semisimian

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[–] semisimian@startrek.website 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"The car is cheap because money is free" is what the article is basically saying: China provides no-interest loans to EV manufacturers.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 22 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know if this link will work, but Moody's just released a statement that almost half of US states are in a recession. Closer Look on GPB had a Moody's economist on their podcast today:

Episode webpage: https://omny.fm/shows/closer-look-with-rose-scott/moodys-analytics-says-georgia-nearing-a-recession

Media file: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/5ec71174-b7c1-46da-88de-b18e00b479cf/f19721af-787e-47a2-8a86-b21601287a49/dccc9b95-fd96-45f9-9666-b3830116851a/audio.mp3?in_playlist=305c7afa-a1e0-4df6-8157-b21601287a62

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

"I do not see coincidence, I see providence!"

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 131 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

"14,000 roles primarily in management, alongside around 34,000 cuts within its operational workforce”

This should bode well going into the package shipping season. But hey, at least the stock price went up after the announcement.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 19 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

It doesn't look like they had a control group of people doing the strength training without any protein supplement. I would assume that group would also perform the same.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 34 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Hell arrived a while ago and it is summer on Lake Myvatn, or Midge Lake. You can't breathe without inhaling insects, so you have to wear a mask just in case a cloud of those things happen your way.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks to everyone who posts the archive link!

The why from the article: "According to the German statistical office, the “sharp decline” in car production was in part caused by the later timing this year of annual closures at car plants for holidays, as well as production changeover.

But a profit warning by German carmaker BMW late on Tuesday was the latest reminder of the industry’s structural challenges as it struggles with the transition to battery cars, weak sales in China, competition from Chinese rivals and US import duties.

Germany’s economy has been stuck in stagnation for more than three years."

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Especially from a tech critic.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He is in the article and mentioned as a lefty, but just absent from the article's title. I agree, just say "one out of 40" and you still make your point.

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm closer to his age, so I am nowhere close to regular enough to shit on command on a cop car. That is a young man's game. Back in my day though...

[–] semisimian@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

E.B. Farnum from Deadwood (the HBO show, anyway. Who knows what he was like in real life?)

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