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A positive use for AI: finding sea mines.
When placed in the Strait of Hormuz or elsewhere, mines don’t have to hit ships to cause damage — just the threat can choke global trade. Detecting them is slow and painstaking – but machine learning is speeding it up.
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How sea mines threaten global trade, and how navies detect them
The Iranian government uses the threat of sea mines to control access to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea lane that is vital to the global economy.The Conversation
How they make it hard to fix this heater - videos.trom.tf/w/krjeSgmcz3HD6…
These motherfuckers put some weird screws on this electrical heater so you cannot open it unless you have a very specific screw driver. Absolutely criminal behavior. But I understand it. You have to trade in this world in order to survive and thrive, and so these tactics can create advantages for you: the heater breaks, people buy a new one. Done. More profit.
If we can't change the incentive we cannot change these behaviors.
#plannedobselecence #assholedesign #enshifification #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism
https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/9d667811-d576-437c-8582-3214a27b7e16
#Oil Shock’s Tentacles Grip #WorldEconomy: ‘This Really Is the Big One’
Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international #trade #chaos brought on by #Trump #tariffs, #war in #Ukraine & chaotic #US policymaking are facing lasting economic damage.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #energy #EnergyCrisis
This idiot governs (using that word very generously) by reactionary insecure whim.
#Trump says #US will cut all #trade with #Spain after it refused to let the US #military use its bases for missions linked to strikes on #Iran.
"Spain has been terrible," Trump told reporters adding that he had told #Treasury Secy Scott Bessent to "cut off all dealings" with Spain.
"We're going to cut off all trade with Spain. We don't want anything to do with Spain," he added.
