I doubt it will for a long time. Democracy Perception Index (chaired by former NATO general-secretary and former State minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen) found that 77% of Chinese citizens see their government having "just the right amount of democracy". The exact same number they found in Fogh's home country Denmark.
This might be an unpopular opinion but in my opinion anything more than ShutUp10 is a complete waste of time unless you go all the way and run Windows behind a firewall (OPNsense) and use a whitelist. It is (again IMO) impossible to control software from the same machine.
>Most of Europe has effectively outsourced its military defence to the Americans
That is a very American point of view. Many Europeans see it more as "The US pay a bigger part than we do in bolstering American control of the western world", which is exactly as it should be. IMO the US should pay exactly 100% of the bill for its own defense and enforcement of its power projection. The US does this to protect the US, not Europe. Europe is only interesting if it is pro-US and as a buffer and economic zone. Old Cold war plans even had plans to nuke Europe to show the USSR that the US meant business in the event of a USSR invasion..
What we see here is a perfect example why I (as a Danish citizen) have heard Denmark called Little America and Scandinavia's answer to the USA by both Swedes and Norwegians. Often living here feels more like living in a satellite or puppet state than a free country:
Do F-35s match our need? No not at all but we better break our own laws to make a contract that only the US can win. Do citizens want a US base the Danish military isn't allowed to monitor for nuclear weapons? No but we still got one (and even though not allowed it still had nukes). Do the people want a NSA like intelligence system? No but even the average elected politicians can't get access to any information about FE and what they do (only leaks like this tell them what is going on). And so on and so forth.
The latest Democratic Perception Index (chaired by the Danish former NATO general secretary Anders Fogh) found when asking people "Who is the biggest threat to democracy in the world?" most rated the US as the biggest threat (if I remember correctly, northern Europeans especially had this viewpoint).
This is just a situation of the puppet doing as it was taught.
I use the internet a lot but i have never once seen an advertisement for something i thought "hey, that looks interesting". The problem is that millions (billions?) of dollars are spend on subconsciously making people want to buy what is advertised, no matter if they need it or not. In any other area this psychological meddling with people's subconscious would be highly illegal. So in short, as long as this exists (and it always will as you can't put research already done back in the box) all advertisement should be illegal if not consented into, targeted or not, beforehand.
>"We provide evidence that regular cannabis use is associated with gray matter volume reduction in the medial temporal cortex, temporal pole, parahippocampal gyrus, insula, and orbitofrontal cortex;"
Yet another study that shows this. But what use do these studies have in a world where legalisation is becoming more and more widespread? How can we do something about the findings? (I'm actually asking, not trying to argue for legalisation one way or the other.)
The way The West "takes on" a country will not work with China and I'll take a bet any day that the west cannot change its way and take on China in new functioning ways. Using the old tried and true ways we have used against everything from African rebel leaders to South American democratically elected presidents is helping CCP internally in PRC, not hurting it. It's as clear as day and reminds me of the old "Do you know the definition of insanity" quote. Either we work with China and try to influence in positive ways or we won't make any (positive) difference. Don't take on China, work with China, period. Its way too late now unless we go for full scale war or treat China as we do North Korea. The road we are on now only leads to China becoming the new top dog above the US. Change or become irrelevant.
If Russia did this they would risk making the cold war less cold if it allowed Americans access. The problem here is that the US will not do anything to stop this even if the rest of earth didn't like the idea. We need to have modern laws instead of the mess we have now before something bad happens.
>Maybe Tesla just reserves some capacity for longer lifespan of batteries?
Maybe. But if they cut 10% the owners should get the equivalent of 10% ranges worth in damages (not the charging cost but the price difference in their current car and one with 10% less range). Of course they should also be allowed to sell the car back to Tesla as some of these owners have proven they no longer can bet on always reaching their destination without an extra charge. I would personally have bought another car of I were in that position.
I just saw a police show from some part of Philadelphia where young people are banned from being outside after 22:00 (younger than 16). It's bad everywhere just in different forms.
That sure takes a positive view of light pollution! I have never seen a "brilliant night sky" in my life and I don't live in a city. Maybe it's 95% if you count the sea but in the west it is more like 5% max.
It's because Airbnb (ab)use the same kind of hole in the law as Uber does. Hotels have to follow more rules and can't build a room in random buildings that happen to be available but build lots of rooms in huge buildings. The problem isn't hotels but that Airbnb isn't seen as hotels as they should be. Luckily some cities are waking up and stopping the abuse.
Some countries might allow this but not all. I can set my number as secret (not shown when calling someone and not included in any lists) at my telco userpage and I can (also for free) set everything, incl. name and my address as secret too on a national webportal. Doing so hides the info from domainname look up etc. and in most governmental systems as it is made to help protect privacy and stop sstalkers This is in Denmark btw.
SpaceX couldn't offer the prices they do without state aid. Their prices are held down by overpriced military contract launches. So much so that several space agencies ( EU, Russian, etc.) have said that SpaceX are not competing as a private company but as a state sponsored company. This is not the move from state to private launches but the merger of Defense contractor's and NASA's budgets. SpaceX is being used to prop up US launches against foreign competitors. That's not moving out of Defense but keeping it close to heart by throwing money at them.