Can’t stop the signal, so much fun to legally 3d print FOSS silencers
Alex Li
I’m renewing my Federal Firearms License and had to report that I bought 57 guns in the last 3 years. You don’t need a license for guns in America, but getting one gives you extra privileges. I can have guns shipped to my door and can buy guns out of state without background checks.
I legally carry a 9mm handgun. Yet Trump and ICE bootlickers act like any cop can execute me because the First and Second Amendments disappear when their favorite politician is in power.
So many “freedom loving” bitcoiners turned out to be bootlickers defending government thugs murdering Americans for legally exercising their 1st + 2nd amendment rights
More Freedom Go Up grants from @HRF, bullish for bitcoin in 2026!
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Getting a foot massage. Therapist says my muscles are tense and that I must not go often (no surprise, massages are expensive in the US).
I pay 138 RMB($20)/hour but he only gets 35 RMB ($5). He works 10am–midnight, 365 days a year, zero days off, for 7,000 RMB a month (~$1,000)
Got my first traffic ticket in China, the endless AI cameras are all knowing and all seeing, you can’t dodge them. Was fined 100 RMB (~$14) for crossing a white line from the straight turn lane into the right turn lane. The local government was kind enough to text me about it
Nothing like some miserable Chinese smog to start the day with, winter heating + a power grid that’s still over 50% coal = heavy smog.
A basket of fresh strawberries here in China costs 60 RMB (~$8). Local minimum wage is 21 RMB/hr ($3). That’s ~3 hours of work. In the US, a carton of $5 strawberries is 30 min at minimum wage. Same fruit, vastly different purchasing power.
Xiaomi YU7 SUV: $33k USD base, $45k fully loaded. I tested the full self driving which uses LIDAR + cameras, lane changes, right turns, yielding, zero input from me. ~350-mile range, air suspension, sub-3 second 0–60 on Max version. Built by $4/hr factory labor.