China builds nuclear plants in six years, on budget. Of course we're not allowed to buy their tech, but they're exporting 15 of the things to other countries that aren't run by morons.

This. If it doesn't have Amazon music then I'm not interested.

"Foolish move" seems to exemplify pretty much any action coming out of Detroit since around 1970.

Nope, expected completion is 2030, you're stuck in the past. China just completed the Fuqing 5 nuclear plant in six years from breaking ground, and Terra Power started construction on the Natrium plant last year so that doesn't sound unreasonable.

We're way behind the curve here. China has approved construction of 10 new reactors per year for the last three years, and is currently in the process of exporting 15 more. Their products and processes are years ahead of ours in the west, and because of our moronic politics we're not even ALLOWED to purchase their technology. That's some "free market" we have.

This guy lives and works in China and writes mostly about business issues (with occasional digressions).
https://kdwalmsley.substack.co...

Bored drivers are a safety hazard and must be eliminated. If you've ever driven for 4 hours without so much as a car radio you'd realise how dangerous it is. Maybe not to others, but to yourself because you'll likely just look for the nearest tree to drive into after the first 3 hours of nothing but engine noise.

I thought so too at first, but wholly shit was I wrong, and now having a car with Google Built-in is a must feature for me from the moment I used it in a Volvo. It's like Android Auto except it works. Always. Without a phone. No disconnecting, no wire or wireless bullshit, no "why the fuck is my phone not showing up in the list" rubbish.

Also Google doesn't "handle the tech", just the backend. It's still largely in control of the car manufacturers except down to individual apps (and having actual real Google Maps, or Waze, or whatever you want to download from an App store is orders of magnitude better than whatever shit car makers used to push in the past).

GM uses Google Built-In. You don't need Android Auto for this. The experience is already largely synced by your google account. I use Android Auto everywhere, except for my own car which has Google Built-in as the primary interface. It's like Android Auto except native, fast, and works without the damn phone.

That said Apple users, you're left in the dust, but then if you have a GM car you should be used to this. Apple CarPlay has always been abysmal or non-existent on GM vehicles.

And it's about frelling time, too. Terra Power has been trying to get approvals since the turn of the century, to constant political interference from both sides. I guess there is a silver lining to the current political chaos, people weren't paying attention.

This is not a new project. Terra Power has been trying to get approvals since the turn of the century, running into constant interference from the political establishment of both sides, who hate him (a billionaire using his money to help poor people? That simply CANNOT be allowed!!) It sounds like in the current political chaos someone wasn't paying attention so they finally allowed the approval.

A Republican would like Trump shit in their mouth if it meant a liberal had to smell it.

Or maybe Joe Biden but they will never blame themselves or Donald Trump.

They aren't capable of thinking for themselves anymore if they ever were and TV tells them how to think and TV tells them that Trump is their man.

And then what? We get J(ust) D(umb) Vance in his place, a man dumber than Shrub, easier to manipulate than Raygun, more corrupt than Zelinsky, and eager to prove himself more evil than Netanyahoo. The man scares the britches off me.

Do you have evidence "all the scientists are running away" or is that a meme social media teaches you?

That's a cool idea, I'm going to try it from now on. I have to go now though, I have a meeting at 00:11.

ok, that's you being too brittle. Set the requirement, and accept anything that fills them. You're just wrong.