I work at a bank and it’s mind boggling how often I encounter systems very similar to this. A signed PDF isn’t good enough but send it via fax and suddenly it’s secure 🙄

Heavy subsidies to our own industry are definitely a better alternative, but our politicians would rather cry “China bad” and further line the pockets of our ruling class

Not really different anywhere as far as I know. Old ships usually have tons of cancerous/toxic material as part of their construction so nobody wants to deal with salvaging them for free

This lawsuit is specifically about them breaking California law, so it still isn’t simple enough I suppose