chaosCruiser
Based on the numbers from Purism, it could be a lot more than 25% more expensive to manufacture everything in USA. Purims Librem 5 costs 799 $, while the made-in-America version costs 1999 $. That's roughly a 2.5x difference. Obviously, economies of scale play a role too but let's assume that the same factor applies to iPhones too. If so, the fanciest iPhone would cost about 4000 $.
The Hacker and the Honeypot
Zero, a notoriously ambitious hacker, had set his sights on a particular server. Rumors swirled in the dark corners of the internet that this server held a treasure trove: a database brimming with user accounts and password hashes. For Zero, breaching it would solidify his legend.
He spent days, then weeks, launching every exploit he knew. He tried SQL injections, brute-force attacks, phishing attempts, and probing for every conceivable vulnerability. Each time, the server remained unyielding, its digital defenses ironclad. Zero’s fingers flew across his keyboard, lines of code blurring on his multiple screens, but the coveted data remained tantalizingly out of reach.
Frustration mounted. Sleep became a luxury, and the thrill of the chase turned into a gnawing obsession. Yet, despite his relentless efforts and advanced tools, the server simply wouldn't yield its secrets.
Finally, after one last, exhaustive attempt failed, Zero leaned back in his chair, a bitter laugh escaping him. "Forget it," he muttered to his empty room, "that server is a honeypot anyway! Just a decoy set up to waste a hacker's time. There's probably no real data on it at all."
Oh, and the lesson. Almost forgot. Err... Don't be a noob, don't trust everything you read online, know what you're hacking... oh bugger this post is going off the rails. I'm sure there's a good lesson somewhere in there. Buried deep...
And they are federated with each other, and defederated with all other instances.
Good catch. I screwed up the zeros. Fixed it now.
Is that elemental silver or some fancy compound?
Take a really long rope and put one end on either pole of the Earth, and the other end on the equator. Use the shortest path, and make sure the rope is tight. No squiggles allowed! Chop that rope into exactly 10 000 000 equal parts. One of them is as long as a meter. Now you just need to find the right one.
Edit: more zeros.
This is KSA we’re talking about here. Human rights violations are always part of the deal. You could say it’s the currency they trade in.
US citizens get to compete too. The winner gets to keep their citizenship, while the rest will be shipped to El Salvador.
Next season: Inmates compete who gets to live another day. Every day, one of them gets eliminated by summary execution.
Youtube is also trying to be more like TV. Apparently, TV wasn’t bad enough.
What doesn’t kill you, cripple you for life or leave mental scars, might make you stronger. Chances are, it will make you weaker.