I’ve known this fact in the past, but I’m not sure I’d remember it in the moment.

Worst example of tail wagging the dog. Trump says stuff, and followers think it’s a good idea because Trump said it. Nobody actually wanted this.

I agree, but I understand the temptation. It can take your company from 0 to 100 almost instantly, since you have the budget to hire social media and SEO experts to take you to that magical “viral” status. Not doing this often means toiling in obscurity and never going anywhere. If you do manage to make enough money for your whole team to quit their day jobs, then it almost certainly took longer.

Quick and easy path leads to the Dark Side.

I personally believe it’s due to lack of public investment in education and technology in western countries.

And you are correct, but why do you assume there’s any eugenics-themed arguments above? There is nothing of the sort. Everything the other poster says is completely compatible with Taiwan investing in education and technology that the US failed to do.

And still is, so your point is still bunk.

The US supported Taiwan for ideological reasons long before TSMC was a thing. Your reading of the situation is completely bunk.

Why would people from Taiwan be deported to China? Even if the US wanted to punish them, Trump hates China more than anybody else.

With a growing number of ARM and RISC-V manufacturers out there, people with these skills are in high demand. You’re completely off base.

It’s exactly how it works for people with highly specialized skills.

Engineers from Taiwan that have chip design skills? Yes, they can walk at any time.

You’re taking a general case of H1B visa abuse–which is completely valid in broad terms–and applying it to a specialized case where the materials conditions are different.

Lots of the Musk Administration stuff has zero constituency. It’s just stuff him, Trump, and a few Heritage Foundation guys thought up. This is one of them. Nobody was asking for tariffs on the whole world or thought it’d be a good idea.

Microsoft got off the hook when Bush II took office. Tech in general took that as a sign that monopolies were fine. That was just starting to be reversed when Trump took a second term and here we are.

Imagine VR so real that someone severely allergic to cats can know what it’s like to give one scritches and feel it purr. Imagine someone who is paraplegic knowing what it’s like to swim or climb a mountain. Now imagine how much money Mark Zuckerberg will make when it’s $22.95/month with ads and requires you to put in your Social Security Number.

I could see the argument that it’s more air gapped this way. Without having physical access to the Pi (or at least SSH access), it’d be hard to get any network connection through USB.

But personally, I just blocked outgoing traffic from the printer.

I checked on where Edsel prices have gone. They mostly match inflation. Not a worthwhile investment as a car that people are interested in decades later because it’s an infamous failure.

There are some projects out there that do the entire frame. Steppers, hotend, and control boards are out of reach. There’s some hypothetical ways you could do it, but it’d be far more expensive than buying off the shelf stuff and probably get worse results. Even the frames tend to take a lot of filament.

It’s more of a nice idea than something practical.

AR15 lower receiver model. You can buy a kit that’s 85% of the way to done and only needs basic tools from there.

Honestly, more people should probably do that. If you have a low printing volume, you’ll save a lot of money by going to a store to get prints.

Yes, you can argue that you need the convenience of having a printer right there. Just realize you’re spending a lot of extra money for that convenience.

Historically, the field of AI research has gone through boom and bust cycles. The first boom was during the Vietnam War with DARPA dumping money into it. As opposition to the Vietnam War grew, DARPA funding dried up, and the field went into hibernation with only minor advancement for decades. Then the tech giant monopolies saw an opportunity for a new bubble.

It’d be nice if it could be funded at a more steady, sustainable level, but apparently capitalism can’t do that.

If he can get $5 million, does that mean he financially recovered from this?

There’s already proposals to put his face on Mt Rushmore, so yes.