JayTreeman

Taiwan is the largest chip maker in the world. One of the reasons that China doesn't invade is because they're also dependent on Taiwan chips. Forcing china to double down on their local industry hinders Taiwan's security. The US knows this. They're escalating things in a very tense geopolitical area

This is a pretty stupid thing to do. They're guaranteeing chinese chip making.

My thought is that this is a way to hone the north Korean military. They don't know what's wrong until they try and use it.

BYD is also a battery company that makes cars. They can afford to lose a little on the car, when they make money overall.

You're right. China gave up it's permanent seat on the security council to ensure other nations don't recognize Taiwan as anything but China.

Will using it blow up my hardware?

If I was running a country and preparing to cut cables like that, it would be because I'd infected the enemy with some type of virus that when activated would wreak havoc over their internet. I'd cut the cables immediately before activation. However, I might be smarter than the Russian leadership, and I don't run a country.

Political ideology is independent of where you live. Educate yourself

That's what I'm seeing as well. I thought this was largely a propaganda move to show Russia isn't as strong as thought to the Russian people. It's an attack on Putin more than anything else.

This argument makes most sense if you're arguing in favor of revolution

In the last two weeks, Russia had a nuclear warning system bombed and multiple NATO allies stated that it was OK for Ukraine to use their weapon donations to attack Russian territory.

This smells like a Russian attack to say 'we can do things without bombs'.

I doubt that Russia is stupid enough to do a cyber attack that would stop the capability of future cyber attacks.