I mean seriously, this "both sides are the same" shit needs to stop.
people dont mean theyre literally identical;
people mean theyre both shitty in their own ways, where one's distain or distrust toward both is similar.
There are some cases wherein the SRY gene of the Y chromosome has broken/mutated and therefore the baby has female characteristics.
There are some cases wherein the SRY gene, normally found on the Y chromosome is on the X chromosome, and therefore the baby has male characteristics.
And by the way, if you're annoyed by that reality, there are a lot more downstream genetic complexities that are even harder for you to comprehend.
i think most people honestly dont have a problem accepting that;
from what i observe, what they do find annoying is the way the info is presented, and thus the people presenting the info.
[the dot-come bubble] was caused by the over-valuation of stocks. In other words, it was wasteful investment that created no lasting value for "scavengers".
perhaps, but it also created competition for the winners, allowing them to demonstrate their comparative superiority/sustainability.
the large pool of capital provides motivation/attracts participants.
when betting on horses, the losers still affect the race;
without the losers, there wouldnt be a race.
I don't see anybody with a petrol pump in their driveway.
personally i would love this.
biodiesel and synthetic gasoline delivered to my home via electric vehicle.
We're near end stage capitalism
predictions about the future are difficult, and capitalism is a bit like the english language, adopting things as it goes.
suppose we'll see.
China lifted 1B people out of poverty during ~1980-2015. They are the last country on Earth whom you can accuse of impoverishing their people.
lifting 1B people out of poverty is commendable and should be celebrated by all.
however, china also largely put those 1B people in poverty to begin with.
If you want an example of a country that is impoverishing it's people, it's the US.
almost 200 countries to choose from... and you choose the US?
merely preaching to the choir.
The right is more like "you're the problem for us", where the left is more like "we're all part of the problem" (and "the solution"). The former is easier and latter harder.
this is the left saying the right is the problem, but dressed as self-aggrandizing inclusivity.
BMW wants customers to have the freedom to choose between engines and batteries.
Their rationale is total horseshit and it's plain to see. Everything about this screams, "but our profit margins!" and an endless stream of crocodile tears.
there are quite a lot of people who do not want to see a storied automaker stop making what they excel at (engines).
personally, im not ready to see BMW as an EV-only company.
Strange, then, that race cars use slick tires, unless it is raining (or they are required to use street tires).
just to clarify, for the curious:
"racing slicks" are tires without treads; completely smooth tires (like a regular car tire that's been worn down from use); they provide maximum contact surface area with the road, therefore provide the greatest grip. theyre also relatively soft and sticky.
not what you want for rain, however.
To my eye...[motion smoothing] just ruins content I try to watch....at least on the OLED tvs I have
OLEDs are extra jittery (compared to LCD, plasma, etc) with low-framerate content (e.g. movies).
motion smoothing used to be god-awful/extremely heavy-handed 10+ years ago, but has come a long way (though performance depends on set, manufacturer, etc).
my OLED (LG) allows you to adjust how strong the smoothing is; i find the lower settings pleasing and unobtrusive.
didn't Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) blast the Biden SBA saying, "“The levers of government should never be used to pick winners and losers based on political priorities." for expanding the Green Lending Initiative?
change "political priorities" to "national security" and you win support.
And if the system was indeed changed, how was that accomplished?
by and large, no, the system has not changed.
to use your words, you may get the "impression" it's now like a "monarchy" because trump is loud and loves executive orders--both're a departure from recent norms.
being loud, as a president, can indeed influence others, but that's why he's being loud--to influence them, because he as the president lacks the power to make the choice for them.
executive orders can do a lot, and quickly, but they have many legal limits, and future administrations can simply throw them away.
interesting part about them is many presidents will keep a number of the previous administration's executive orders, even when they were critical of them in the past, even when they were from the opposing party.
political theater.
Eventually, screens became big enough that there was no need to have a keyboard that expanded.
a full-size laptop keyboard still feels cramped, and uses an atypical key layout, compared to a full-size desktop keyboard (using a '90s IBM keyboard to type this, and it's quite a bit wider than the large HP laptop next to me).
suppose the market just doesnt care enough.
he actually wanted to have -- for the first time -- two LEDs instead of one. The dual lights would have eliminated shadows and provided even better illumination, but unfortunately, this effort proved too costly to make it into the final product.
two LEDs, compared to one, was too cost prohibitive?
going from zero to two... ok, maybe (redesigning the chassis, wiring, etc.) but... there's already one there.
Meanwhile in reality, undocumented immigrants in the US paid an estimated $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes [itep.org] - over a third of that to programs including Social Security and Medicare that they are barred from using. They are subsidizing you. They aren't "eating the food in your fridge and pocketing your paycheck", they're being forced to put food in your fridge and subsidize your paycheck. You live off the sweat of THEIR brows.
total taxes in 2022 (year used in your source) was ~$7t.
~$100b would be 1.4% of all taxes.
illegal immigrants make up 3 - 4% of the population.
there's nothing impressive here.
also, they'd be paying more taxes were they here legally, as would their employers.
immigrants have higher entrepreneurship rates, yes--but we're discussing illegal immigrants.
lumping legal/illegal together to appear to help your argument to an unscrupulous reader is disingenuious.
as for the rest, the US is the #1 immigration destination; if we truly want more cheap labor, we can import it, legally.
if some prices go up, so be it--median US household income, adjusted for purchasing power, is one of the very highest in the world; better to have everyone being paid at least minimum wage, paying proper taxes, and having access to all applicable social services.
Did any of us even yesterday believe that they would take on Nvidia any time soon?
this is a product developed specifically for the chinese market, and wont be used elsewhere due to power/reliability (due to complexity)/software concerns.
it's a specific use-case domestic alternative, and it is impressive theyve developed that option... but i wouldnt call that taking on nvidia.
But what are we doing at the same? Circle jerk and photo ops.
producing and selling the best AI systems in the world?
are we supposed to be higher than #1?
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