Nuclear weapons agency breached amid massive cyber onslaught

Post by person_of_color » Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 3:58 AM UTC

bigphishy wrote: post #26

echelon wrote: post #6

It feels like we're in the calm before the storm and nobody is watching the approaching squall. China growing in power and influence, flexing itself on the global stage. The US waning internationally, citizens divided and full of hate. We're factory-less, fab-less, and have fewer educated. Fewer consumers. Lots of debt. We have SpaceX, but China's pace of exploration and international cooperation is increasing faster…

China has massive internal problems, and all data out of china's government are falsified and outright lies. China is a paper tiger in more ways than one. In 10 years, the power struggle between west and east will be a stalemate, and eventually both super powers will be overtaken by a growing power from India. India will be the powerhouse of the 21st century IMHO

Post by bigphishy » Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 3:59 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #29

ineedasername wrote: post #25

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We make the biggest blockbuster movies. Have you even seen End Game? What about Frozen? (Not the sequel) The snowman Olaf transcends national borders. We'll be fine.

The studio system is shut down and blockbusters aren't coming back. Movies are going straight to streaming. Disney and Warner are doing far-reaching reorgs to see to it. Look also at directors like Nolan and Villeneuve complaining - they know their familiar way of life is coming to an end, and they're struggling to cope with the new reality. Low-budget is something we'll get schooled on. International studios are jus…

Post by echelon » Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 4:00 AM UTC

bigphishy wrote: post #33

echelon wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The studio system is shut down and blockbusters aren't coming back. Movies are going straight to streaming. Disney and Warner are doing far-reaching reorgs to see to it. Look also at directors like Nolan and Villeneuve complaining - they know their familiar way of life is coming to an end, and they're struggling to cope with the new reality. Low-budget is something we'll get schooled on. International studios are jus…

China owns 40% of epic games? --- EDIT: wow, that's "unreal" ( excuse the pun ) ... what a sell out Epic games!

Post by hisnameismanuel » Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 4:00 AM UTC

ineedasername wrote: post #32

traes wrote: post #27

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I love that it's impossible to tell if you're mildly upset at the current state of this post or asking a mod to change it.

That's the beauty of it: many invocations of "dang" in HN will be done for both reasons. I don't know the origin of that username, but it's grown into it's role.

Post by advisedwang » Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 4:01 AM UTC

echelon wrote: post #6

It feels like we're in the calm before the storm and nobody is watching the approaching squall. China growing in power and influence, flexing itself on the global stage. The US waning internationally, citizens divided and full of hate. We're factory-less, fab-less, and have fewer educated. Fewer consumers. Lots of debt. We have SpaceX, but China's pace of exploration and international cooperation is increasing faster…