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Comment Re:Abstract physics (Score 1) 114

While a valid argument, there's much too much certainty in the summary. E.g., the universe might collapse the false vacuum at any point. It could be happening right now, just not here yet. Or perhaps that couldn't happen, nobody knows. (Of course, were that to happen thereld be no warning, as the collapse would spread faster than light. And SOME universe would remain, just not one we could live in. I've never seen a good projection of what the resultant universe would be like.)

And that's just ONE possibility. So excessive certainty is not justifiable.

Comment Re:Plausibly so what (Score 1) 116

Nonsense. There are a specific set of *mature* Li-ion chemistries - namely, iron phosphate and NCA/NMC. There are no mature Na-ion chemistries. We do not know what kinds, if any, of Na-ion chemistries will mature to be competitive. Current low-volume production is not competitive. There is no non-subsidized Na-ion production that is at all price competitive with li-ion. Manufacturers readily admit this in interviews and quarterly reports. The hope is that with scale and chemistry advancements they will be. The collapse in lithium prices has sapped a lot of the optimism from the market about this.

Comment "Creatives" *eyeroll* (Score 0) 55

I'll accept the coined word "talenteds". But you are not more "creative" just because you have a talent.

And for the record, most professional musicians today buy riffs or entire backing tracks from others and also outsource the mixing and mastering to third parties, so they can honestly lay off people for outsourcing part of their work to AI.

Comment Re:Trump lost the game of chicken (Score 1) 301

what do you think happens when an importer can't (or refuses to) cover a tariff at the port? the goods aren't released to the importer, certainly. the goods are held by customs and either returned or, if the exporter won't take them back, auctioned off (or maybe destroyed, depending). the importer maybe gets fined and their business sure as shit suffers cause the exporter won't work with them anymore, but yeah it definitely happens. didn't used to happen much, certainly, but jacking tariff rates up to 150% or so percent out of nowhere makes this shit much more common than it used to be.

like, if i'm a bike manufacturer and i got a 3 million dollar shipment of my bikes coming over and while the boat is in transit i find out trump just jacked tariffs up on my bikes 150%, where the fuck am i gonna find 4.5 million extra dollars to pay the duty 2 days from now when it shows up?

Comment Re:Trump lost the game of chicken (Score 3, Interesting) 301

what chinese company is gonna send a boat full of stuff to an american importer when tariffs can pop back up any time the ship is in transit? do people think importers are gonna be willing to sign some deal that says they'll pay the duties when the ship arrives in port no matter what they end up being?

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