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Another option I thought about was him buying the M1 and fighting his way to install a Linux distro that supports all the M1 MacBook hardware. He’ll have a really fast and efficient chip, as well as a good system!

This option is a pipe dream. I don't think there's any indication that Linux can run on M1 as a desktop. They have initial support, yes, but a full desktop would require so much more.

For example, I was reading about a vulnerability in the M1s because of not having adopted a particular instruction set in the very basic operations of the chip.

X86s are riddled with security faults and legacy.

It’s almost as if this M1 is an early-adoption technology, if that makes sense.

Apple has been making CPUs for a long time, for their phones and pads. So no, it's not early-adoption at all.

Generally speaking, you seem to be having some misconceptions about compatibility issues and support out there. Apple beats Linux in that area very easily. It's a mainstream product whereas putting Linux on something is still very much a fringe thing.

Yes, granted, but I don't see how replacing it with another, seemingly hostile, monopoly will help.

Why would China's supremacy be a good thing?

It's actually even worse: if you take BBK's brands, they're #1 so Apple is essentially #4. So China is roughly taking 50% of the whole market.

This is not a good trend in any way, but I suppose we've been digging our own graves for a long time.

You're basically giving them donations, that's almost the whole point.

Python. It's the funnest to write, the REPL (with ipython) is ok, but the runtime errors are irritating.

"A copy of the loan contract reviewed by NPR shows that if Montenegro is not able to repay China's state-owned Export-Import Bank on time, the bank then has the right to seize land inside Montenegro, as long as it doesn't belong to the military or is used for diplomatic purposes. "

Which comments do you think were racist? Or as you state, "incredibly racist"?

I saw some pretty valid skepticism about the security implications of such hardware. Nothing about calling the Chinese people something bad.

Clearly top notch? How would you know that? Honestly asking.

Did you read the article? They're not calling Huawei bad, they're just highlighting the differences between what a "share" means in China and what it means in the western world.

Sharing profits with the employees is definitely a good idea at least morally and I would guess that it's pretty great as an incentive too. But do they actually own the company? Could they fire the founder (currently deputy Chairman) Ren Zhengfei who nominally owns only 1% of the company?

Could be... or might not: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/technology/who-owns-huawei.html