If the appearance of commanders correlated with military strength, the US would be finished. 😆

No doubt.

A nice surprise.

You didn’t go far enough.

Is there difference in how much storage space is needed between the two approaches?

Aren’t billionaires in control of the state dept?

Biased harassment, as opposed to normal hatassment. 😅

We’re calling it a “blackout” eh? Cool. A strike is the most effective thing to do.

It’s possible that Samaung doesn’t use 100% of the battery capacity, similar to how EVs don’t. Then the cycle life can increase significantly.

Things must be getting desperate if he’s going after banks’ revenues.

Israel has a serious problem on their hands in Gazans migrating to the west. These people won’t stay silent about what they endured once here. The anti-Israel advocacy would only intensify should a significant number of Palestinians arrive from Gaza. So I’m guessing that despite all the ethnic cleansing wet dreams, there’s a strategy to keep them in place. An increasingly smaller place. Increasing the concentration of Palestinians in that place.

Yup. Whatever’s coming out of CBS on topics where Israel has vested interest, there’s a good chance of hasbara. Could still be true but a bucket of salt is recommended.

I double checked myself:

Key Headwinds: Challenges Threatening Survival and Growth

Structural Talent Crisis: The “Silver Tsunami” and Skills Gap

This is perhaps the most lethal long-term risk. A wave of retirements is sweeping away highly skilled moldmakers, while younger generations lack both the expertise and the inclination to enter the trade. Decades of offshoring have created a massive break in knowledge transfer, leaving shops unmanned and innovation stifled

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Critical industries such as food and medicine rely greatly on foreign tool makers. In the case of global conflict, the United States is not in the position to easily bring manufacturing of critical components back to its own shores in a timely or cost-effective manner.

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Notice the dependency isn’t just on Canada. It’s also on China, Mexico, etc. The Canadian dependency of US automotive is just one part of the problem. A lot of production in the US and Canada is dependent on overseas materials and parts even when the product says “Made in Canada.” This is why folks who focus on critical minerals are missing the forest from the trees. The most serious dependency is the labour and production expertise that’s been shipped overseas - a structural problem. Recreating that is a many-year-long process that can’t be fulfilled by the market, as the market already decided against it. I’m not saying we shouldn’t do it. Just casually sizing the problem and the solution in the context of dependence and independence of other countries.

That’s crazy. Not impossible though. If you have an oversized battery for your usage pattern for example, it could last long. Or if you baby it.

Dunno. I haven’t either. Every time I look into it I come back underwhelmed.

Asked about raw materials coming in from countries like Canada, Trump said “we have a lot of our own raw materials.

As long as this doesn’t turn into “We’ll take the resources we need. Otherwise China or Russia will.” we’re good.

Also it’s pretty funny looking at Farley’s face there, who knows full-well that Ford can’t manufacture vehicles in the US at present without Canadian parts production. AFAIK there is not enough skilled labour in machining / tool-and-die left in the US to even start production there.

Who here hasn’t jumped on the tubeless bandwagon?

That’s the reason I switched to a Fairphone recently. Still evaluating it but so far so good. There should be replacement parts for many years and easy to replace.

They’re considering it a one-time payment to disrupt the nurses’ labour power. The $90M price tag is yearly, which makes it … checks notes … too many dollhairs to be taken away from the oligarch class.

Yup, aside from accidents, the battery is the main concern. It’s a wear item. Difficulty of replacement and availability of parts is the problem. If we could pop-in batteries like in the old times, you could easily run a device for 6 or more years.