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by gonvaled 8y ago
The US manipulates the currency market in other, more powerful and more fundamental ways, by controlling the global currency. You do not need to hold foreign reserves, you do not need to pay exchange commissions, you are not blocked to do
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Well, that is how much the dollars are worth then.
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Trump has forgotten that America was made great by prosperous trade deals(independent.co.uk)
3 points by gonvaled 8y ago|0 comments
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Donald Trump's reliance on Chinese restraint is risky(theguardian.com)
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Trump’s trade war with China will affect all of us – this is how(independent.co.uk)
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by gonvaled 8y ago
You are giving the dollars to foreigners, in exchange of goods. Nobody is forcing you to do that. If you feel those products are not worth your dollars, do not buy them.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
This is a bug exploited as feature. Pretty sure this happened organically, it was not a dollar design decission, but it has, and is, exploited to the advantage of the US, economically and politically. If we want fairer international trade,
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Extremely one sided comments, with a US centric view. The world is not the US, and HN readers are not only US citizens, so let me express a different point of view. Assumption: Trump wants fair trade. HN readers want fair trade. What is nee
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Hydrocarbons too: longterm storage, with the sun as primary energy source. Not a moot point, since depleting them has consequences.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Great. I hope the EU follows through and reduces US services imports to strengthen the local economy. I thought trade was good? Haven't I been hearing that from US officials for over 50 years?
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by gonvaled 8y ago
> Apple gadgets being exempted from the tax is not a random coincidence Isn't this something that competitors could complain about, even legally on US courts?
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by gonvaled 8y ago
This applies to trade in all directions. Funny how the US has been advocating for trade while it was "winning" (read, giving worthless papers for real goods). Since now we are hitting a wall (competing economies asserting themselv
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by gonvaled 8y ago
It's indeed not free trade, since the playing field is tilted massively in favor of the US, by controlling the global currency.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
How is equality achieved towards the Chinese workers?
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by gonvaled 8y ago
This will hasten the move away from the dollar. I hope that this allows the EU to trade prime matters and other goods in Euros, since interests are alligning perfectly.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Factor in CO2 costs, indeed. Factor in also nuclear waste disposal costs. It is not fair to leave that to the tax payer. Taking all that into account, nuclear may not be cost effective.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
A moot point for humankind: we really do not care. It seems it is working out quite well by the Chinese remaining in China. Well done!
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Ask HN: Real Double Boot
2 points by gonvaled 8y ago|2 comments
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by gonvaled 8y ago
So? - What language do they speak? - What cultural nuances are they bringing to their films? Local food, local culture? 99% of US films have little to do with international perspectives, much less with local cultures. A black man eating a B
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Nice utopia you are describing. The reality is that without rules, neither the 30% local culture nor the non-local culture gets offered.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
> Imagine if every state in the US did this, what Netflix would look like. 30% of movies in Indiana need to be created in Indiana. Netflix would suck, ha. Europe is much more culturally diverse than the US. This is what this regulation i
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by gonvaled 8y ago
I want the state telling companies that they need to operate within some constraints. We do this all the time, for all kind of industries.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Not even close to the truth. What you are describing is a perfect functioning market, with producers just interested in serving the needs of the customers. In reality, things are way more complex: - producers try to reduce costs - producers
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Extremely good news: left unchecked, the "market" would let minority communities behind.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Landscape? That's just dummy data, right? Can I set the timezone? Or can it be inferred from the location? The location is properly detected ...
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by gonvaled 8y ago
I am not claiming anything in favor or against the theory of peak oil. I am just saying that the challenges posed by a technological overhaul are very well described in the Peak Oil literature.
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by gonvaled 8y ago
I have been using a bagless vacuum for some years (no Dyson), and I am quite happy. You have to clean it sometimes, and it is a bit messy, but you can do that in the sink after emptying it in the bin, so it's not like dust is going to
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Unfortunately progress can only happen using the resources we have at our disposal. Currently we have an economy heavily based on hydrocarbons. There is a wide consensus (unfortunately, not wide enough) that this is neither sustainable not
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by gonvaled 8y ago
Interesting. Did you plan the whole thing yourself, including plumbing, electrical installation, etc?
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Ask HN: Have you built a house?
356 points by gonvaled 8y ago|220 comments

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