "light", as used in Lasers, which also works to knock down drones.

Oh boy, the opening of the markets on Monday will be... entertaining to say the least.

The only stocks going up will be companies that sell popcorn.

This will trigger the world to move away from the Dollar as the currency for international trade, which will cause the collapse of the American financial sector.

If he scraps the CHIPs act, Intel will be bankrupt before the end of his term. Even worse, it could be bought by a private (in)equity fund.

Basically, Fall of the Soviet Union 2.0. The west was able to outspend the ruskies until they croaked.

EU, please, keep up the pressure, break those murderous bastards in the Kremlin, don't let them win.

No one will accept a deal with the US for the next 20 years. Zelensky would get a better outcome if he made a pact with the actual Devil than with those bozzos in DC.

Jesus Fucking Christ !!!

What does Elmo think the government use ? MongoDB, because its Web Scale [0]?

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs

Currency. Paper money that has high acceptance internationally, like US Dollars or Euros, both can be easily traded by local currency pretty much anywhere in the world.

Activision certainly won't. They're owned by the same Microsoft that just bribed the Orangutan in Chief: https://web.archive.org/web/20250112043306/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/3281096/microsoft-1-million-trump-inauguration/

There's zero chance they'll risk Melon lashing back at them because of a stupid game.

Not to mention it was built on such a shoestring budget that it used stainless steel in several parts, had rivets that were not flush to the surface in places they wouldn't affect aerodynamics and used vacuum tubes on several avionics.

The last part, some tankies would want you to believe that it was stroke of genius from MiG, because tubes are less susceptible to EMPs. The truth is, the Soviet industry was so behind the west, they simply were incapable of manufacturing EMP hardened semi-conductors.

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This is solid evidence for the inability of large corporations to actually innovate. They either copy smaller competitors or release crap that people don't need and never asked for, like "AI".