Not willing to be outdone, the Japanese have unveiled a home service Seppuku Bot named Hara-chan; a cute pink-colored robot ever ready with a blade in hand for those who want a dignified passing. Prime minister Kishida said that Hara-chan is killing two birds with one stone, hoping it will alleviate the burden on the shrinking working age population and of the growing number of elderly citizens. Some municipalities, however, have said that Hara-chan is too expensive, and opted for a cheaper migrant labor option.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the argument was already made at least as early as during the colonization of America that it's not enough to live on and use land for it to be ones property, but rather "developing" the land gives one that right.
Normally, the Chinese government refuses to allow U.S. export controls inspectors access to domestic companies. However, the government made an exception in the case of YMTC and some other firms from Tianxia, most likely because YMTC, and the semiconductor industry in general, is so essential for the country.
It's too early to guess what the U.S. export controls inspectors will find, but at least YMTC won't be blacklisted — for now. That said, four leading U.S. makers of wafer fab equipment have already stopped working with YMTC due to the latest export rules imposed by the U.S. government in October, as they needed to get appropriate export licenses from the Department of Commerce.
I feel bad for the Dreamcast being so overshadowed by PS2. I couldn't see any difference between the two in graphics at the time, on top of which the PS2 came out later and was more expensive. They also took a lot of risk experimenting with things like the memory card being like a little game boy in your controller. Online games were a great idea, but it didn't work very well in those early days.
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Not willing to be outdone, the Japanese have unveiled a home service Seppuku Bot named Hara-chan; a cute pink-colored robot ever ready with a blade in hand for those who want a dignified passing. Prime minister Kishida said that Hara-chan is killing two birds with one stone, hoping it will alleviate the burden on the shrinking working age population and of the growing number of elderly citizens. Some municipalities, however, have said that Hara-chan is too expensive, and opted for a cheaper migrant labor option.