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Comment Re:Ruh Row /. Trigger Alert (Score -1, Flamebait) 75

I think the data-manipulation argument isn't about how accurate thermometers are, it's about how accurate satellite temperature readings are (especially when they so often conflict with local thermometer based readings).

I would expect discussion on this post to center around the fact that localized data doesn't really mean anything when discussing overall "climate change". Parts of Australia and the west coast of the US are currently experiencing record breaking cold temperatures for June.

Comment Re: My answer (Score 1) 113

Wait, what do you think the word volunteer means? The official definition says one who freely offers to do something, that means to choose to do something of your own volition rather than be compelled. It DOES NOT mean working for free.

In this case, they are volunteering to work in the warehouse in lieu of their normal workplace. And the word volunteer is appropriate because their bosses aren't singling people out and saying "YOU WILL GO WORK IN THE WAREHOUSE".

Comment Re:federal govmint (Score 1) 172

Why would they need to compete with Chinese cars in the US? No Chinese car brand has ever made it's way stateside. We have been hearing about fabulously cheap Chinese cars for decades, but you can't buy them here and if you import them the cost savings go away. And yes, I know some well known car brands (like Volvo) produce some cars in China. Those are not the cheapo cars everyone is talking about.

If we ever see a BYD Electric car in the US it will cost 3-4x what it did in China.

Comment Re:Hell no (Score 1) 81

That's kind of the point, right? The phones are locked because the carrier subsidized the purchase with the understanding that you would need to use it on their network long enough for them to recoup the costs.

There's a SUPER EASY way not to get stuck with a locked phone, buy it from the OEM.

Comment Re:Good company (Score 1) 33

I remember buying the simplest microwave ever in 1982 or 1983. It was tiny, didn't have a rotating dish or anything inside, literally one dial on the front that you used to set how long it was powered. That's it. Cost $399.99 from Montgomery Wards. Online inflation calculator says that's around $1300 in today's dollars.

Comment Re:Not even close (Score 2) 83

Also kind of weird how they are calling out "silicon" as being roadblocked. Silicon is literally a component of sand, it's available everywhere on earth in huge quantities. The roadblocks are with EUV lithography equipment, which makes me wonder how are they getting sub-1nm features on this material if they were unable to do so with silicon? Since it's "2d" are they counting the height as the smallest feature?

There's been tons of different semiconductors that are faster and more efficient than silicon in use for multiple decades. But they aren't as cheap and abundant.

Comment Re:Are we winning yet? (Score 1) 101

2 Points, the article is pointing out GLOBAL price increases. Last I checked, US Tariffs don't typically affect the price of goods produced and sold outside of the US. And most of the games are now sold in electronic form, those are considered "produced" at the distributor's location so they wouldn't be subject to tariffs.

Comment "Fiercely Competitive" (Score 1) 61

Since when is having 1, MAYBE 2 competitors with a similar product and 1 or 2 competitors with a substantially inferior product (wireless offerings do not compete in bandwidth, signal consistency, or latency) considered a "fiercely competitive environment"?

Lays has 872 competitors for my potato chip dollars in my grocery store alone.

Comment Re:Winning (Score 0) 290

I agree, at least with most Canadian voters as generally we're literate and educated about the world.

Oh, really?

https://www.knowledge4all.com/...

Developed by the United Nations Development Programme - Regional Bureau for Arab States (UNDP RBAS) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), the GKI is a pioneering tool in the realm of knowledge and development. Initiated in 2017, it serves as a comprehensive framework for understanding and measuring knowledge-related performance globally.

But of course, this is a UN source and they are just a mouth piece for those illiterate uneducated Americans and clearly have an agenda to portray the Canadians as less than they truly are.

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