Nice try, Christopher Nolan

Idk. This sh.it just.works

If you say the N-Word, you might be elected the next US President!

_{Too Soon?}

North Sentinel Island is willing to welcome you with a gift of their finest bow and arrow show 🤗

(Serious tho, please don’t disturb uncontacted tribes)

This argument suggests that one day we’ll be able to brute force into lost wallets when we can break the encryption. Who knows how far in the future that will be.

Nobody knows if a quantum computer is actually possible to build, but in theory, if a quantum computer is built, RSA would be exponentially easier to crack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UrdExQW0cs

I do have a relationship, yes. But its more like a one-way relationship.

Hello to the FBI agent monitoring me 👋, will ya fuck off?

Taiwan belonged to Qing Dynasty, followed by Japanese Imperial Rule, then they handed it to Republic of China in 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allies. Republic of China is the Direct Successor to Qing Dynasty (unless you count the Japanese occupation). Then immediately after WW2 ended, the KMT (who runs the Republic of China) and the CCP had a civil war. The KMT-led ROC was losing so they retreated to Taiwan, where they are currenly located. We call it “Taiwan”, but its technically (according to the constitution of the Government in Taiwan) still called the “Republic of China”, and Taiwan is known as the “Free Area of the Republic of China”, with mainland China technically a communist rebellion. There was never any peace treaties or armistance agreement. The civil war never legally ended or even paused, only de facto paused.

Then after the ROC retreated to Taiwan, the CCP proclaimed the People’s Republic of China. ROC currently exists as a rump state.

So PRC could claim to be the successor to the ROC after an internal struggle.

The difference between the US-Britain sitation is that: (1) The US declared indepence right from the start, and (2) The US and Britain already recognized each other like over 200 years ago. PRC and ROC still have yet to recognize each other’s legitimanct, and as far as I know, ROC still haven’t published a declaration of independence, so they are implicitly still agreeing to the fact that they are both engaged in a civil for succession as the legitimate government of “China”, not for secesion as an independent state.

Basically there are 3 factions. The PRC who views itself as the sole legitimate government of all of China, the ROC who also views itself as the sole legitimate government of China. And the Taiwanese Independence movement supporters, who doesn’t want anything to do with either ROC or PRC.

So if Republic of China want to become Republic of Taiwan, they probably should publish the declaration of independence, otherwise, its still a civil war, an internal struggle for succession to the banner of “China”.

Don’t misunderstand, I am not pro-CCP, I’m on the side of Democracy whether its Republic of Taiwan or a unified Democratic China under Republic of China, but I hope there will be a democratic reunification instead of the situtation now with the CCP in control of over a billion lives.

Its possible some country or corporation has built a secret quantum computer with enough qbits to run Shor’s Algorithm. But if its a secret, we wouldn’t know about it.

Eventually all the “lost” wallets will bet cracked by quantum computers.

Somebody found their missing hard drive

“Stay in Germany and fight, your cowards”

-@General_Effort@lemmy.world said to Jewish Refugees in 1933

There are also Americans who had a passport of a different country before they naturalized

Just to add: The xenophobic riot last year…

Especially a bad idea if you are Muslim, Arab, or just look “Middle-Eastern”.

Or if you’re transgender (it’s called “TERF Island” for a reason)

I get that however Taiwan the island wasn’t even part of China at the time that the ROC retreated/invaded it.

Taiwan was under Qing Rule until the Japanese took it. Then when Imperial Japan lost, they gave Taiwan back to ROC in 1945.

So it would be sorta like Texas fleeing to Mexico then the US wanting to invade Mexico “to make the US into one country again”.

No, it’s be more like Japan taking Hawaii during WW2, then Japan loses and the US regains it, then immediately after, the US has a civil war between people who believe in the constitution vs a neo-nazi insurgency. The neo-nazi insurgency wins and the US government then flees to Hawaii. Then the neo-nazi insurgent-government in continental US is trying to regain Hawaii, while those who fled to Hawaii is trying to declare a “Republic of Hawaii” in order to preserve their democracy.

Swan Lake 2: 'Murica Boogaloo

I googled a bit, my best bet is Canada.

Large population of the Chinese diaspora, so I don’t feel too much like a minority (I am Chinese American).

The other choice is Australia.

EU is great, but since the UK isn’t in EU anymore, I’d have to chose a non-English country, meaning, I’d have to learn another language. My brain can’t handle that. Already have 3 spoken and 2 written languages stuck in my head (mostly dormant, haven’t used some those languages for a while), I think my brain will explode if I try to learn more. Population of the Chinese diaspora is too small. So I’d also feel alone, because like… Imagine living in a place where nobody looks like you. Like a Black American kid in the deep south of the US and all your classmates are white, that’s how it feels basically. As for the UK, I wouldn’t need to learn another language, but UK just had a xenophobic riot in 2024, doesn’t seem too friendly in my opinion. If the UK was in EU, I could just pack up and to go another EU country if Shit Hits the Fan, its what I like about the EU, options. But too bad UK isn’t in EU…

There is also Singapore, which has like over 70% ethnic Chinese, and the official languages include English and Mandarin, which I already know.

Not technically “dream countries”, but the most realistic countries that would be livable for me. Because I doubt I can speak Norweigian or Finnish. (Even tho I would love those countries)

TLDR: As a Chinese American, Canada as first choice, Australia as second place. Then probably Sinapore.

(Sorry if I’m rambling, can’t express it coherently since ICE raids are on my mind)

Edit: I would probably also say Taiwan as an option, well… other than the fact that they are constantly on the verge of getting invaded, and I am not fond of the CCP.

I mean that’s exactly what I’m saying.

ROC should retake mainland and unify China into a Democratic Nation.

Taiwan should be part of China. Taiwan has been ruled by China since the Qing Dynasty.

A Democratic China, that is, not this CCP infested bullshit.

Had the ROC won the Civil War, I doubt anyone would complain about China having HK, Macau, and Taiwan.

For most westerners, the support for Taiwan Independence is mostly a democracy vs autocracy issue, not a independence vs re-unification issue.

The PLA has never stepped foot on the island of Taiwan, correct.

But Qing Dynasty has ruled Taiwan, and now the Republic of China is currently on Taiwan

stopped treating the PRC as a rebellious group

That was to lift martial law.

Also police literally have a long history of violently putting down unionization efforts despite having a union themselves.

Speaking of the police: they sometimes beat one of their own too, and nobody else would speak up as a witness.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/41445902

(He is a Black American cop)