live-the-future t1_j1v1yoy wrote on December 27, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Reply to Chipmakers Struggle With Inventory Buildup On Pandemic Demand Correction by Genevieves_bitch

>Pandemic recovery, rising interest rates, a falling stock market, and recession fears have weakened consumer appetite for electronics.

Not to mention ridiculous pricing on the latest line of graphics cards. (Nvidia, looking at you.)

live-the-future t1_iy92scp wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:46 PM

Reply to Chinese authorities on Monday appeared to be moving to frame a wave of nationwide anti-lockdown protests at the weekend as the work of "hostile foreign forces," with university students ordered to leave campus and go back to their hometowns aboard specially arranged train services by EssoEssex

Authoritarianism is violent cowardice. They are so afraid of ideas, of people expressing themselves, of being criticized, that they have to react with violent oppression and scapegoating. Sure, China, your CCP always knows best, is never corrupt (except when it is, must be foreigners), and always has the peoples' interests first and foremost and not retaining its own iron grip on power. 🙄

Propaganda, censorship of ideas and violent suppression of protests is not just a hallmark of authoritarianism, it's a requirement for them to stay in power. Violent cowards.