Walmart is going to hire 25,000 new greeters on electric scooters that will go to each Tik Tok user’s house and give them a Make America Spied On hat
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TikTok Announces Deal With Oracle and Walmart, Trump Approves
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Wow, that was so incredibly loud. And so incredibly vulgar to play next to my family in the same room. ???
funny... the word is similar to “Orwellian”......
don’t forget.... RUTHKANDA FOREVER!!!1! ??
(this is a reference to a ... pretty horrible/out of touch tweet that came out soon after RGB died..)
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As an App Dev, I do NOT think that's the Best Structure !
Specifically, IMO, Upload Source Code should be transferred (from TikTok Global) to Oracle, who is then responsible for Uploading it to App Store Connect !
When it completes processing on Apple's end, TikTok Global can hit "submit".
This structure makes Oracle a Man in the Middle; they can, if they so chose, Review the Code BEFORE Uploading it, & thus BEFORE it makes it to the General Public !
In fact, if I was writing it (i.e., the Deal), I would make it Mandatory that Oracle MUST Review (& Test) the Code for 24 hours BEFORE Uploading it to App Store Connect !
Trump is wise NOT to trust the Chinese.
If there is a Loophole in the Deal, they will most-certainly exploit it !
I don't use nor have I installed this app, however.....
You do know Apple, and all the other BIG players would kill to have an app as popular as TikTok don't you?
This is about a president whose legacy is an unfinished wall against Mexico, two hundred thousand dead citizens, and hurt feelings after being deceived by the Tiktok fan base at a rally in Tulsa. He's doing all he can to throw dust in the air to confuse the general public about his dirty deeds, in a desperate hope to retain the power come November.
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The US Gov't should force all Chinese owned companies to divest their interests in order to sell into the US market. I mean, if we're going to be a bully let's at least go all the way.
Why does the POTUS has a final say on whether a merge, acquisition or sale can take place?
I kinda may understand the ‘national security’ angle for spotting the issue but then the “yes Oracle and Walmart, you may buy or chip-in in TikTok Global”, like, none of the other government arms are involved? No chamber of commerce, all the anti-trust monopoly dudes and dudesses that have been all over the news last months? No CIA, FBI, NSA for the spying/security part?
I’m no US citizen, I’m no Pro nor Anti Trump either, just a very curious guy on this specific piece of event over a random social media app.
EDIT: it sounds as if I’m minimizing the power of social media, but honestly, thinking about it... in the future we might be governed by the most famous “influencers”, celebrities and PewDiePies of the world. Anyone has the right to run for a government position and these ones actually have a key advantage if they are taken the least bit seriously: they can move, sway and twirl followers at the speed of a button tap, votes included.
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Whatever would we do without our knight in orange armor.....
Ditto! For comparison, Snapchat has 3,069 employees for an app that supports 244 million monthly active users (with 10B daily video views) vs TikTok with 500 million monthly active users — only 60 million of which (~12%) are in the US. (Ref: 99Firms). TikTok requiring 25,000 employees in the US would suggest a staggering level of inefficiency.
Trump magic at work! He cant stop winning!
Maybe. Maybe not.
People once said Snapchat was a fad. It's still around many years later.
Creates a dangerous precedent for the Executive Branch. Whenever you give government new powers, it does not give them back.
everyone who is happy about this, will start cursing the next president of the opposite party when he/she does the same or worst.
everyone who is happy about this, will start cursing the next president of the opposite party when he/she does the same or worst.
The wall is 350 miles built. Trump is your president, and he will remain so.
My president? The closest would be Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission), Charles Michel (European Council), or David Sassoli (European Parliament), but in reality my country doesn't even have a president…
Very well, then in your specific case you should refer to him as a god.
Thanks for confirming why you got the facts and general sentiment wrong — you don’t live in this country! You see our country from the lense of the fake media.
Rasmussen - who got it right in 2016 - polls trump at 53% approval, higher than Obama in the same period. https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pu...p_administration/prez_track_sep18?fullbrowser
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350 miles? Where are you getting that number from?
The CBP has it at approximately 321* miles (*mileage and material totals are approximate and rounded as construction activities are ongoing)
https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-wall-system
That number was "Last modified: September 14, 2020"
And most of it is replacement for "dilapidated or outdated designs," not a new wall.
Border Wall progress: What’s been built so far?
One of President Trump’s central 2016 campaign promises was to build a wall at the southern border. That effort is now well underway, with his administration aiming to have completed 450 miles by the end of 2020.
As of late-June, 216 miles of new primary and secondary border wall have been built since January 2017.
Of that, most is in place of what CBP calls dilapidated or outdated designs. An additional 339 miles is under construction, and 183 miles in pre-construction. In construction, 311 thousand tons of steel have been used and 458 thousand cubic yards of concrete have been used.
I guess I rounded it. 321 isn’t far off from 350. That’s 1-2 weeks worth of work away.350 miles? Where are you getting that number from?
The CBP has it at approximately 321* miles (*mileage and material totals are approximate and rounded as construction activities are ongoing)
https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-wall-system
And most of it is replacement for "dilapidated or outdated designs," not a new wall.
Border Wall progress: What’s been built so far?
One of President Trump’s central 2016 campaign promises was to build a wall at the southern border. That effort is now well underway, with his administration aiming to have completed 450 miles by the end of 2020.www.foxnews.com
As of late-June, 216 miles of new primary and secondary border wall have been built since January 2017.Of that, most is in place of what CBP calls dilapidated or outdated designs. An additional 339 miles is under construction, and 183 miles in pre-construction. In construction, 311 thousand tons of steel have been used and 458 thousand cubic yards of concrete have been used.
Funny how the wall, which isn’t finished (321/500+), already has lowered border apprehensions for 8+ months in a row -https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/january-enforcement-actions-down-eighth-straight-month
They should be banned like Facebook and Google are in China.