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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but look at bud light. Boycotts can be hugely damaging. If people start boycotting Intel, Dell HP and other suppliers will happily offer amd instead. Similarly, companies with policies of not buying from suppliers with slave labour or supporting genocide may decide Intel falls in that category now. They do it as a PR exercise but ultimately it’s consumer sentiment that drives it.

  Intel will need to decide if the sweetener is worth the risk. From war interrupting supply. From boycotts. From brand damage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or they are worried that Intel will pull out due to risk of consumer boycott and want to push the deal through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burgers⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought paying staff properly was the cool hipster thing to do? Not wage theft and fines.

  Personally, I boycott. It’s much easier to boycott companies with terrible overpriced products.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does a "10 hour drive" include breaks?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As an Australian, not an American, we drive long distances too. We express in km/h and km, not mph and miles. Due to high risks of sleeping on long straight empty roads, rest breaks are taken seriously here. I’d consider a 10 hour drive as door to door including minimal breaks. It would be foolhardy to drive without breaks. However, if I was describing the distance without breaks, I’d say that. If I was taking longer breaks, I’d say it too, for clarity.

  My in laws live near the border of the next state. It’s a 6 hour drive without stopping. I’d describe it as a 7 hour drive, door to door. We have done it in 9 hours with stops in playgrounds for the kids. If I was describing that I’d still describe it as a 7 hour drive that we took extra breaks, so it took 9.