#BellyLaughOfTheWeek number 2;

"To buy Chinese solar panels or other products is to sponsor their war with Europe and the U.S. in which they’re using Russia as a proxy."

#DenysNykula, 2026

https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/02/11/free-trade-and-the-left

This fails the most basic test of logic. How does China benefit from the invasion of Ukraine more than Russia does? How do they account for the deep history of China, in which they've always been either isolationist or mercantile, not military expansionist (unlike like the US ...)?

#BellyLaughOfTheWeek;

"I went to the flea market and bought a $5 wrench, then used it to beat the password out of 2^5 nerds. I just wanted to prove that there is a $5 wrench and that it's reasonable to amortize it over multiple extraction sessions. The wrench is still in good shape, even to use as a wrench."

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/538:_Security

#XKCD #security #cryptography