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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by MSFT_Edging on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:37PM (#45647493)
The whole "western" or "the west" always makes me laugh. Half the time it's a dog whistle for "white". Like many right-wing commentators love saying "Western Values" to avoid saying "white, Euro-centric, Christian values".

Mexico is a modern country, an industrialized country, a country that is exactly as "western" as the US or Canada. They have the same religious beliefs, speak a dialect of a European language. They have European style cities, a long history of cultural contributions. Yet they're not white enough to be part of "The West".

I think at this point we should be honest with ourselves in it's usage. 90% of the time it's a racist dog whistle.

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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by lazide on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:39PM (#45647514)
But why would anyone want to do that?

You do realize that antagonizing people with nuclear weapons and the largest economies in the world rarely results in positive results, right?

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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by hopelite on Monday October 20, 2025 @08:06PM (#45650943)
Arguably the sample size for that is 0 though; but even if we are generous, it’s only about 1 so far.
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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by lazide on Monday October 20, 2025 @08:17PM (#45651027)
The number of nuclear armed countries with large economies that will get worked up if you call them racists for being ‘the west’ is waaaay larger than zero.
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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by skinnymuch on Monday October 20, 2025 @08:04PM (#45650928)
Mexico isn’t as “western” as the west. Mexico isn’t the first world. It’s not part of the exploiting Global North.

The stuff you bring up ignore the power dynamics which are arguably the most important part.

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Re:Alibaba Cloud claims to reduce Nvidia GPU use by 82% by andsoitis on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @11:23AM (#45656967)
> Yet they're not white enough to be part of "The West".

In many contexts, Mexico and other LatAm countries are included in the Western Civilization grouping. For instance: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/western-c...

Earlier in your comment you say “half the time” while you end with “90% of the time” the phrase “western” is a racist expression, undermining your argument that is already flawed, emotional, and anti-constructive.

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