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Which China is already working on and are as far as test flights.

Of course the US and China both have some kinds of stealthy fighter jets. That does't mean that China has what the US has (or will have).

Or does "next-generation" have a specific meaning, other than "better"?

I was working with Argon2 hashes, so it was the first thing to come to mind.

love the :3

If half of the shit is thrown out every week, less shit will be produced next week.

there are plenty today [...] that would take a painless death in a heartbeat even if they aren't clinically suicidal. Life is that bad for most people.

Most people aren't suicidal, not even passively. A small minority is passively suicidal (and that minority is very loud on Lemmy and Reddit), but generally humans do enjoy life.

There are no reasons for it that do no begin and end in pure self interest.

Doing something out of self interest does not make it immoral. Creating art out of pure self interest doesn't make it immoral either.

it would still be a selfish act to force a being into existence to experience joy as much as it would be to experience sorrow.

Forcing a being to exist is no more selfish than forcing a being not to exist.

I personally think it's good that the USA did it back then and I think it's good that China does it now.

Independence and wealth for all.