Th4tGuyII

So the secret is the BS the administration made up after they were told that they’d need congressional approval if it really was just a ballroom

Well that’s gross. I’m just thankful you have to explicitly opt into this for now, cause I’m staying the fuck away

Oh great. And no possible way to opt out of this either, aside from having never used the NHS - which for the average UK citizen is borderline impossible.

… And both things cannot be true because why?

China is the bad guy in this instance because they’re the ones threatening the sovereignty of another country.

Nobody says it can’t be the US. I certainly think the US’s actions are deplorable when it comes to both Gaza and Iran. You need only check my comment history.

If I were Taiwan, I’d make sure to have a deadman’s switch on TSMC - so if China every tried to take it, the whole thing would suddenly become very worthless to them.

And I’d make sure everybody in the room could hear that, so the world knows what they’d be losing if China ever went for it.

My question here is what does that bike, or an equivalent model cost now?

Also, as others have said your maths isn’t very fair to the bike - as cars have a whole lot more regular maintenance and legal/admin costs to them than a bike ever will, which really need to be factored into this.

Like others, I suspect that would shift things in favour of the bike by quite a lot, even despite the battery cost being a hard pill to swallow.

In the latest episode of Trump leaving his allies out to dry, it looks like Trump is trying to trade Taiwan to China for Somethingᵀᴹ

I genuinely feel terrible for Taiwan that they’re stuck in this horrid position of being constantly threatened by China for merely existing, and essentially having to bet on the global value of TSMC to keep the otherwise apathetic US around.

It shouldn’t have to be that way, and its abhorrent that it is.

I’m thankful that the EU managed to (mostly) step in for Ukraine, but Taiwan is simply too far away for Europe to properly defend - so if the US doesn’t stand up, I doubt anybody will.

By that calculation, even on the lower end of only losing $20 billion that’d still be 10 years before it’d cost them anymore than this rancid business decision did.

They’re so determined to not negotiate with the union that they’d rather throw away the shareholder’s money than give it to workers… And that’s just this scheduled strike. If talks fail again, I bet you there will be more to come.

Samsung might have a difficult time explaining that one at their shareholder presentation next year.

Weird isn’t it. He’s a darling to autocrats, yet talks down to his own allies for not being appreciative of all the nothing he does for them (or in the case of Iran, dragging us into bullshit nobody asked for to distract from him being a pedo)

What?! A soulless megacorporation pocketed refunds for tariffs that they never actually paid (because they forced the end user to eat the cost)??

I seriously hope this lawsuit works, because it’d set one hell of a precedent for future lawsuits.

Probably - because the amount of money they’re about to lose was probably less than what actually negotiating with the union would’ve cost them

Weirdly enough there’s a pretty easy way to stop emissions limits from being bypassed - make it a physical limitation, not in software.

But like with putting tablets into every fucking car nowadays, doing anything physically would require just a bit more money, ergo it won’t be done.

According to the Seoul Economic Daily, daily losses could approach 3 trillion won ($2 billion) if fabrication lines are paused entirely. Professor Kwon Seok-joon at Sungkyunkwan University previously estimated that the 18-day walkout alone would cause 10 trillion to 17 trillion won ($17 billion) in direct losses, while JPMorgan has projected total losses of up to 43 trillion won ($28 billion) when factoring in labor costs and extended production disruption.

Wow. What a huge amount of money to lose just because you won’t pay your highly skilled workers more.

As @osanna@lemmy.vg said, you really have to wonder how much it would cost Samsung to pay their workers more if they’re willing to tank a potentially $20-40 billion loss instead of giving the union what they’re asking for.

Yes - not because I particularly like the idea of bigoted speech, but because like most Governments have already started to demonstrate over age verification, any tool of censorship you allow to be used against your enemy will eventually be turned back against you

A UK government spokesperson said: “UK airlines are clear that they are not currently seeing a shortage of jet or road fuel. We know people value their hard-earned holidays, especially as summer approaches, and we are working closely with industry to keep flights operating and help airlines plan ahead.

This must be the person who responds to the UK Petitions website, as I swear they have literally no reading comprehension - like they’re an obstinent child that absolutely knows better.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that fuel being used while no fuel is coming in will result in a shortage - the idea behind cutting fuel use is to try to delay it long enough that Trump fucks off with operation fuck his ally’s oil supplies.

“While we are not planning to change motorway speed limits, and private aviation accounts for a small proportion of total fuel use, our contingency plans include all options for fuel prioritisation if needed.”

Watch this space, there will be a shortage, holidays will end up being cancelled, and when that happens could someone please throw these words back into the Government’s face. They could’ve tried but chose not to.

Yup. If the infinite growth machine can’t make a profit fixing climate change, it simply won’t be fixed.

No amount of home recycling, power saving, water reduction, etc. you can do will offset the pollution generated by companies in the pursuit of money.

Yeah… In situations like these, you kinda just have to do whatever you can do.

Unless you’re someone with the power to actually influence policy of the country you live in - in which case what the fuck are you doing reading this, fix your shit - then you realistically can’t do jack about these issues.

If you try to fight every battle that’s coming our way, rally behind every issue, you’ll get burnt out - and that’s exactly what those sending them to you want to happen.

The report notes the Government’s chief commercial officer informed Palantir of his concern about the firm’s practice of offering a zero- or nominal-cost initial offer to gain a commercial foothold.

This, he argued, was contrary to public procurement principles requiring open competition.

I’ve got a weird suggestion for you then Mr. Commercial Officer - don’t allow obvious bait-and-switch tactics during public procurement!

Of course they can afford to take a 6 month loss when they intend to just jack up the price later.

This is literally the kind of scammy BS we’re told to be weary of, yet the UK Government is just letting this happen, wasting millions of taxpayer pounds.

If you could go back that far, you’d actually be better off taking the knowledge of a much simpler invention - soap.

While there are fancier ways to make soap nowadays, the easiest way is just mixing lye into water (slowly), add in melted animal fat or oil, mix for a while until it thickens into “trace”, add whatever fragrance you want, then pour into a mould and leave to cool.

Sure you could sell this as a way to reduce disease, but you could just as easily sell it as a way to launder clothes, or clean dishware (as oil was notoriously difficult to clean back then). Your hardest chore would be getting your hands on lye, and convincing people its not witchcraft.

Again, fair enough - treating it akin to a draft making machine isn’t a terrible idea…

But I would argue that reviewing an existing draft, while a perfectly valid skill to have, is not the same skill as actually writing that draft.

I can say from plenty of experience making and reviewing documentation, that making the first draft is always a much more demanding task than reviewing and making corrections.

And while there’s nothing wrong with making life a bit easier, maintenance of skills is just as important as making them in the first place. If you want to maintain skills for the latter, you need to let yourself write some drafts too.

I mean I have a microchasm example of this myself. I used to be good at remembering phone numbers prior to being able to store them all on a smartphone. Now, even if you put a gun to my head, I can really only remember my own. And that is because I outsourced that part of my memory to my phone, just as most people have - without any attempt to reinforce it.