chaosCruiser

joined 11 months ago

It’s basically just an alternate home feed with the first 2 videos mildly related to what you were looking for. The rest are there to distract you from getting stuff done. The whole point is to boost engagement, watch time and all the other social media cancer terms.

Well, that explains a lot. You must be new here.

It’s a long standing tradition in c/nottheonion. You stumble upon a strange article, link it here and wait for the sweet sweet upvotes to roll in. As it stands, it looks like you were aiming for a different community, and missed.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 8 points 1 day ago (4 children)

And the link?

Simon Clark also made a video where he comments on that press release. It was tragic, hilarious, horrifying, surprising, disappointing and everything in between.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

My guess is, he looked on his desk, saw 3 coke cans, 5 burger wraps, 2 sharpies and 1 diaper. A new trade policy was born that day from such an inspiring sight.

Cannelloni-Vermicelli Exploration program? You know, to find out what happens if you mix both on the same plate? Will the Italians assassinate you before you can take the first bite? Will the pasta annihilate as soon as they touch? Will it be delicious? Who knows, and now we will never know.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would argue that being polite also does good to the person writing that line.

Just the other day I saw a quick street interview on TV. In it, there was a barbershop owner who is also a Trump supporter, and she said that America will endure these difficulties. I got some serious sunk cost fallacy vibes from that interview.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Kit cars have been around for ages, and Framework offers DIY laptops. I think we should have kit displays as well. Surely, someone has already made something like that with a raspberry or something.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As long as my 1080p plasma tv works, there’s no need to upgrade. Going 4K would also mean I would have to upgrade my HTPC hardware, because that old APU probably can’t handle resolutions like that.

In the meantime though, I’ll just keep on watching online videos in my living room without ads or interruptions. It’s been great even though all of this hardware is cheap and ancient.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Well what if you need to keep on producing more common metals in the meantime, and REEs are a byproduct. You would need to keep the REE factories running too.

If you end up with 100 tons of terbium and yttrium oxide sitting in bags out in the rain, it’s going to lead to some serious quality issues further down the line. Well, just shove them in a warehouse then?

You’ll need a big warehouse, and you need to keep building more of them every year as the stockpiles grow. Needless to say, there are some serious logistical problems with a total export ban. A partial restriction is more viable, because it gives China some time to figure out how to adapt.

In any case, the rest of the world needs these metals, and they are willing to bend to knee long before China runs out of mitigation strategies. It’s going to be a problem in China as well, but at least they’re not totally screwed.

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