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@feld @jonmsterling so, sort of a roundabout way of transferring money from Chinese workers to the central bank and capitalists to buy assets in the west?

Why?

@jonmsterling why exactly do chinese capitalists and the central bank want so much euro and dollars, anyway? What do they do with it?

@bencc that worked! Seems to last a few days on standby now. What a relief. Thanks a lot.

@bencc huh. Will that mess with anything such that I've to reinstall the os? Will likely attempt soon

@sundogplanets I got a reasonable refurb dell latitude from a nearby micro center a couple months back (12th gen i5, 16g ram, 1080p) for 300$. I'd look at similar refurb deals.

It's fine, btw. Drains too much power on standby, but ah well.

“Everyone’s leaving, but we’re buying ads because we fear retribution from the owner”

FFS

What a time to be alive

https://www.adweek.com/media/advertisers-returning-to-x/

@darrell73 life at the 5th percentile in the west is significantly better than life at the 95th percentile for about half the world's population. It's only inevitable that people will attempt to get in any way they can.

Here's hoping every country is rich a hundred years from now.