A recommendation I make where I can: OpenShot. FOSS, cross-platform, no accounts and very capable and easy to use.

In this case, there is exactly one true scotsman.

The winters ain't bad either.

Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer?

Program Name: Sudo.exe

Publisher: Unknown

File Origin: Downloaded from the Internet

I was going to try to repro this, but it seems you can't actually download it and it's now a builtin? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/advanced-settings/...

sudo sudo.exe

"Yes"

China is 10 years into what you describe, no?

> the way our system operates

They have the other system.

This bit, I mean:

> A wealthy nation-state with a sufficiently motivated voter base could certainly build up a meaningful competitor to TSMC over the course of, say, a decade or two (or three...).

Yes. And then taking down TSMC will be a nuclear bomb that wipes everyone else’s economy at once.

Somehow never read this one. But did write a short story ~20 years ago with a similar arc. I guess reading a lot of Asimov and Clarke and others will do that to you.

You should. It's short and it's one of Asimov's best.

I did! That is how I know the arc is similar.

> Republicans may not like porn

I am certain they love it, given what kinds of businesses see a spike when the RNC comes to town.

More accurately, restricting it is a useful policy platform that helps them win elections.

Ahh, but I do miss all the weird phones from 1998 - 2008.

I think it's ultimately the same process at work.

Who? I feel like there used to be a band by that name. Not sure what became of them.