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Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by disgruntledphd2 »

briandear wrote: post #763
consp wrote: post #740

Earlier quoted context omitted.

SE will one day realize they are as screwed as the average worker and unionize in some way. The endless money pits are not for every SE, even today the majority does not work for the creme-de-creme of well paying companies. While specialists and smooth talkers might profit from the current model, as always is the case, most won't.

Then when they unionize, all the software jobs will head to cheaper locales. Unless of course you’re suggesting that the U.S. use tariffs on labor to prevent that?

Most other countries have much stronger unions and labour laws.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by Mashimo »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #756
Symbiote wrote: post #725

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I've FDM printed models for friends, and the quality isn't there. It's not good enough to spend the time carefully painting it. It's fine as a token for the game, but people enjoy the painting etc too. A resin printer isn't safe for use in an apartment, otherwise that would probably be more common.

I just Googled for "resin printer at home". There are loads of Reddit discussions and YouTube videos about it. Yes, precautions and a careful setup are required, but "isn't safe" does not look true anymore.

It's possible, you have to put in some effort. Active ventilation to outside, working with PPE on, washing in isopropyl alcohol, curing with UV light. At least that is what I would do in smaller apartments.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by DeathArrow »

>From this model, you can see a few things.

First, adding $26 tariff at the port doesn't just add $26 to the final price. Everything here works off of percentages. In this simple model, we say Nike has a landed cost of $25, sells it to Footlocker for $50, and they retail at $100

Not sure I agree that everything works on percentages. Shipping has a fixed cost, etc.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by callamdelaney »

philjohn wrote: post #718
callamdelaney wrote: post #490

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Weird, the bill of rights act of 1689 is still in force. It’s literally the policy of this country to sentence white men to harsher custodial sentences with more chance of a custodial sentence than any other group, simply for the crime of being a white man. Are these the sorts of people you think should decide our rights? If the government would do what people have been voting for for decades and end mass immigration…

It is not the "policy of this country" you need to actually read how things work, what bodies have what power, and who is doing what. The sentencing council is an independant body, they are not the government, and the government has said "no, that's not right" so they're passing a bill to stop the new guidelines coming into effect: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-introduce-l...

It's the policy of this country, it doesn't matter who sets it.

It doesn't matter if it's set by parliament. It doens't matter if it's set by an independent body. The fact is that you will receive a harsher sentence for being a white male than you will if you belong to any other group. That is the policy. The Conservative government thought that was the right thing to do.

Apparently the new government 'will' introduce a bill to stop this, but they haven't yet. So it's still the policy.

Meanwhile it's legal and popular to discriminate against white men and women on the basis of being white - the government, police and military regularly put out jobs only for none whites. But if I were to put out a role only for whites, that's against the law. This discrimination extends to our top universities where it's becoming much more difficult (relative to population %) to obtain a spot as a white student.

That's why people think this country is now a two tier system, and they're right. Opportunities are being taken from those who have earned them and given to those who have not. Meritocracy and equality under the law is already long gone.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by bfrog »

pjc50 wrote: post #102
rayiner wrote: post #42

Americans need to get over their view of “Asia” as being about making shoes. When I was working in engineering in the early aughts, we mocked the Chinese as being able only to copy American technology. Today, China is competitive with or ahead of America in key technology areas, including nuclear power, AI, EVs, and batteries. We need to anticipate a future where China is equal to America on a per capita basis, but f…

> US will find itself in the same position the UK is in now The thing is .. there's a point here, but it's not at all tied in with physical products. People are obsessed with one side of the ledger while refusing to see the other. Most of the stuff the UK is struggling with (transport, healthcare, energy) are "state capacity" issues. Things where the state is unavoidably involved and having better, more decisive lead…

Yes but how many people are employed and well paid by warhammer? How many were employed and paid by fishing?

Dollars don’t vote, people do!

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by bfrog »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #756
Symbiote wrote: post #725

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've FDM printed models for friends, and the quality isn't there. It's not good enough to spend the time carefully painting it. It's fine as a token for the game, but people enjoy the painting etc too. A resin printer isn't safe for use in an apartment, otherwise that would probably be more common.

I just Googled for "resin printer at home". There are loads of Reddit discussions and YouTube videos about it. Yes, precautions and a careful setup are required, but "isn't safe" does not look true anymore.

Resin is nasty stuff

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by throwaway2037 »

hnburnsy wrote: post #345

The thread was kind of hand wavy over the "$24* discount" for Footlocker? From the linked article... >Footlocker’s purchase price (read footnote #3) for every sale of $100 shows up as $66 in their financial reports, and not $50. In plain terms, Footlocker sells its merchandise for a 24% discount on the average. So $100 was never the sale price, just some made up, hoped for number that only appears on the shoe box, an…

    > BTW, both Footlocker and Dick's have gross margins ~30% but Dick's has an operating margin around 12% while FL is 1-2%. Clearly FL is an inferior retailer.
ELI5: What is the difference between gross margin and operating margin? Is operating margin the same as profit margin?

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by watwut »

refurb wrote: post #778
hkt wrote: post #480

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Americans might not know their number is up explicitly, but they can smell it. The days of US hegemony are numbered. In one way or another, people get it. Why else would they want to Make America Great Again? It is an inherent recognition of decline.

I’d say it’s the opposite. So much of the US government has been focused on maintaining the global hegemony, US citizens wellbeing was sacrificed. Trump was elected in reaction to rising global hegemony, or at least the effort put to maintain it, not the end of it. To say US hegemony is numbered doesn’t make much sense. The US economy has only pulled headed further from any Western rival, and China’s economy is stumb…

> If anything, US ability to project power is greater now than any time in the past.

Absolutely not. It caved to Russia in the first place, it is weak against Russia. It WANTS to project power, but while doing so, it is showing itself crumbling into itself.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by watwut »

rayiner wrote: post #710
watwut wrote: post #433

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trump has zero to do with previous level of US hegemony. He represents what large part of Americans are - for internal reasons that have nothing to do with geopolitics.

> Trump has zero to do with previous level of US hegemony. > He represents what large part of Americans are - for internal reasons that have nothing to do with geopolitics. No, it's all about geopolitics. Perhaps the most thorough analysis of the 2024 election concluded that Trump won 18-25 year old men (white + non-white). Trump did better among younger men than men 75+. Trump also won young white women. (See: https…

It was about inflation, prices, hate toward trans and immigration. That is judging based on pre-election topics. They did not cared about geopolitics.

> Whatever preconception you have about what motivates Trump voters

By a large, based on what they themselves say and write, they wanted to cause harm to their perceived enemies and have fun watching it. That is primary reason for why conservative and republican voters vote.

Re: How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?

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Post by cylemons »

rayiner wrote: post #42

Americans need to get over their view of “Asia” as being about making shoes. When I was working in engineering in the early aughts, we mocked the Chinese as being able only to copy American technology. Today, China is competitive with or ahead of America in key technology areas, including nuclear power, AI, EVs, and batteries. We need to anticipate a future where China is equal to America on a per capita basis, but f…

> We need to anticipate a future where China is equal to America on a per capita basis, but four times bigger. Is that a world where “Designed by Apple in California, Made in China” still makes sense? What will be America’s competitive edge in that scenario?

Military

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