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The best time to manufacture vintage computer parts is 28 years ago, but the second-best time is today! :p
> The best time to manufacture vintage computer parts is 28 years ago, but the second-best time is today! :p What was so special about 1997?
Tariffs are great. They protect the struggling domestic IT industry and gives it time to ramp up its production of vintage computer parts.
This explains why John Titor needed to come back for those IBM parts
Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, which required me to fill out a UPS-specific form attesting to the steel and aluminum content I ordered a specialty lock and some keys valued at about $400, and paid an extra $400 in duties because of this. It's insane. Plot twist: I'm in Canada and was ordering a made-in-USA product from a US vendor. The duties were due to matching countertartiffs at the time. Sorry, but th…
At those prices it’d be cheaper to fly to the US and walk up to the company and buy it and fly back.
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> With policies like the dismantling of department of education, I do not see any initiative being taken to prepare the workforce for the future. The DOE was created by Carter, and there is no evidence in the last 45 years of it having any positive effect on education in the US.
Your argument is so baseless that even a template AI response can refute it. Yes, the DoE has been planting decade-scale workforce seeds since the Carter years—mostly via STEM/CTE programs that outlive administrations. Core idea: build adaptable skills (problem-solving, digital literacy, work-based learning) so kids & adults can pivot when AI/climate/whatever nukes today’s jobs. *Carter-era kickoff* - 1979: Science a…
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>America had no idea how good they had it, in the before times. The downside is the insane consumption associated with that. Americans are responsible for an insane amount of pollution, far more per capita than any other people in the history of the world, much of which is tied to how easy/cheap it is to order shit we don't need. So, good if ya wanna buy cheap pollution, pretty bad if ya care about the next generatio…
America isn’t #1 in pollution per capita, that’s largely a function of per capita income and America is a long way from #1 on that metric. For example, we where ranked 16th in terms of CO2 per capita in 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di... We are just #3 by population and far richer per capita than the other 2.
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> For example, we where ranked 16th in terms of CO2 per capita in 2023 For home soil central north american CO2 production, sure. Things change if such rankings were to account for the CO2 production as a result of satisifying US consumption habits .. the "benefit" of having off shored industry to China is the final goods come to the USofA while the emissions and waste of industry occur elsewhere.
America has huge trade deficit from China but America imports more from the EU (605.8) and Mexico (505.9) than China (438.9) followed closely by Canada (412.7). At the same time just under 15% of China’s exports are going to the US, so America really isn’t a large fraction of their emissions. In terms net imports vs exports staple agricultural products have a very high carbon footprint per dollar and America exports…
For every American citizen importing lumber from Canada there’re a thousand Canadian citizens who have a Netflix subscription.
Looking only at trade deficit is purposely blinding yourself.
I had this happen with FedEx. They released the package and delivered it without me paying. I submitted a dispute, which they say could take up to 6 months to process. I hate having this hang over my head, as I don’t want anything going to collections, but figured if I paid it I would have a harder time getting my money back. Mine was for a watch I got serviced. My own watch that I shipped out being returned to me… n…
There's something called a "carnet" for that case.[1] When something is leaving the country temporarily but coming back, there's a way to register that. This comes up a lot if you're doing trade shows or performances. [1] https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/entry-summ...
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There's concern that if all our chips come from one country, they could cut the supply off and make demands. That's called an "embargo". It's also done to protect local industries, hence the term "protectionism". For example, Canada's large tariffs on American milk are there to protect the local Canadian milk producers. AFAIK, Trump's tariffs are meant to serve the following purposes: 1. so critical supplies, like ch…
I am Canadian. Since the USA started their economic war with Canada, I changed some habits, like my other fellow canadians. 1) Stopped buying USA wine totally 2) Canceled our plans for vacations in the USA 3) Stopped buying USA orange (or any citrus) juice 4) Carefully check the provenance of any fruit or vegetable in the supermarket and actively avoid anything that comes from the USA ... and the list goes on. I am n…
The presence of a few nationalistic morons doesn't wholly negate the goals mentioned by GP, and in fact, may be more important than ever.
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America has huge trade deficit from China but America imports more from the EU (605.8) and Mexico (505.9) than China (438.9) followed closely by Canada (412.7). At the same time just under 15% of China’s exports are going to the US, so America really isn’t a large fraction of their emissions. In terms net imports vs exports staple agricultural products have a very high carbon footprint per dollar and America exports…
It’s also important to note that America is largely a service economy not a goods economy. For every American citizen importing lumber from Canada there’re a thousand Canadian citizens who have a Netflix subscription. Looking only at trade deficit is purposely blinding yourself.
Netflix Canada Inc and Netflix Services Canada Ulc two local companies are collecting payments in Canada and they don’t want to look like they have any profits whatsoever. https://insights.greyb.com/netflix-subsidiaries-and-acquisit...
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There's concern that if all our chips come from one country, they could cut the supply off and make demands. That's called an "embargo". It's also done to protect local industries, hence the term "protectionism". For example, Canada's large tariffs on American milk are there to protect the local Canadian milk producers. AFAIK, Trump's tariffs are meant to serve the following purposes: 1. so critical supplies, like ch…
There is no way Taiwan would ever embargo the US re:chips. Making and shipping chips all over the world is what keeps Taiwan safe. They would never jeopardize that.