I agree completely with your sentiment, however I doubt the Xiaomi is actually more secure. It still runs Android, therefore Google/fedgov still have root access to everything. There's no such thing as a secure consumer smartphone.
That said, I'm typing this on a Xiaomi Mi A1. It's a nicely made phone, good performance & battery life, runs stock Android with no hideous bloatware, and cost me half the price of a Samsung with the same specs.
Yo silverspoon broham - your privilege is not my privilege.
I notice something whenever I hear some fake progressive scumbag ranting. It's always some inherited wealth private school twat, lecturing working people about their "checking your privilege". The whole "social justice" hypocrisy is just another tactic used by the bourgeoisie to divide and oppress the masses.
A smarmy scumbag from the Standford Butt-Buddies old boys' network, head of a loss-making surveillance company that survives by sucking QE money from the venture capital teat, contemptuously mistreats his employees and keeps all the ill-gotten lucre for himself and his cronies.
Is anyone at all shocked by this? Venture capitalists and their running dogs will *always* exploit tech workers. So long as we as an industry refuse to act with solidarity, no one should be surprised when the boot he's licking decides to give him a good kick in the face.
The more the running dogs of the Establishment hate and slander Trump, the more the masses of working people love him.
The Repuglican and Demonrat parties were long able to pursue blatantly anti-worker public policies. Monopoly control of broadcast media by the financial interests that own both Establishment parties enabled them to steer the narrative of public discussion. Now that they've lost that monopoly on mass media they have likewise lost control of the narrative.
No no no no - they have PROOF that no fewer than 42 angels can dance on the head of a pin. The exact number is still under debate - some people say it's up to 700 angels. They have big math equations and everything. This is SCIENCE were talking about here, buddy!
Today feminazis have teamed up with religious conservatives in an ongoing effort to ban prostitution. Granted the language around this measure is a little hysterical, grossly misleading, and totally insincere. But I can't say I care that much. I don't enjoy patronizing prostitutes, and in as much as I have some socially conservative feelings, I'm okay with the ban.
*Of course* it will fail, like every other attempt to ban prostitution ever. But like I said, no loss to me.
Now all the self-described Progressives who might be tempted to support this, should perhaps give it a second thought. Today we ban prostitution. Tomorrow we ban sodomy and feminism. For the exact same reasons.
When you find yourself a political ally of wahhabists, maybe you should ask yourself if that's really where you want to go.
It's not binary. There are many different kinds and degrees of efficiency. Hypercentralization is efficient in labor terms, provided a) there's plenty of cheap capital to build the facilities, b) society doesn't place much value on healthy land, and c) society laughs in the face of risk and places no value at all on resilience.
In SF the pigglies allow violent, aggressive thug kids from the projects to run wild on Muni. While they busy themselves ticketing cyclists for not following automobile traffic rules.
Here in Ho Chi Minh the public transport is woefully inadequate, but thug-free. The cops here terribly corrupt. Yet somehow they are far far more effective at preventing violent crime than the cops in America.
The taxi medallion system is crony capitalism more than socialism. It's true that the original laws may have been created a hundred years ago with good intentions. But the actually-existing system of taxi regulation in most cities works in just the dystopic way you described.
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Ivan, Ivan, Ivan - you live in *Moscow* and you're sexually frustrated? You really need to get out more.
Where I live the UberMoto drivers wear spectacularly ugly helmets. Designing something that awful must have cost a fortune.
Three cheers for petty, futile neo-puritanism! Hup hup h[CENSORED]h!
I agree completely with your sentiment, however I doubt the Xiaomi is actually more secure. It still runs Android, therefore Google/fedgov still have root access to everything. There's no such thing as a secure consumer smartphone.
That said, I'm typing this on a Xiaomi Mi A1. It's a nicely made phone, good performance & battery life, runs stock Android with no hideous bloatware, and cost me half the price of a Samsung with the same specs.
Found the PHB!
Yo silverspoon broham - your privilege is not my privilege.
I notice something whenever I hear some fake progressive scumbag ranting. It's always some inherited wealth private school twat, lecturing working people about their "checking your privilege". The whole "social justice" hypocrisy is just another tactic used by the bourgeoisie to divide and oppress the masses.
So far as I can tell, the real reason fake progressive running dogs hate President Trump SO DAMNED MUCH is because he is openly pro-worker.
A smarmy scumbag from the Standford Butt-Buddies old boys' network, head of a loss-making surveillance company that survives by sucking QE money from the venture capital teat, contemptuously mistreats his employees and keeps all the ill-gotten lucre for himself and his cronies.
Is anyone at all shocked by this? Venture capitalists and their running dogs will *always* exploit tech workers. So long as we as an industry refuse to act with solidarity, no one should be surprised when the boot he's licking decides to give him a good kick in the face.
leftist = rightist = centrist = authoritarian financialist
In China, creimertards are lined up and shot at dawn every Monday and Thursday.
The more the running dogs of the Establishment hate and slander Trump, the more the masses of working people love him.
The Repuglican and Demonrat parties were long able to pursue blatantly anti-worker public policies. Monopoly control of broadcast media by the financial interests that own both Establishment parties enabled them to steer the narrative of public discussion. Now that they've lost that monopoly on mass media they have likewise lost control of the narrative.
Vladimir Putin left a deuce in my shoe!
I rode my motorcycle to lunch today. Now *there* is a technology that has caused a lot of deaths in a fairly direct way.
Ban motorcycles now!!!1!!!!!1!!3!!! Who will think of the childrens?!?!?!555!!??!
No no no no - they have PROOF that no fewer than 42 angels can dance on the head of a pin. The exact number is still under debate - some people say it's up to 700 angels. They have big math equations and everything. This is SCIENCE were talking about here, buddy!
Today feminazis have teamed up with religious conservatives in an ongoing effort to ban prostitution. Granted the language around this measure is a little hysterical, grossly misleading, and totally insincere. But I can't say I care that much. I don't enjoy patronizing prostitutes, and in as much as I have some socially conservative feelings, I'm okay with the ban.
*Of course* it will fail, like every other attempt to ban prostitution ever. But like I said, no loss to me.
Now all the self-described Progressives who might be tempted to support this, should perhaps give it a second thought. Today we ban prostitution. Tomorrow we ban sodomy and feminism. For the exact same reasons.
When you find yourself a political ally of wahhabists, maybe you should ask yourself if that's really where you want to go.
Broham, look! Under your bed - there's a Nazi hiding! Ohhhh nooooez!
Yup, fake progressive trolls suuuuuure do hate freedom of political speech.
You give technical arguments, when the real question is whether or not we want to live in a free society. I fear I know your answer.
It's not binary. There are many different kinds and degrees of efficiency. Hypercentralization is efficient in labor terms, provided a) there's plenty of cheap capital to build the facilities, b) society doesn't place much value on healthy land, and c) society laughs in the face of risk and places no value at all on resilience.
I used to commute to work on the New York City subway. My *subway* station was Port Authority Bus Terminal.
In SF the pigglies allow violent, aggressive thug kids from the projects to run wild on Muni. While they busy themselves ticketing cyclists for not following automobile traffic rules.
Here in Ho Chi Minh the public transport is woefully inadequate, but thug-free. The cops here terribly corrupt. Yet somehow they are far far more effective at preventing violent crime than the cops in America.
The movies will replace car chase scenes with police massacre scenes. Just like in real life. Ain't cybernetic serfdom gonna be great?!
Yes yes - *rural* congressmen are the big supporters of Amtrak! Farmers a thousand miles from the nearest station just love those intercity trains!
The taxi medallion system is crony capitalism more than socialism. It's true that the original laws may have been created a hundred years ago with good intentions. But the actually-existing system of taxi regulation in most cities works in just the dystopic way you described.
Lick those boots!