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AdeptusAquinas 2y ago
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- dismalaf 2y ago
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  - Tostino 2y ago
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    - dang 2y ago
      Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
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    - lukev 2y ago
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    - dang 2y ago
      Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
      - FooBarWidget 2y ago
        All right.
alecco 2y ago
What about Brazil.
- dismalaf 2y ago
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  - Spivak 2y ago
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    - dismalaf 2y ago
      What's happening at home? From a foreigner's (Canadian) perspective, Trump's not doing anything crazy but the media is going crazy... Our Prime Minister has multiple scandals worse than anything Trump has done so far... From groping a reporter to multiple instances of blackface to firing the attorney general because she investigated a company who gave bribes to Moammar Gaddafi to nearly a billion dollars going to a 2 person software consulting firm to fake charities giving him and his family members millions of dollars and much more. Yet somehow we're held up as an example of democracy and the US, which defends democracy all over the world somehow isn't...
      - kelnos 2y ago
        Not sure what you mean; the things you list that your PM has done seems like just another day at the office for Trump. Trump has already done quite a few crazy things since his inauguration. And I'm judging that by what I'm hearing from people who are directly affected by his actions, not by what I'm hearing from the media.
        germandiago 2y ago
        > the things you list that your PM has done seems like just another day at the office for Trump Yet you did not mention one single thing. The thread to which you replied did.
intalentive 2y ago
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- AdeptusAquinas 2y ago
  Agree with most of this (not the weird anti-immigrant bit but the rest), however China does have some foreign requirements that are a bit of a pain in the ass, like its insistence that Taiwan isn't a country. They also don't like it and will retaliate when you point out the shady shit it does (e.g. the Uighurs), but then thats no different from the states especially under its current toddler administration.
  - intalentive 2y ago
    The immigration bit helps explain why Hungary, for instance, is trying to escape Western orbit and align with the East.
    - intended 2y ago
      Is Hungary planning to exit the EU?
      - intalentive 2y ago
        I can't say what Orban is planning specifically, but his recent actions have not been well received by the EU Council, to say the least. Moreover Hungary has been China's main outpost in Europe since 2015 when it joined Belt and Road. Considering fresh signs of rupture in transatlantic relations, maybe Orban will turn out to have had keen foresight. There seems to be some sort of realignment afoot under the Trump administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n_to_Russia_and_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Hungary_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Hungary_relation...
        portaouflop 2y ago
segasaturn 2y ago
BYD cars are everywhere in Latin America and Europe. Xiaomi phones also.
- faizmokh 2y ago
  A much better build compared to Tesla.
  - worik 2y ago
    > A much better build compared to Tesla. Really? I am intrigued. Why do you think that?
    - crote 2y ago
      The Cybertruck is well-known for breaking down for the silliest reasons and losing parts during regular driving. I have no idea what the build quality of BYD is, but doing better than Tesla isn't exactly a challenge.
- frosting1337 2y ago
  Same in Australia. Xiaomi phones less so.
- dismalaf 2y ago
  I live in Europe half the time. Literally never seen a BYD car in the flesh. Chinese phones, yes. But I'd argue we're past peak China. Huawei phones briefly were the #1 selling in the world, have since pulled back.
dang 2y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

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AdeptusAquinas 2y ago

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dismalaf 2y ago
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- Tostino 2y ago
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  - dang 2y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- FooBarWidget 2y ago
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  - lukev 2y ago
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  - dang 2y ago
    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
    - FooBarWidget 2y ago
      All right.

alecco 2y ago

What about Brazil.

dismalaf 2y ago
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- Spivak 2y ago
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  - dismalaf 2y ago
    What's happening at home? From a foreigner's (Canadian) perspective, Trump's not doing anything crazy but the media is going crazy... Our Prime Minister has multiple scandals worse than anything Trump has done so far... From groping a reporter to multiple instances of blackface to firing the attorney general because she investigated a company who gave bribes to Moammar Gaddafi to nearly a billion dollars going to a 2 person software consulting firm to fake charities giving him and his family members millions of dollars and much more. Yet somehow we're held up as an example of democracy and the US, which defends democracy all over the world somehow isn't...
    - kelnos 2y ago
      Not sure what you mean; the things you list that your PM has done seems like just another day at the office for Trump. Trump has already done quite a few crazy things since his inauguration. And I'm judging that by what I'm hearing from people who are directly affected by his actions, not by what I'm hearing from the media.
      - germandiago 2y ago
        > the things you list that your PM has done seems like just another day at the office for Trump Yet you did not mention one single thing. The thread to which you replied did.

intalentive 2y ago

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AdeptusAquinas 2y ago
Agree with most of this (not the weird anti-immigrant bit but the rest), however China does have some foreign requirements that are a bit of a pain in the ass, like its insistence that Taiwan isn't a country. They also don't like it and will retaliate when you point out the shady shit it does (e.g. the Uighurs), but then thats no different from the states especially under its current toddler administration.
- intalentive 2y ago
  The immigration bit helps explain why Hungary, for instance, is trying to escape Western orbit and align with the East.
  - intended 2y ago
    Is Hungary planning to exit the EU?
    - intalentive 2y ago
      I can't say what Orban is planning specifically, but his recent actions have not been well received by the EU Council, to say the least. Moreover Hungary has been China's main outpost in Europe since 2015 when it joined Belt and Road. Considering fresh signs of rupture in transatlantic relations, maybe Orban will turn out to have had keen foresight. There seems to be some sort of realignment afoot under the Trump administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A1n_to_Russia_and_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_visits_by_Viktor_Orb%C3%A... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Hungary_relations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Hungary_relation...
      - portaouflop 2y ago

segasaturn 2y ago

BYD cars are everywhere in Latin America and Europe. Xiaomi phones also.

faizmokh 2y ago
A much better build compared to Tesla.
- worik 2y ago
  > A much better build compared to Tesla. Really? I am intrigued. Why do you think that?
  - crote 2y ago
    The Cybertruck is well-known for breaking down for the silliest reasons and losing parts during regular driving. I have no idea what the build quality of BYD is, but doing better than Tesla isn't exactly a challenge.
frosting1337 2y ago
Same in Australia. Xiaomi phones less so.
dismalaf 2y ago
I live in Europe half the time. Literally never seen a BYD car in the flesh. Chinese phones, yes. But I'd argue we're past peak China. Huawei phones briefly were the #1 selling in the world, have since pulled back.

dang 2y ago

Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.