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"Democracy and human rights", "strongman dictatorships". Dear God this rhetoric has aged like milk. I can't believe we ever fell for it.

It's literally on their border and the history is akin to if The South established its own nation state in Cuba after the Civil War and China became its ally. At least admit the do…

I keep hearing about this "we" as if it's still a coherent nation state and not just an unaccountable ruling class from both parties where the most severe consequence is failing up…

> There can be situations where debt is a good idea, and there can be situations where debt is a bad idea. In ~2010, debt financing was incredibly cheap, so if the USA was able to …

> You can't coddle someone to success. The most succinct way I've heard this massive cultural problem explained.

> In a more fair world a person should probably not be able to amass more than USD 1B by making the right bet on the stock market. That wealth is build in this way is anti-meritocr…

I don't really see a link between electric bus fires and diesel fires. The safety issue is that electric vehicle fires are far more difficult to control than their combustion count…

Yep, that's where they shine. There are always cars that are "more", but few that can be used as hard as Porsches. When you fall out of love with something more exciting because it…

A combination of factors; cost, customer expectations, and convenience. It's easy to produce a lot of power, it's not easy to do so reliably and within emissions specs. That's wher…

I know this is a popular take, but the blindspot is commercial engines. > bypass emissions sensors on 630,000 RAM pickup truck engines In this case, and in nearly _every report of …

Had the same experience, and ended up being satisfied with Magic Earth[1]. I tried more or less every major navigation service (paid and "free"), and I ended up sticking with it. A…

Adult Control Panel? I always think "Adult" when I'm trying to bring up the legacy panels instead of the function-crippled slow modern iterations.

Car sewer? Car brain? Wow, didn't know we had zealotry and disparagement over _choice of transport_ of all things, generally a matter people have little choice in; it's determined …

The alleged effect. > Every year of private renting was associated with an extra 2.4 weeks of aging on average. The alleged solution. > Our finding that renting social housing was …

What? They're already here. I don't see too many around yet but they're definitely on sale. https://apnews.com/article/electric-vehicles-china-subsidies...

> The information/free thought antagonists I don't understand. I don't get their angle. And I don't believe their intentions are all conspiratorial. It depends on who you're talkin…

Never had the pleasure of visiting but if this is accurate it might sound like the best of both worlds.

To be honest I never really compared airport food because I barely eat when traveling so I'll concede this one.

What, you don't enjoy German dining where the vast majority of restaurants serve food made in a factory? What an unsophisticated palette you have. /s https://youtu.be/wzc_VNh42HM?s…

Yeah. These romanticized threads always give me a kick. Every large city here in Germany has a chronic smell of diesel and dog piss. There's a level of grime to everything that wou…

It's hardly a given all countries will be shrinking, just ones that follow a certain value system. As for a sustainable model, yeah. Have kids. Like normal living organisms do, hav…

> My experience is that most govt regulators are complacent, mediocre, low energy desk jockies who default to doing as little as possible. Yep. But the upside is that they're often…

For what is self-labelled as an investigation, there's very little technical information. At the very least (in my limitedly qualified opinion) the main factor should be identified…

I assume you mean with subsidies and grants.