Milton Friedman said we can't have free immigration and a welfare state
He was wrong
Turns out that if you create pathways for illegal immigrants to vote, then actually, 100% of the time you INEVITABLY end up with both a welfare state and free immigration
Because incentives determine actions
Whichever politicians realize they can essentially use taxpayer dollars to fund welfare to import voters will exploit this hack ruthlessly
1. Offer welfare
2. Allow illegal immigration
3. Let illegal immigrants vote (they will 100% of the time vote for more welfare)
4. Win office
5. Raise taxes, offer more welfare, repeat
It's a self-reinforcing feedback loop
Allowing illegal immigrants to count in the census and vote cements this loop
Literally only 12 states require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Look it up. It's horrifying.
That is why 15m illegal immigrants came across the border in 4 yrs.
It is game theory the only smart thing to do
This ends in disaster
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今天聊聊我们和「微软」故事。
考虑双方仍处于合作关系,只说 10 年前的事情,但同样精彩。
如果,当初,我要是知道和微软合作,能让「数码荔枝」一年巨亏上百万 ...
我一定乘时光机回到过去,掐断那通电话。
但 2015 年前后,微软刚刚发布了 Office 365 订阅版。
为了全国迅速铺量,微软采用了极其激进的价格,大致在 30-50 元/年,销量极好。
那时,刚创业的我,整个数码荔枝淘宝店,都是月销十几笔的小众宝藏软件。
我们急需一些明星产品,提升店铺曝光,又能符合我们所要的「调性」
我自然将目光放在了 Office 365 上。
那怎么联系上微软呢?又怎么才能销售正版 Office 365 呢?
比起第一个问题,解决第二个问题更紧迫。
于是,我一家一家联系其他销售 Office 365 的淘宝店,直接问他们买 200 套是什么价格
什么?你们还剩下 237 套?好的,我全要了。
然后,一箱一箱的 Office 365 快递到了我家。
盒子和里面的兑换卡片,我当时都拍照作为留念。
为了能对齐价格,当时我们的 Office 365 销售价,直接按进货价定。
上架第一天就有销量,且一天比一天卖的多。
虽然卖得多,但完全不赚钱啊 ... 一次次进货,纯亏物流快递费。
而且随着时间推移,成本水涨船高,单套的进价慢慢变成 70, 80, 100...
所以,我一直在寻找与微软的正式合作机会。
直到有天,我们遇到了一个推广合作伙伴。
他告诉我们,他正好是微软的 MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
而且,他正好也认识微软上海的销售经理,可以引荐一下。
但需要我们提供一份详细的自我介绍 PPT,然后帮我们约电话面聊。
我当时觉得,属于「数码荔枝」的高光就要来了,全然不知将要面对什么。
(未完待续)
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🚨 BREAKING: Apple filed for a PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION against OpenAI AND asked a federal judge to put them under forensic supervision
"Apple respectfully moves the Court for a preliminary injunction to stop THE THEFT OF ITS TRADE SECRETS"
Apple filed NINE sworn declarations, a 28-page memorandum and a concurrent motion for expedited discovery
What Apple now says, under oath:
Chang Liu: 8 years at Apple, now OpenAI "Member of Technical Staff" exploited an authentication bug to steal Apple trade secrets "on AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS" from February to April 2026, WHILE working for OpenAI
Liu downloaded "THOUSANDS OF PAGES of Apple's most sensitive trade secrets"
The stolen files, NAMED:
>DisplayNotes.key — "several hundred pages" on Apple's custom display power development program
>Architecture analyses. Fabrication decisions. Testing results
>Engineering data for an UNANNOUNCED Apple product: 'touch, display, and power systems"
>Final.key + V2.key — compilations of two undisclosed Apple R&D projects
>and those are "only four of the dozens of proprietary documents Mr. Liu stole"
Liu fed OpenAI "a steady stream of Apple proprietary information that he actively concealed"
Liu also "coached Yu-Ting "Alyssa" Peng, then still INSIDE Apple, how to access and copy files from Apple workstations "to avoid trouble with the security team" and directed her to communicate with him on the encrypted LINE app "to avoid detection"
Tang Yew Tan: 24-year Apple VP, now OpenAI's Chief Hardware Officer, "used an Apple internal project codename for an unannounced product to elicit still more trade secrets from job candidates."
Tan's own messages, quoted in the motion:
>"Just like last time, bring some parts you worked on" >"mlb, battery, shields type of stuff is interesting"
OpenAI recruiter, quoted: "No, you won't sign anything at the exit interview. If they do ask you to sign anything, let me know asap."
APPLE TOLD FEDERAL JUDGE:
>"OpenAI knows its misappropriation is wrong and has tried to conceal it."
>"This is not a case of 'mere hiring'... it is a case of repeated instances of deliberate theft."
Apple says OpenAI went after its SUPPLIERS:
>OpenAI "directed a trusted Apple partner [name redacted] to perform [Apple's proprietary metal finishing] process for them, knowing it was proprietary to Apple... because they were involved in this partnership while at Apple."
Apple put its own Surface Finishing Manager, Jackie Hughes, under oath to prove it.
Apple named ELEVEN MORE former Apple employees at OpenAI — beyond Liu, Tan, and Peng — Fourteen people total.
Apple also filed a concurrent motion for EXPEDITED DISCOVERY demanding depositions:
- Liu. Tan. Peng.
- A fourth unnamed OpenAI employee
- Plus OpenAI itself, under oath, through Rule 30(b)(6)
Apple has asked a federal judge to put OpenAI under forensic supervision RIGHT NOW:
>Forensic inspection of ALL OpenAI devices
>ALL cloud storage, Slack, email
>Including anything that "previously contained" Apple data — deleted included
Demanding the "first available hearing date," citing "imminent threat" to its trade secrets.
APPLE:
> "The harm is happening now — every day that passes without an injunction allows OpenAI to embed their knowledge of Apple's stolen information into its hardware development efforts."
Hearing: October 1, 2026. Judge Edward J. Davila.
ITS HAPPENING
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