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- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 18 hours ago:
How’s that? Disadvantageous trade agreements? You already have those.
You know the Brits did worse that that.
Hell, our trade agreements with the US are fine anyway.
China invades Canada, a country defended by US nukes, with the PLA? There’s a reason Iran and North Korea are still around despite open animus from the US.
That assumes the US still has our back, and Iran doesn’t even have nukes, they’re just more trouble than they’re worth. In the long run, nukes only guarantee countries that actually have them, and that’s not us.
For what it’s worth, if China was a democracy, I’d be fine with them as the new hyperpower. But they’re not, so they are ideological enemies to me.
- Comment on Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk 19 hours ago:
The hydrohomies are all grown up, I guess?
- Comment on Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk 19 hours ago:
Yeah, this is a hella weird comment in an alcohol thread. That stuff is actually toxic, and popular mainly because of it.
- Comment on Lots of times the restaurants won't even have milk 19 hours ago:
And yet, the Mongols conquered Eurasia on it.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 19 hours ago:
I expect they’d treat us like we (the British empire) treated lesser foreign powers. They kind of already do, on the rare occasion they pay attention to little Canada. If they managed to gain direct power here, they’d treat us like the British treated their colonial subjects, or like the Chinese have already treated their westernmost minorities, and you can ask the Natives what that’s like.
Unlike America, they’re autocratic and openly, officially ethnocentric. That’s bad news for anyone not an elite Chinese person, and in the long term it’s bad news for even them, because purges.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 20 hours ago:
Really, most of my hope for the mid-future is tied up in Europe. They have far-right movements there too, but it’s totally different in a lot of important ways, and possibly less catastrophic.
Failing that, I dunno. The world is a very scary place indeed.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 20 hours ago:
Am I wrong? Are you not part of the so-called “anti-imperialist” crowd?
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 20 hours ago:
Yeah, the “sort of within reach” thing is more plausible. China in the role of 1970’s America still scares me. Hell, 1970’s America scares me, and they were to busy boomering to commit all that much to world domination.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 21 hours ago:
Actually, I agree. The US has had the opportunity to go rogue for decades, though, and so far has opted to ignore the outside world instead (with occasional forays to the desert or jungle to feel like a big man). That’s probably down to their political system.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 21 hours ago:
And yet China still can’t make very good chips or CNC machines. That’s because fast development works by first picking up outsource work that’s simple, and then gradually moving to more complex types of value-added production. Without Western outsourcing, China would be economically like North Korea.
I have a feeling you’re on of those guys that thinks NK is Wakanda, though, so maybe that’s not as useful an analogy as I’d hope.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 21 hours ago:
They get strong enough quick enough that they become geopolitically unstoppable. I don’t trust those guys to rule the world, or even have it sort of within reach.
- Comment on History says tariffs rarely work, but U.S. President Biden’s 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs could defy the trend, researcher says 21 hours ago:
2019 Biden was right, tariffs hurt everybody. Behind closed doors Biden knows that, but also knows what further helping the Chinese could mean down the road.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 1 week ago:
Can’t tell if serious.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 1 week ago:
I’m not sure how you could possibly build an implant that can just redeposit itself like that.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip 1 week ago:
No, *really??? /s
- Comment on The Trouble with Forking Mastodon 1 week ago:
Yeah, getting projects off the ground is hard work. These aren’t really Mastodon specific problems, it’s just another version of the whole “I have an app idea” meme that coders joke about.
- Comment on Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry 1 week ago:
Oh man, I’m pretty sure I’ve read some of these fake reviews in the wild.
- Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. 1 week ago:
Yeah, I really wonder who writes these, and what their outlook on their job is. They have to know that the content has some pretty strong omissions or false inclusions there for political reasons.
- Comment on The way my daughter's middle school health class classifies drugs is insane. 1 week ago:
I wonder what the stats in Canada look like now.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 1 week ago:
I love this idea. I’m not even sure why, I don’t own crocks.
- Comment on 2x2 lumber at Home Depot is now 1.28x1.28. Nominal size is supposed to be 1.5 1 week ago:
Well if it was only a few. /s
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 1 week ago:
someone found added value in designing and building a shit foot massage machine,
I bet they didn’t. Someone screwed up, and someone’s (maybe not the same group) is taking a loss on it.
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 1 week ago:
I think that’s your point, but yes. Well, assuming capitalism = markets. Sometimes capitalism = the ultra rich, which are way harder to justify without resorting to just-so stories.
- Comment on Astounding absurdity 1 week ago:
The thing is, it always has been. Regulations slowly bubble up over the decades anyway, so that’s nice. The only question is how much damage happens in the meantime.
- Comment on Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track 2 weeks ago:
They’re also releasing a detector, for what it’s worth.
Yeah, this one seems like it will have more negative applications than positive. Usually you’ll have a lot more content from someone you want to copy for non-deceptive reasons. It’s inevitable all video will be easily fake-able one day soon, but why hasten it?
- Comment on Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track 2 weeks ago:
Honestly that’s a good rule of thumb for all headlines at this point.
- Comment on The ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theories 2 weeks ago:
We have private ones too, to be clear. And the CBC doesn’t actually take orders on what to run.
- Comment on Yes, you cannot, so to do it do like this 2 weeks ago:
Is there a word for articles like this? There’s all kinds of shitty how-to websites like this. For a while I was finding a ton that were obviously AI generated, too.
- Comment on The ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theories 2 weeks ago:
In Canada, we have a state broadcaster, which is nice. The current election frontrunner, according to the polls, is a guy who’s made it his life’s quest to get rid of it. Sigh.
- Comment on The ad in the middle of this article about conspiracy theories 2 weeks ago:
There was, like, a golden age in the early 10’s before popups and animations everywhere, and after popups and animations everywhere.
It’s possible I’m just nostalgic. If it sucked some way I’m not remembering I’m very interested to hear about it.