Thanks for making it easy to identify all the Russian assets and bots on /.!

I think with the correct amount of monetary contribution to el Bunko, the boy can be brought back into the space program. It's magic!!!

Recall the Honduran president el Bunko just pardoned? The one who helped ship 100s of tons of cocaine to the U.S. Starting several years ago, his "people" started making the "correct" contributions to "Republicans" (read: el Bunko) and, as if by magic, a pardon appears.

Meanwhile el Bunko is blowing up small vessels off Venezuela arguing they are carrying fentanyl. They aren't, fentanyl doesn't come in boats from Venezuela. It comes via Mexico from chemicals supplied by China. Is he blowing up Chinese boats carrying these chemicals? Nope. That's because he never smacks anyone that can hit back because he's basically a weenie.

"Humans invent things."

No shit, including that anthropomorphic driven climate change is not a problem.

"AI is already chewing through research faster than half the committees publishing these forecasts."

Really? AI is now doing climate forecasting. Do tell. How's it doing on physics? Or chemistry outside of a few edge cases? Mathematics is not science but much science is based on mathematics. Where's the AI research breakthroughs on math?

"We’re developing materials, energy systems, geo-tech and carbon-capture methods that simply didn’t exist when the early models were written."

So what? There's no guarantee these will help climate change. Many might hurt climate change. And you have no way to predict it.

"Pretending society won’t respond, won’t adapt and won’t innovate is probably the most unrealistic assumption in the whole exercise."

Bullshit. "society" has shown very little in the way of adaptation. In fact, "society" is busy pumping more CO2 and Methane into the atmosphere than ever before. The American West is drying out because of it. Does it cause Americans do anything more than move? Not effectively.

Your entire screed is nothing more than whistling past the graveyard.

Or maybe it's because crude oil prices are down.

https://www.businessinsider.co...

It's a buyer's market.

The Metro wouldn't be safe by modern standards. Of course an old Honda Civic hatchback wouldn't be, either.

I've seen some vehicles with OEM-recommended 0w20 experiencing this issue. Dropping in some "compliant" 5w30 hurt fuel economy a touch but fixed the issue immediately.

BYD and free markets don't mix.

It is even worse than that. el Bunko and his witless slaves are slathering the bullshit around that they are bring manufacturing back to America for American jobs. Pushing robots just mean peopleless factories, no jobs, just another con job. And the robots or their parts will be made in China.

TDS? I do not think we need to bring the ability to believe la Presidenta into this.

la Presidenta First Rule: Nothing is done by him until he receives payment.

la Presidenta Second Rule: He destroys everything he touches.

la Presidenta Third Rule: You cannot set the morals and ethics bar so low that he cannot find a way to limbo under it.

Do you automatically assume people support Trump when they criticize China? Perhaps Taiwan, Vietnam, the Phillipines, etc would enjoy having a word with you.

Also a 40% stake in a business often makes the CCP the largest single shareholder in a corporation. Other investors wouldn't dare overrule the party when voting on any issue where the CCP chooses to take a stance. All it takes is one board member to monitor the corporation and its executives. That serves as a reminder that the corporation must serve party interest above all else.

Soft power doesn't require complete control.

China seizes control of enterprise at a phenomenally higher rate than any Western power. There is no equivalence.

Meanwhile:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Because the owners just want to sell Monotype. The long term prospects of the company do not matter to them. They just want to make the current sales numbers look good to a prospective buyer. This is probably why nobody wants to buy Monotype.

if they win they become God-Kings who's slightest whim is made real to the limits of human civilization.

If they lose they just go to their graves insanely wealthy.

There is a *very* small chance they get thrown out of a window or poisoned by a Stalin or a Mao, but it's very, very unlikely. They have their own private armies to protect them.

It'll be about 3-5 years but more or less.

That's how long analysts think the AI build out will last. It's why nobody is building more capacity.

the reason gas prices have been stable is we keep pushing for more fuel economy keeping demand down. EVs help some too, but the huge push for fuel economy is why the national average is only $3/gallon.