They also sent out free distro CDs. That helped convince me this new fangled Linux thing might be legitimate.
Christ that was 2008.18 years ago. My Linux 'experiment' is old enough to vote
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Christ that was 2008.18 years ago. My Linux 'experiment' is old enough to vote
I don't know if it's selection bias, but the unabashedly positive sci fi of the mid 20th century seems to be more of a blip than a pattern.
So you put the tariff on Chinese imports to make the price comparable to domestic manufacturers so they can compete, then give the 10k euro on all EVs sold.
Do it like taxes, have a low rate for the first X kwhs then increase after. Great aunt Mildred gets to heat her home, your neighbour that has a massive house, EVs, jacuzzi etc etc pays more.
EVs are always going to be an outsized user of electricity, and it's unclear to me why someone's jacuzzi should be heated vat free.
So I'm concerned about a time where the rich have EVs, the poorest haven't, and the government are taxing ics.
I'd like to see some kind of Keighley car standard to get cheaper EVs on the market. Here in Europe we have quadricycles, but the speeds are limited to only make them useful for cities.
We saw the same kind of thing with electronics. I'm old enough to remember Sony being the brand to have. But they never really made to jump to digital (or wherever you want to draw the line).
Problem is, EVs are disruptive. Many car companies don't want them because it involves too much change to how they want to do business. They'll try to change when it's too late.
Would HN describe a huge program that didn't do the thing it was designed to do a "feat of engineering"?
Dear US, try not to take the rest of the world with you when. You implode.
Your comment, if I'm looking at the correct one refers to electricity prices.
It's equivalent to saying it's "disgustingly cheap"
Here in the UK they needed to watch the TV because a break or end of a large football match would cause a spike in demand.
Not sending that money to said regime allows you to spend it locally.
But solar panels last a long time. If china starts turning the screws tomorrow, current panels will still work.
You're basically complaining about a Chinese subsidy, and potential issues that we will have years to address, if they become issues.
And houses are expected to last longer than cars.
I'm not saying you're wrong person se, but I disagree with the analogy
It wasn't and isn't particularly popular. I don't know the precise reasons, but I suppose the fact it was tried, and didn't work says something.
Can an American explain what this is supposed to be saying? Sounds like a right wing sound byte.
Are black people supposed to be inherently less healthy???
You have a long tail of poor farmers, and a few very large powerful farmers.
Thus you have the politics of the small family farm barely making a living, and large industrial monocultures at the same time, and people picking and choosing which, as and when it suits.
Hashing said book case is left as an exercise for the reader.
I think the OPs point is that gold is an arbitrary metal that has been infused with value, just like fiat currency is some paper that has been infused with value. Paper also has 'useful' uses, but that isn't underpinning the value of fiat currency.
Yes, I'll grant that gold is stable in that it doesn't corroded , it's somewhat rare, etc, so it is better suited than other metals, there's still no intrinsic reason to value it though.
I don't think this is a hill that either the op or I is willing to die on though. It is an observation of human behaviour, rather than a statement that gold _should not_ be the world store of value.