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by bborud 8mo ago
You are framing this as moral blame. It isn't about that. It is about strategic risk. Why would we blame the US for our own inability to build a viable software industry? Europe has been painfully aware for years that this is self-inf
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by bborud 8mo ago
leaders that ignored the potential to set up homegrown cloud providers, software suites or tech companies Remarkable how it is the politicans who should have been doing this when it doesn't get done, and how everyone is quick to comp
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by bborud 8mo ago
Yes, it has its risk, but that isn’t why the US or Europe don’t cluster industry to create higher efficiency. The risk can be mitigated. The political willingness and ability to do it deliberately just isn’t there.
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by bborud 8mo ago
I think Congress is actually the biggest obstacle to efficient manufacturing in the US. It is a body where the primary motivation of representatives centers around what they can get for their constituents, not what makes sense nationally.
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by bborud 8mo ago
This kind of reminds me of an old paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9912202 Of course, we are no longer in the clock speed doubling era, but computer does get faster still.
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by bborud 8mo ago
Well, isn’t it? It is easy to argue that it is expensive and complex. Since it is. And lots of people have made that argument. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone argue in favor of AWS while skimming the threads here. So this is your opportun
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by bborud 8mo ago
It is risky to believe that the development gap alone makes for higher economic efficiency when manufacturing things in China. There are very real structural differences in how various industries are organized. Not least in terms of geogr
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by bborud 8mo ago
You have to look at the likelihood of these problems leading to a violent regime change. The reasons why Xi is much more safe than Putin are structural. Xi controls the politburo standing committee which is packed with loyalists. Loyalty i
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by bborud 8mo ago
Yes, modern cars are superior when it comes to safety. But the daily experience is orthogonal to this since most people have serious accidents very infrequently. In your daily experience reliability and economy is more important. And in co
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by bborud 8mo ago
Well, if the Zastava had 5-10x the amount of horsepower and storage space of the BYD for the same amount of money. Because that’s what is often the reality. Bare metal is unreasonably efficient compared to cloud services for not that much
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by bborud 8mo ago
Yes and no. Internal cohesion is weakened (the most extreme example of which is brexit) by resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia. At the same time new trade deals and alliances are formed and deepened.
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by bborud 8mo ago
They seem to have achieved peak coal and coal use is slowly declining. Its percentage of the energy mix has been declining over the last decade. That’s not great, but it is a positive. And certainly better than we feared a decade ago. The w
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by bborud 8mo ago
I didn’t say or imply that.
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by bborud 8mo ago
The difference is desperation. Putin was facing instability and was afraid of ending up like Khadafi. He needed a war. Xi is not facing those challenges. He wants Taiwan, but the Chinese play long games so he can wait.
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by bborud 8mo ago
China doesn’t need to project force. Economics might is sufficient. Yes, they want Taiwan, but that’s a silly national pride thing. It would not really benefit them to take it by force.
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by bborud 8mo ago
We have that. What has broken down is cooperation. The kind that has ensured relative peace for 80’ish years. That order is breaking down and creates instability. Instability means more conflict and less productive use of resources.
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by bborud 8mo ago
China seems to be the only candidate. But whatever happens it won’t be in the same way as before. As for whether it is better for everyone, that question became a lot harder in just the last year. Who is «everyone»? And what do we mean by
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by bborud 8mo ago
On average car insurance is cheaper in Germany, but I am unsure if this has anything to do with the required inspections. (Since it is mandatory anyway, it isn't a differentiator). I think it may be more about how insurance is structur
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by bborud 8mo ago
When they rolled out the Model X I remember the local Tesla dealership having to lease more parking space to fit all the broken Model X. I used to drive past the lot on my way to work, and it was always full and I'd notice cars standi
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by bborud 8mo ago
If this was the case you'd expect a noticeable difference between ICE cars and EVs in the statistics. According to the statistics, EVs are a mixed bag. For instance the Mini Cooper SE and Audi Q4 E-tron have very low defect rates (3.
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by bborud 8mo ago
This is an article that summarizes a report. It is not the report. The actual report costs money (but isn't very expensive). If you live in Europe your car has to be inspected every 2 years. For new cars this kicks in after 3 years,
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by bborud 9mo ago
Both Blender and Fusion have pretty steep learning curves, so you will have to dedicate a significant amount of time to get to the point where you can just sit down and go from an idea you have to something that is of use whatever you choos
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by bborud 9mo ago
ASA was surprisingly good, but it does produce a lot of fumes.
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by bborud 9mo ago
I tried this with some longer gridfinity boxes and the result was a bit meh. You have to glue them, but even then they aren't as solid as I'd like. But I only have a handful of boxes that needed to be long so it doesn't mat
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by bborud 9mo ago
I would encourage people who have never designed physical objects before to try to only print things they have designed themselves as an exercise. For perhaps a year or so. If you have never designed physical objects before it is really cha
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by bborud 9mo ago
In 20026 that’s a question I would have to answer with «I’ll have to get back to you on that». In fact, sometimes I wish I had chosen a profession where I didn’t need an internet connection at all.
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by bborud 9mo ago
I'm sure most don't care more than regulations require them to care (including making tradeoffs in terms of risks of getting caught, and the chance of actual enforcement). But that doesn't change the fact that it is a safety
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by bborud 9mo ago
Well, since pretty much everything that consumes power today has an MCU in it, simple MCUs are extremely cheap. Volumes are immense. They are also space efficient and it is easy to manufacture PCBAs with them. They also occupy that sweet s
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by bborud 9mo ago
Probably because the cost of adding it is low. If you already have an I2S capable MCU then adding a microphone is fairly low hanging fruit.
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by bborud 9mo ago
This shouldn't be surprising since a vape is a safety critical device. Primarily because the temperature control has to be precise and you have to solve a surprisingly large number of control problems that can arise in real life. For

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