We have at least to some degree, the $175 de minimis is only for customs fees which are only like 5% anyway. VAT is now applied to all packages so the likes of aliexpress and temu include taxes in the price and charge it at checkout, removing some of the advantage.

Obviously that wasn't quite enough becase they're now introducing this $3.5 fee which I haven't even heard of before.

Lol yeah, I'd be pretty upset because that would be more than 3 of my cars cost put together.

Didn't slashdot have a dating site like, ugh, decades ago?? Or am I misremembering that?

They shouldn't be operating there at all

They're goining to replace them with Trump coins, aren't they.

The problem isn't terrorists, it's idiots flying drones in dangerous places. Like that one that forced the fire-fighting planes to be grounded.

He'd have to beat off the Doge guy first though!

Because they suck!

Also CS isn't "programming" so you don't even have to teach any language in year 1.

Who are these tech CEOs and board members that are renting out office property?

This claim gets repeated all the time but there's never any evidence of this supposed conflict of interest. The only case was with that WeWork dipshit and well that's no longer an issue.

They can just be dumb and/or control freaks.

Anyway. How's the weather?

Electricity isn't 34 euros/kwh in Cyprus https://countryeconomy.com/ene...

Also these heaters work in winter when it's cold and, less well, even when cloudy. Worst case, you fall back to whatever other heater.

Lots of sunny sunny countries do not, in fact, use these solar heaters as much as they could be.

If you don't, just use Firefox then? Which still exists?

Hardly anyone uses Firefox though, so it might be worth experimenting a bit rather than continuing to do what doesn't work.

Like the United States?

Well they've been around and not that many people bought them.

It's great if it fits your usage. I think it would be nice for my parents too, who mostly just need to go the next town over or to the shops etc.

The problem is that paying 20k EUR for a tiny electric car with limited range and slow charging isn't a very attractive proposition for most. It's almost double what the ICE version costs which is pretty efficient and can still be used for a long highway trip if you need that occasionally. Not to mention used options, for like $5k you could get a Yaris or Honda Jazz or something like that.

Yeah and I drive a 20 year-old Miata but I think we're the exception. The average new car costs almost $50k which is plenty of budget for an EV.

I'm not buying an EV either because the Miata costs basically nothing to run, but how are EVs any more "disposable" than anything else. They've now been around for at least a decade and other than some shitty Leafs with shot batteries, they're still driving around fine.