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This is not a serious response. The raid was intentionally leaked in order to maximize news coverage.

I actually love a ton of iOS 26's new features, but wow is it buggy.

No. If you don't use a weapon that your enemy will use, you will lose. It's a matter of survival.

So the televised raid? Is that normal operating procedure for the DOJ? Did that happen with Biden's classified docs?

They assisted in the NY AG's prosecution.

The left doesn't acknowledge any of that.

sorry nope. I said that we haven't broken up an alliances and that our allies are now investing in their own defense.

"closest ally" that doesn't fund their army despite having a huge land mass or their navy despite having a huge coast line and despite being located adjacent to our two biggest threats (China and Russia)

You think our alliances are Microsoft Office licenses?

I did specify the 70s 80s and 90s.

Sorry no. If you can't imagine how one country couldn't use force to stop another country from stealing IP then you are either not intellectually up to this conversation or not arguing in good faith.

Which NATO ally is being threatened?

Yes I served with those people so I am not denigrating their sacrifice when I say:

2001 was 24 years ago. A lot has changed since then. Europe's militaries are much degraded and the threats are much enhanced.

You're right, alliances are not boolean.

From the US perspective, we have been asking ourselves "can we trust Europe's military capacity" for a very long time and the answer (prior to 2025) was: NO.

With Trump on one side and Russia on the other, it seems like the answer has shifted to: MAYBE.

Increasing domestic military production is actually a great outcome.

Obviously Wall Street would have preferred purchasing from US-listed/owned arms companies, but from the perspective of a military alliance, having well-armed allies is the main point.

It's really hard to argue with Trump's methods if they led to Europe finally spending on their own defense.

Bad reading comprehension.

You're talking about recognizing IP, I am talking about stealing IP AND selling stolen IP in our markets.

1st: yes force can be used to discourage the theft of IP. This is merely an obstacle, not a total blocker 2nd: yes force can be used to block IP from our markets. This is actually incredibly trivial and would have been very easy 40-years ago.

You're 100% correct. "Prevented" is too strong of a word (that I borrowed from GP).

I would characterize my recommendations as things that could have been done for the US to not fund or encourage the re-rise of China.

Keeping core IP secret is not the issue. The issue is allowing the Chinese to steal IP and then compete in our markets with that stolen IP.

>students would have just gone to other countries, written their PhD dissertations there, advanced another country’s tech sector,

which other countries specifically? No other country has a tech sector. It's the US hegemony or the China hegemony.

>the same time the US is breaking up its own alliances

This isn't happening. The US is driving a harder bargain with our allies. No one serious thinks anyone is walking away from alliances with the US.

Is that the best way? China's rise had already happened by the 2010s

Preventing that could have been prevented in the 70s, 80s, 90s by stopping offshoring, blocking student visas, and prosecuting IP theft.

Nope, sorry I don't believe this. I lived in Seattle for 15-years and while the city was never exactly hard on crime, I watched the post-2016 descent into madness and then the post-covid sprint into being actively pro-crime.

I watched it start in the downtown area and then spread into residential neighborhoods, and the homeless/criminal element become more physically aggressive too. "Public Intoxication" also increased except instead of drunks it was fentanyl users.

Car crimes similarly went from simple opening of unlocked doors, to smashing of windows to grab bags or cutting out catalytic converters.

Public transit went from bearable to unusable (though this might be better now, I don't have firsthand knowledge anymore since I stopped using it during the decline).

I recently got rid of my M1 iPad Pro, so I can't verify (and you might be right).

I recall: using stage manager, plugging into monitor via USB-C, going into Settings to disable mirroring/enable as external display, ensuring you have a mouse/keyboard connected to the iPad, and then just clicking the iPad screen off with the lock/unlock button.

lmk if that works!

They matter, but not like in the sense that Americans should care about them.

You can? As long as you have keyboard/mouse (which the Magic Keyboard qualifies as)

I agree.

I re-did the battery on my 2013 MBP well after the Apple support period (~2020). I don't think I'd try it on a still-supported Mac unless I was very price sensitive.

>The world is essentially subsidizing the tariffs for Americans.

I was told the opposite thing would happen. Sounds like a great deal for us Americans!

>makes it feel like the original retina

Exactly right. M1 MacBook Pro delighted me in a way that Macs haven't done since my 2013 Retina MBP

Crazy good. I only have 87% on mine and I think I got it in 2022 (M1 though)... I wonder if it's because I leave it plugged in so much.

>Apple wants $300 for a replacement battery

Looks like iFixit shows thinks it's only a "moderate" difficulty replacement and should only cost you $109

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+14-Inch+2021+Batter...

Absolutely true. I now know that I only need an MBA, not an MBP.