Comment Re:What is thinking? (Score 1) 252
" we CAN say what is not thinking, and we've narrowed down the problem quite a bit."
You responded by saying rocks can think. Strong example of cognitive bias.
" we CAN say what is not thinking, and we've narrowed down the problem quite a bit."
You responded by saying rocks can think. Strong example of cognitive bias.
FYI, their statement about Iceland is wrong. BEV sales were:
2019: 1000
2020: 2723
2021: 3777
2022: 5850
2023: 9260
2024 (first year of the "kílómetragjald" and the loss of VAT-free purchases): 2913
2025: 5195
Does this look like the changes had no impact to anyone here? It's a simple equation: if you increase the cost advantage of EVs, you shift more people from ICEs to EVs, and if you decrease it, the opposite happens. If you add a new mileage tax, but don't add a new tax to ICE vehicles, then you're reducing the cost advantage. And Iceland's mileage tax was quite harsh.
The whole structure of it is nonsensical (they're working on improving it...), and the implementation was so damned buggy (it's among other things turned alerts on my inbox for government documents into spam, as they keep sending "kílómetragjald" notices, and you can't tell from the email (without taking the time to log in) whether it's kílómetragjald spam or something that actually matters). What I mean by the structure is that it's claimed to be about road maintenance, yet passenger cars on non-studded tyres do negligible road wear. Tax vehicles by axle weight to the fourth times mileage, make them pay for a sticker for the months they want to use studded tyres, and charge flat annual fees (scaled by vehicle cost) for non-maintenance costs. Otherwise, you're inserting severe distortion into the market - transferring money from those who aren't destroying the roads to subsidize those who are, and discouraging the people who aren't destroying the roads from driving to places they want to go (quality of life, economic stimulus, etc)
Well, I'm about to find out if I need to do my first chargeback, I have a delayed response on a return authorization for where I was sent the wrong item. They advertised a different version. This might be confusing for them since the difference is small - yet critical. But there really should be no confusion because they advertised the other version both in the images and the product name/listing title.
Would you also care to argue
No, I would not. I would care that you turn your brain on. If somehow you manage to do that, return to this comment, find the main point, and respond to that.
BYD makes the best cars.
How do you know? Do you have a citation for that?
will certainly not be slop if you bring your own ideas to the chat room.
Then why use the AI at all? Just present your own ideas.
Brevity is a gift.
A person with one watch knows what time it is; a person with two watches is never sure. Proverb