CameronDev
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- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
Thats crazy. Are those public numbers from rivian?
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
My only point of confusion is that a 20k loss on every car is insane. I’m guessing its a bit of BYD is subsidised somewhat, and everyone else is price gouging somewhat. No idea the ratio.
Also odd that other Chinese brands (really only tried MG) dont seem to have the same high quality, high pricing that suggests the same level of crazy subsidies.
Honestly, there is just so much fuckery going I just have no idea what is what.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
But the business model has to change in order to survive. The company cannot undercut forever, it actually needs to change in order to survive. The business model of today is not sustainable. They may have a large warchest, they may be able to crush GM, but once they do, or the warchest runs out, the business model must change.
If you want to make the argument that their overall plan with the later change is sustainable, thats fine, but this current phase is not sustainable.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
Sustainable implies that they can keep doing it forever without changing. Switching later means what they are doing is not sustainable. It might be successful, but its not sustainable.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
I think your muddying sustainable and successful. It definitely can be successful, but its not sustainable.
- Comment on Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car 2 days ago:
I am pretty sure there is some financial fuckery going on with BYD. My parents own two, and they are very nice, but way under priced compared to every other EV manufacturer.
Can’t prove anything of course, but there is something odd going on when everyone else is 20-30k more expensive.
Hard to feel sorry for GM though, they suckled at our governments (Australia) teet for decades before giving up and leaving entirely. At least if BYD is being propped up we are at least getting good cheap cars from it.
- Comment on Hot-footed thief steals dozens of right boots from Brisbane boutique 2 days ago:
“Bring them back, no questions asked.”
Queensland Police are investigating and have appealed for public assistance.
That second statement completely guarantees the first won’t happen.
- Comment on Is there a last resort, whistleblowing like app that requires a password on a timer? 3 days ago:
And self hosting option: github.com/storopoli/dead-man-switch
- Comment on Is there a last resort, whistleblowing like app that requires a password on a timer? 3 days ago:
www.deadmansswitch.net < this looks like it fits the bill
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
On our end (Aus), I’d argue that we were “successful”. Outside of a few desperately keeping their culture alive, much of it is dead and gone.
The really shameful part is that we didn’t do it 2 centuries ago, it was 1960’s. And given we keep destroying their historical sites to make way for mines, it arguable hasnt entirely stopped.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
It didn’t murder you, but do you keep much of your original culture?
The whole point of the stolen generation policies were to destroy the aboriginals culture. Its not a genocide in the murder sense, but the end result is the same, the group will no longer functionally exist.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
There is more than one way to genocide. Contact likely ends in assimilation, which is functionally a genocide.
For a historical example of this, see the “Stolen Generation” in Australia.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 1 week ago:
I happy to believe that its probably trending down, overall PC shipments have been trending down for a while, but 400m drop over 3 years is a huge amount that just doesnt smell right.
A lab computer is used by up to N students typically, so by removing it, there is potentially N more devices being purchased by the N students. So that could mean more iPads or Chromebooks, or even more PCs overall.
And converting a university device to a byod device doesn’t necessarily remove a PC either, given the user may purchase a new device for work.
With any statistics to back it up (which none of us have, especially not the original article) all we have is speculation.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 1 week ago:
Also quite disappointing that no one is questioning, “where did they go”. If Chromebooks or Apple picked up a fraction of the “lost” users, they’d be shouting from the rooftops. And a fraction of those users would crush most Linux distros infrastructure, so we’d have heard something.
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 1 week ago:
Yeah, this is just terrible journalism.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
They dont really beleive it, its a lie. They are a liar.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Easy solution, should make everyone happy:
We know the current price of child care at the current rate. We can extrapolate that out for the next 50 years and beyond.
If the price goes above that at time in the next 50-100 years, Western Bulldogs will pay the difference on behalf of parent.
WB is sure it’ll lower fees, so its 0 risk to them right?
- Comment on Is flirting redundant? 2 weeks ago:
Do you mean like pickup lines? If so, yeah, I dont think those are necessary anymore. But that said, I haven’t dated in years, so what would I know :/
- Comment on Is flirting redundant? 2 weeks ago:
Flirting is how you build connection? Perhaps we have different ideas on what flirting is, but to me, its the things you do to build a connection (talking, joking, hanging out, etc). So if you dont do those things, you’ll not build a connection.
- Comment on After Israel and USA's bombing, wouldn't any supposed nuclear bombs go off if there were any? 3 weeks ago:
Not necessarily. Nuclear weapons generally require fairly precise timing in order to go critical and properly explode.
If the timing is off, it’ll still spread nuclear material around, but it won’t make the large mushroom cloud style explosion.
- Comment on Noob Q's: How do I find a place to print miniatures? What to expect? And more 4 weeks ago:
If your willing to wait, and can accept some shipping time, there is: jlc3dp.com
They’ll quote you on the site, and will advise for materials and costs.
- Comment on CEOs Are Creating AI Copies of Themselves That Are Spouting Braindead Hallucinations to Their Confused Underlings 4 weeks ago:
Except that these are AIs trained on the CEOs thoughts, so its a bit of a “We trained him wrong, as a joke” situation.
- Comment on What are some good places/activities where a middle-aged man can new make friends? 4 weeks ago:
Archery. Relatively cheap sport to get into (no consumable bullets).
As for limited mobility, that depends on what you mean, wheelchair - not a problem, upper body - maybe a problem, depending on the extent. Crossbows can solve the strength part, but if you can’t aim, that will be a bit harder.
- Comment on CEOs Are Creating AI Copies of Themselves That Are Spouting Braindead Hallucinations to Their Confused Underlings 4 weeks ago:
Spouting braindead hallucinations
So how do you tell the difference?
- Comment on Open Source Paid Remote Desktop 4 weeks ago:
Actually, (and I wasn’t aware of this until you mentioned it), it does support serverless connections:
github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk/wiki/FAQ#i-only-use-…
So I think between cloud server, self hosted server and direct IP, OP should be covered.
- Comment on Open Source Paid Remote Desktop 4 weeks ago:
RustDesk (rustdesk.com) is open source, and similar to TeamViewer, and has paid plans, including a paid self hosted option.
- Comment on 9,500 O-type blood donors urged to donate immediately 5 weeks ago:
The short list I linked would be a good start though, at least excluding the common stuff would be a start.
- Comment on 9,500 O-type blood donors urged to donate immediately 5 weeks ago:
It would be good for them to update their eligibility quiz to include medications. I passed the quiz (and am type O-), but can’t donate due to medications.
For anyone curious: www.lifeblood.com.au/faq/…/prescribed-medication
- Comment on Australian high-speed rail has barely left the station – some experts say a new US project shows a better way 5 weeks ago:
Just gonna leave this here: arstechnica.com/…/manufacturer-deliberately-brick…
Of course, not a Chinese specific issue, but definitely highlights the need for complete maintenance access. The trains need to come with full source code and schematics, and it needs to be in the contracts, and enforced.
- Comment on Are standing seats on airliners actually going to be a thing? 1 month ago:
Yeah, further compounding the problem. And if standard carry-on luggage’s dont fit anymore, it’ll force more luggage into the hold, which will also run out of space. Unless there is a new plane built around the standing concept, I just can’t see it ever happening.