Joshua Chen
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New browser extension empowers users to fight online misinformation
Joshua Chendefine "misinformation". I am pretty sure "taiwan is an independent country" is misinformation to some and is not to some other
從空氣抓二氧化碳！全球最大碳捕捉工廠在冰島 一年抓下8600輛車的排碳
Joshua ChenOP: 不過，這項技術十分耗能，降低成本仍有難度 "雖然不要使用石化能源來減少二氧化碳經濟上更簡單更便宜，但是有些人打心底不相信石化能源不好寧願花些公關費把其他人的質疑搓掉"
氣候變遷是薪水和退休金小偷！ 2050全球人均收入少19%
Joshua Chen看不見的手: "只要再消滅 19% 的人口，人均收入就可以持平了"
Jailed Thai activist, 28, dies after hunger strike
Joshua ChenIt would be interesting that monalisa dies after hunger strike when people finally realize they need no monalisa
Hong Kong bans protest anthem after court case win
Joshua ChenThe Second Amendment to the United States Constitution: "law is defined by people having force therefore law is always pale in the long run unless all people have right to bear arms"
EU moves to give profits from Russian assets to Ukraine
Joshua ChenPutin: this is a move towards destruction of the legal foundations of European law and international law. ''There is no law per se, anyway"
ChatGPT maker OpenAI exploring how to 'responsibly' make AI erotica
Joshua ChenOpenAI: "the actor model template will be from cartoon and never real little girls or humans. Our hope is that the child porn criminal producers can use our tool at cheaper cost and not afraid of being prosecuted anymore"
The San Francisco-based AI juggernaut says it is re-evaluating its policies around "NSFW" content.
(Image credit: Richard Drew)
The rise of Sweden's super rich
Joshua ChenSome data for Jul 2000 and Jul 2022
energy consumption: 2.30 EJ and 2.28 EJ
M1 money supply: 761 KM SEK and 4560 KM SEK
Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?
Joshua ChenJoe: "how do I know this piece of paper is backed by 1 gram of gold?"
ruler: "I say so"
Joe: "I say otherwise"
在塞滿火藥的價值縫隙處，憲法法庭展開死刑存廢辯論
Joshua Chen國家不徵稅。每個死刑犯有個募款帳號歡迎民眾捐錢，每天會扣掉監獄維運花費，當戶頭透支死刑犯就葛斃了
Israel raids Al Jazeera office as Netanyahu government votes to shut channel down
Joshua ChenForeign Press Association: Israel joins a dubious club of authoritarian governments to ban the station
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that his government voted unanimously to shut down the local offices of Qatar-owned broadcaster Al Jazeera.
(Image credit: Abir Sultan)
如果我能夠冬眠：赤子
Joshua ChenSN: "希望等他長大的時候正直的貨幣已經世界通行，要不然他看到自己仍然捉襟見肘但是不學無術繼承股票房產的同學混得比他還好一定很難過"
《如果我可以冬眠（Baavgai Bolohson/If Only I Could Hibernate）》是一部讓人看了心疼，最後卻能帶著微笑離場的電影。
電影的關鍵詞是「如果」，生活中出現了如果，是否就意謂著欲望不滿足的困境？也訴說著一種祈願？試舉四例：
如果你看見三個高中生在籃球場上用寶特瓶取代籃球，你會讚美他們的創意？還是看見他們的貧窮？
如果你看見小兄妹猜拳，輸家要去賣場索討紙箱，你會以為他們想去回收變賣？還是看見他們買不起煤炭的貧窮？
如果你看見社工帶著先進的燃煤過濾機來改善家中燃煤，卻發現家裡沒燃也沒電，還是硬把機器裝好就走人了，你看見的是照表操課的官僚？還是扶弱濟貧的社工？
如果你以為蒙古風情應該像古詩描寫的「天蒼蒼，野茫茫。風吹草低見牛羊」，結果天不蒼，地霧矇，你看見的是現代化？還是文明的污染？
《如果我可以冬眠》是一部蒙古電影，其實也是一部政治電影，然而導演Zoljargal Purevdash沒有一個字批評政府，反而是透過住在蒙古裡的男主角烏爾（Battsooj Uurtsaikh飾演）一家人看見巨大的貧富落差現況，以及不甘心被貧窮擊敗的志氣。「如果我可以冬眠。」是烏爾幼弟的一句台詞，如果他們能像熊一樣冬眠，就不怕酷寒，也不愁飢餓，因為飢寒交迫就是他們困在蒙古包裡的生活實況。動物可以一眠解千愁，凡人可以比照嗎？多卑微的問句？多無奈的歎息。
蒙古首都烏蘭巴托有現代化建築和傳統蒙古包，中產階級人民住進現代化建築，無法忍受蒙古包裡的窮人每天依靠燃煤取暖，排放大量空污，導致首都成天陰霾霧茫，要求更好的生活品質是人心之常，問題在於烏爾一家三餐不繼，連煤炭都買不起，只能靠燒紙箱維持最起碼的火苗，他們的困窮，富人完全無法想像，空污是事實，貧窮更是，不解決貧窮，空污只會終日循還，更無解。
電影提供的解方是教育。烏爾有數學和物理長才，只要在全國競賽得名，就能改善生活，但是母親嗜酒，工資微薄，又返鄉棄他們不顧，照顧弟妹的責任就落在烏爾肩上，他再也不能和同學去滑冰，不是上課打瞌睡，就是得跟著山老鼠上山伐木，他不想跟任何人解釋，他不想在別人面前流淚示弱，咬著牙在天寒地凍的晚上抱著薄薄一張被子苦讀物理書。
《如果我可以冬眠》是一部勵志電影，Battsooj Uurtsaikh飾演的烏爾不但極具魅力，而且極有說服力，對生活困境他沒有一字抱怨，能讓弟妹溫飽，他就有笑容；能向母親報佳音，他更像是驕傲的大哥。生命尊嚴，他身體力行，所以觀眾會認同進而欣慰同歡。
Davaanyam Delgerjargal的攝影，透過《如果我可以冬眠》見證了文明社會的傷痕；Johanni Curtet的音樂，讓《如果我可以冬眠》有如一場蒙古頌歌，嫵媚多元又能呼應角色情境，你絕對會想一聽再聽；Zoljargal Purevdash的編導功力，讓《如果我可以冬眠》成為一部認識今日蒙古，今日文明的絕佳素材。
UK's Investigatory Powers Bill to become law despite tech world opposition
Joshua ChenByteDance: "China is the role model"
Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm
The UK's contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King's nod of approval and will become law.…
How a police raid on Columbia protest ignited campus movement
Joshua ChenSN: "could you distribute this 26B USD to all americans and let them donate to Israel army at their discretion?"
Biden: "never. people are stupid and cannot calculate for their best interest"
SN: "sure. alpha apes in charge never separate money from governments"
Huge protest in Argentina against education cuts
Joshua ChenMoney is a four letters word. One does not think so simply because someone else is paying, willingly or unwillingly.
After hunt for impartiality, who are the 12 Trump jurors?
Joshua ChenBy avoidance of conflict of interest, unless they don't participate the November vote, they must be partial
After their PM halts Ukraine aid, Slovaks dig deep to help
Joshua Chenpeople can do whatever they see fit for their money regardless of the governments
For more open and equitable public discussions on social media, try 'meronymity'
Joshua ChenEconomically the only solution is "post as you pay and the payment is hardly traced"
GPS disabled as Israel raises alert over Iran threat
Joshua ChenIran government: "fyi. Our made-in-china drones use 北斗, not GPS"
TSMC wins subsidies to expand US chip manufacturing
Joshua Chenforeign 74.63% TSMC share holders: "the most lucrative country is TBD. Let them bid and we vote"
West faces 'authoritarian' alliance, says Nato head
Joshua ChenCIA: "authoritarian always controls information and money therefore a necessary condition to defeat authoritarian is to liberate information and money"
3,244次入金紀錄、4個錢包收款2,900萬：揭露「創意私房」虛擬貨幣非法金流
Joshua Chen只要有市場就算逮到老馬也是沒用的，AI 也應該可以做出更吸引的不是偷拍真人的影片。賺錢辛苦，想把錢花在訂閱影片或是反過來 chain analysis 偵查犯罪或是給台積電營運補貼，就看各人偏好
Ukraine's power plants at the mercy of Russian missiles
Joshua Chenprepper: "energy supply shall be decentralized and mobile, like my flexible solar panels"
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police
【自然谷之星】葉子會分工的伏石蕨
Fresh curl tomorrow will patch 'worst' security flaw in ages
It’s bad, folks. Pair of CVEs incoming on October 11
Updated Start your patch engines – a new version of curl is due tomorrow that addresses a pair of flaws, one of which lead developer Daniel Stenberg describes as "probably the worst curl security flaw in a long time."…
Mathematical bedtime stories may build better mathematical memory
Joshua ChenThe only math problem I would do is counting the number of sheep
Baltimore Archdiocese files for bankruptcy before law on abuse lawsuits takes effect
Joshua ChenBaltimore Archdiocese lawyer: "there is judgement after death anyway, isn't it?"
Attorneys and advocates say the church is trying to protect its assets and silence abuse victims by halting all civil claims against the archdiocese and shifting the process to bankruptcy court.
(Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP)
'Sparks' author Ian Johnson on Chinese 'challenging the party's monopoly on history'
Joshua Chenfyi, there is a picture of 64 tank man recorded in all the chains of bitcoin
Xi Jinping and China's ruling Communist Party have displayed a dogged obsession with controlling the historical narrative. But there's a group of underground historians fighting back.
(Image credit: Oxford University Press)
Indonesia: TikToker jailed for two years over pork video
Joshua Chen"thank God I have no religion"