• TheMurphy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Dude, do you think every time something happens in the US, that all states are in on it?

    “The US plans to be the biggest exporter of silicon in 2030”. Do you read that the same way?

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        10 months ago

        The US is 50 countries in a trenchcoat really, some of which would go to war with eachother outside the coat.

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          10 months ago

          Then Europe is a bunch of countries wearing a bikini and lots of accessories. There’s no one part that covers all of it, some accessories strongly clash with each other and you have random bracelets everywhere.

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            10 months ago

            There’s no one part that covers all of it,

            So the EU parliament isn’t a thing then?

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              10 months ago

              The EU doesn’t include a bunch of countries on the continent of Europe

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                10 months ago

                A pedantic point. Europe has become a synonym for EU in journalism.

                It’s an EU strategy.

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                  10 months ago

                  What makes you think it’s some form of nefarious strategy and not simply lazy journalism?

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                    10 months ago

                    I didn’t mean “GET THE TIN FOIL! IT’S AN EU CONSPIRICY”. I meant “The article is discussing an EU development programme”.

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              10 months ago

              A lot of European countries aren’t in the EU. Turkey, the UK, Norway and a bunch more.

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      10 months ago

      “The US plans to be the biggest exporter of silicon in 2030”.

      At least you boiled it down to a single country, with national agencies and a government that makes strategies. Like a strategy to be the biggest exporter of silicon, which can result in laws and regulations encouraging silicon exports.

      But a whole continent building a super computer? That’s just a bad title. And reading the linked article doesn’t give you any additional information, without signing up for a newsletter?!?

      • wewbull@feddit.uk
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        10 months ago

        Europe has government and agencies on the European scale. They often make strategies and fund initiative like this with European government funds. They might also influence European legislation to encourage things.

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          10 months ago

          Europe has government and agencies on the European scale.

          Since when? AFAIK there’s a European Union and then there’s Europe the continent. Lots of countries in Europe are not part of the union, and given the suffix of your instance you should be aware of this.

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            10 months ago

            I’m very aware that the EU doesn’t encompass all countries in Europe, but when reading a story where they ascribe a action to the continent I read the word Europe as a synonym for EU. It’s fairly common, especially in an American magazine.