Comment Re:No surprise[s in today's SF?] (Score 1) 108
Which are your top five SF books?
Comment Re:It's because they can't compete. (Score 1) 150
Ford can build that kind of car. They can't get batteries that cheap.
Comment Re:What is "oversupply"? (Score 1) 150
What exactly does it mean to "oversupply" something? The only way I can interpret that is they make so many cars and batteries that inventory hangs out in warehouses, unable to be sold at any price. How exactly is that bad for consumers?
That is the argument Milton Friedman made.
"But, but, but, monopolies!" I hear people sputter. Yes, companies trying to compete with them now may fail.
Sounds like you know what the problem is. Think of it like the DeBeers diamond cartel on steroids.
When the subsidies stop, I'm confident new companies will pop up to fill the void.
Then the subsidies will start again until those new companies disappear.
Comment Re:To every other car industry ... (Score 1) 150
The USA is able to develop batteries. China has taken control of the lithium pipeline, the same way they've taken control of the rare earths pipeline (through poor environmental and anticompetitive practices). The CCP doesn't care if they poison their own people.
Comment Re: Dumping isn’t just selling cheap / subsi (Score 1) 150
Dumping means selling below the value.
You are wrong because you don't care what is true. You are a liar. You don't want to participate in conversation, you only want to spread your lies.
You are wrong because you don't care what is true. You are a liar. You don't want to participate in conversation, you only want to spread your lies.
Comment Re:To every other car industry ... (Score 1) 150
... other than the chinese. MKBHDs review of the Xiaomi SU7 is a real eye opener.
Do you mean this review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Comment Re:No one... (Score 1) 150
It's going to get worse in the future: https://m.xkcd.com/3167/
Comment Re: You will buy this, citizen (Score 1) 150
For the same reason people in the US complain about the lack of public transportation. We don't want to use public transportation ourselves,
we want other people to use it so the roads will be clear. https://psmag.com/economics/wh...
we want other people to use it so the roads will be clear. https://psmag.com/economics/wh...
Comment Re: Trying to corner the market (Score 1) 150
How do you compete fairly against a country that uses slave labor and no environment controls?
Comment Re: Trying to corner the market (Score 1) 150
It's amazing how much your words sound like a Soviet apparatchik. You're not interested in truth, you don't care about that.
Comment Re:No sense (Score 2) 42
If your idea of style is "expensive = style" then you have no style. His watch would be indistinguishable from a $10k watch without close inspection.
Comment Well... (Score 2) 50
This will be great for Haiku, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD installs, there's not the remotest possibility there'll be binaries for these. Not because the software couldn't be ported, but because the sorts of people politicians hire to write software would never be able to figure out the installer.
Submission + - Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1 (apnews.com)
joshuark writes: Arkansas is becoming the first state to officially end its public television affiliation with PBS. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, whose members are all appointed by the governor, voted to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, 2026, citing the $2.5 million annual membership dues as “not feasible.” The decision was also driven by the loss of a similar amount in federal funding after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was defunded by Congress.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
“The commission’s decision to drop PBS membership is a blow to Arkansans who will lose free, over the air access to quality PBS programming they know and love,” a PBS spokesperson wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
The demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. Trump denied taking a big should on television viewers.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
“The commission’s decision to drop PBS membership is a blow to Arkansans who will lose free, over the air access to quality PBS programming they know and love,” a PBS spokesperson wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
The demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. Trump denied taking a big should on television viewers.
Comment No sense (Score 1, Informative) 42
and $387,000 on a Swiss watch.
He would have gotten more functionality and style from a smartwatch.
Comment Re: Trying to corner the market (Score 1, Interesting) 150
China has been manipulating the lithium market the same way they've been manipulating the rare earths market (ie, poor environmental standards and anti-competitive practices by trying to build a monopoly). No other car company can acquire batteries at the same low cost as Chinese car producers. As soon as the supply chains are fixed (for both lithium and rare earths) this won't be a problem anymore.
China's dumping practices are well documented in the car industry. They overproduced and are now selling below cost.
China's dumping practices are well documented in the car industry. They overproduced and are now selling below cost.
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