wasn't usurlla saying this was now law at her Davos address ?

we've new dev's been trained that this is normal - a.i putting out slop / trained on this cz its the default

yeah sad state of affairs

this is how dictatorships start -- paid intellectuals who lack integrity -- they will argue every cause that they can, to debate if it's valid or not.

> china makes cars better than most luxury brands

More like China makes cheaper cars which is enough for most people.

Believe it or not, people aren't buying Audis in China because they're thrifty.

China was a huge market for Audi in the past as luxury status symbol. However, now Chinese buyers are so enamored with new tech-heavy Chinese luxury cars that Audi had to go make a whole sub-brand specific to the Chinese market just to stay in the game[1].

[1] https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/double-de...

Google "Zeekr 9X" and then come back here if you still feel this way.

That is ugly AF and there is no way I'd buy that over a Porsche.

Zeekr 001 is prettier outside but inside still is terrible. https://www.datocms-assets.com/143770/1728613060-rectangle-4...

Calling it ugly is weird. It’s a copy-paste of a rolls Royce phantom, slapped on an SUV frame, with the cheapest possible interior they could design.

There are much better ways to insult this garbage product. :)

Can I also rip the steering wheel right off the car if I use a bit too much force, like in the Omodas?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vY9HegbOd9c

Watching my very, very MAGA 'friends' purchasing byd's is hilarious. I've also, of late, noticed fewer and fewer Teslas around.

You have MAGA friends outside the United States?

There are way too many, unfortunately. For example, Venezuelans are 99% MAGA.

if the gvt worked - they would've done something about that illegal monopoly

but you already know

that monopoly is costing the country & holding it back in terms of 1. intellectual capacity (all the smart kids going into ads) 2. monetary 3. industrialization as you outlined 4. energy 5. lack of synergies

> In 2017 I predicted that most programmers would lose their employer <-> employee bargaining power in the next 15-25 years.

even if written in retrospect - this would've been interesting to see. since likely some of the reasons wouldn't include A.I

it seems us is fighting yesterday's war

wars / empires etc are built on mastering an energy source

the Brits on Coal

the US rose on Oil

China is rising on renewables

my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost

China did most of its rising on fossil fuels. I think they are fairly pragmatic as to what to use.

But now their ascendance will be largely built on renewables which, due to our ineptitude here in the west, we've handed them the ball.

Good luck to them, because someone has to.

Everyone's rising on renewables. Renewable energy is just a victim of a heavily polarizing political atmosphere.

> my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost

I mean, clearly the answer is yes. The problem is political, not economic.

Could you spell out the “clearly yes” part of this? I’d love it to be true but even more than that I’d like to have an answer to the climate sceptics.

We're commenting on an article that discusses how quickly and cheaply large scale renewables can be brought online.

keep ya head up & high. thinking slow and straight is key at this time.

expand ya thinking - your options are not exclusionary i.e XOR but AND and don't define yourself in terms of your current state.

hell the friends you envy - if a nuke fell tomorrow - would they still have jobs ? if they're laid off would they still have jobs ?

go out there create IP / something outlasting - i.e a company or product

and frankly no one cares if you went to MIT or some no state school - you can either wait and be left behind

or determine your own destiny - choice is yours.

F-150 Lightning is better vehicle than Cybertruck - however Ford is a political company (not like Musk) as in the fortunes of Ford lie to an extent with politicians, unions etc

so hopefully ford can turn the F-150 into an Extended Range Electrical Vehicle

The Musk suite of companies all exist at least partly to promote Musk's politics and policies.

however mysql is easier to deal with - I say this as Postgres guy

mysql less maintenance + more performant