I work in manufacturing and these US companies are all registered with multiple US agencies. There are tons of regulations controlling what you sell to whom if you're working in an area that is considered a national security priority.
For a big precision machine like this one they probably file a report for each one they sell, and include to whom they are selling. If these buyers proferred false docs they would be immediately flagged for a three letter agency to review when the seller's docs hit the system.
Glorious American Capitalism. Enshittification is just a word for the financialization of everything. Finance Bros run the world, and they know you have another .0265٪ disposable income they can get to make their line go up another quarter.
You know you can just take the diploma and not show up? My college wanted like $200 for the official cap and gown. I said fuck that and moved out graduation weekend.
They mail out the real diploma anyway.
"Oh well you didn't get that memory!" Of what? Being fleeced by the corporation that just fleeced me for four years, so I can be hot for 3 hours sitting nowhere near anyone I've met before? No thanks, I went to dinner with my GF (now wife) and had more fun than anyone who went.
I'm muted on threads and insta since I commented on Sentaor John Fettermans account with an image of a Guardian report about Netanyahu rejecting a ceasefire including returning the hostages.
Fetterman was posting about how they need to return the hostages, and I said they tried, but Bibi doesn't want the hostages back. He wants war.
Anyway I've got a mystery time out now, so anything I try to comment tells me I'm not allowed for 2 weeks.
This is actually a sign of rampant corruption. Bribery is a tight market, and with a lot of politicians willing to accept bribes the cost drops significantly. It's one of the few areas where capitalism behaves as believed.
Pick a position and stick with it for more than a single comment:
It is not protest for the sake of protest, but mostly "convenience".
It is a protest using existing social expectations of dress code, it's not just about comfort.
"Protest for the sake of protest" is nonsense. By definition they're doing it for the sake of something. That something is not convenience, it's the 996 work culture like the subject of the article.
You have completely flipped the context of the quote. It's not just comfort for comforts sake, it's also a way of protesting the 996 work culture of China.
The article is definitely stating that this is a protest, your quote is about a fringe benefit.
Social media users have joked that if you wear your favorite outfit to work, it'll be contaminated by the "Ban Wei" as the office vibe creeps into your personal life.
The remaining option: wear your gross clothes to the office.
Candise Lin who creates content on TikTok exploring cultural trends in China, broke down this viral trend in a recent video.
She used an example of one blogger who said that they only wears clothes with holes in them to work to reflect their "crappy job and shabby pay."
Clearly stated like 2 paragraphs after your quote.
EJ is always talking about cycling with Newey in Capetown on his podcast.
When the rumors started flying EJ played it off "I wouldn't want to violate our friendship by asking for insider details".
Meanwhile he was probably working directly with Newey on this move the whole time.
EJ is a true old school F1 owner, a sneaky snake with a love of the sport.
I'm also noticing the specific call out for Christian Horner's family...