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It truly is weird timeline where I'd share any of his statements in a positive light.

Bannon went on to accuse Musk of being self-serving, insisting that his “sole objective is to become a trillionaire.”

“What’s not positive,” he added, “is when all of a sudden he tries to put his half-baked ideas which are really about the implementation of techno-feudalism on a global scale. I don’t support that and we’ll fight it.”

This is why the moderation is changing. Similar story with Trump, Apple, xitter, and Elon. Lots of corners to cut and money to be made if you kiss his boots.

JD Vance has suggested that American support for NATO should be predicated on the European Union not regulating Elon Musk and his X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html

Trump vowed last month not to let the EU "take advantage of our companies," saying Apple CEO Tim Cook had called him to complain about an EU antitrust fine and back-tax order. There may soon be more to complain about, as Apple is set to get the EU’s first fine for not complying with digital competition rules, Bloomberg reported.

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-elon-musk-x-tech-social-media-politics-elections-eu/

Total cost of mobile base: $5,205.71 (not including the arm).

https://tidybot2.github.io/docs/bom/#arx5

This seems reasonable to me ... Unless the exported tech has non-military uses, but even then sanctions are part of the ways in which countries can apply pressure on Russia. https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-adopts-15th-sanctions-package-against-russia-its-continued-illegal-war-against-ukraine-2024-12-16_en

Yeah, fair point, and add to that the price of training and supplying a Russian troop to kill that American soldier, $200k would be a good deal. But still the local salary is so low I think they could pay less.

I don't doubt the Russians would pay for kills, but $200,000 per soldier killed seems very high!

I think the Russians could offer $20,000 and get a similar response considering the average monthly* salary in is $242 (US). - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_countries_by_average_wage

Apparently Iran was paying $1,000 in 2010.

In 2010, Iran reportedly paid Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan (equivalent to $1,400 in 2023).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_bounty_program#background

The money goes back to consumers who haven't got what they paid for, right?

"Hey Google, set a 20 min reminder*, 'drinks in the freezer'"

20 mins later Google will notify "Brinks the breezer" but hopefully that's enough to remind me.

That's a very good question, where do we draw the line and who decides?

I'm not giving any opinion here, but just 2 posts away people are complaining about telegram giving up users to the authorities.

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27573120

many engines do not require this procedure. It depends on whether the engine is equipped with hydro-compensators: these are devices designed for automatic adjustment of the thermal gap. They work at the expense of the oil entering them from the engine (that is why, actually, and are called “hydro-compensators”) and completely exclude the necessity of periodic manual adjustment of valves.

https://www.bradkimberley.com/valve-adjustment-what-is-it-why-is-it-needed-and-what-happens-if-you-dont-do-it/

Yeah, does contradict himself, at least from my understanding of things.