This plant was supposed to make EV batteries. Then Trump got re-elected.

It’s like they’re hellbent on living out the antisemitic stereotypes. It’s getting difficult to fight antisemitism outside of Israel.

And I don’t think the war and $5 gas are fully reflected in these opinion surveys quite yet.

Which males sense. Most people rarely act on indirect impact or moral arguments. I’d translate it to “Hey you know the latest version of Chrome is killing your battery. They made it do some of the AI calculations on your computer instead of their clpud because it’s too expensive so they want you to pay instead.” And I won’t send the original article.

Then no. However if the replacement produces 1000000 widgets with 1000 rejects, then the boss might say - alright, we need more QA to catch those rejects and we’re still X ahead, then yes. Productivity isn’t measured by the output of one person of particular widget but the output of the unit as a whole, or more importantly the profit of the firm altogether divided by its workers. So if the boss can get more output while controlling the quality to the point of the customer not noticing too much from our replacement, we both get a pink slip.

Anyone know much about the efficacy of the flu part of it? Says it’s more effective than existing ones but is this the revolutionary flu shot that takes us out of the yearly flu vaccine rat race or not that far yet?

Half of the standard passenger vehicle around here.

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This is not brain rot, it’s propaganda, just painfully obvious instead of subtle.

The TEE-01B satellite, built and launched by Chinese company Earth ​Eye Co, was acquired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force after it was launched ​into space from China,

So an Iranian satellite.

I knew it. As soon as rumors started circling that China is leaning on Iran to cease fire, I reasoned that China must have offered something in return, due to Iran’s extremely strong leverage. I thought expanded trade but weapons make sense too.

Excellent news either way.

Hopefully they’re effective enough against Israeli jets. If they are, this could serve as wiping Trump’s ass from being unable to force Iarael to obey the ceasefire. If Iran can defend itself against Israeli bombings, Trump can the off-ramp knowing Israel won’t drag him in again.

I imagine vastly lower cost would be one reason. 450km range chargeable in 11 minutes would be enough for a significant proportion of people and likely desirable if the cost is low enough. I don’t think it’s likely that lithium would match the price/perf ratio of sodium so I think we’re likely to see a lot more sodium in applications that don’t require the absolute best energy density. So in a way, sodium might be the front runner, ahead of advanced lithium, in terms of what’s going to be adopted. 😅

E: Also we’re talking sodium batteries in production. If and when double-triple density lithium or another shows up, it might change the calculus depending on price, safety, etc.

The packs CATL makes now are 175Whr/kg which is very close to LFP. They’re already EV-worthy.

So how long do we think this ceasefire will last?

Less than the time it took to reply to your comment.

I’m pretty sure Scam Altman tried this line some time ago for one of his supposed models.

Did you misspel WW3? 🤭

I only meant for analysis sake 😅

Did an edit to add that before I saw your reply. Don’t buy what Israel tells you about how they love the Iranian people. Consider Israel’s material interests.

E: Also it’s fairly public fact that Israel lobbied against the deal and following it lobbied for repeal.

The US had a perfectly good deal. Israel didn’t. If the deal had stayed in place, the Iranian econony would have roughly doubled by now. That’s a lot more resources that could stay in Israel’s way of expanding into Lebanon for example.

Oh I’m considering this from the perspective of the regional reason for instability which for a while now has been Israel. For long-term stability, Israel should face mutually-assured-destruction from Iran without the promise of unlimited weapons and interceptors from US. Israel should also face existential threat from Iran if they expand in to neighbouring countries, like they’re currently doing in Lebanon. If the US-Israel military command causes significant economic pain in the US, I think the US public opinion would force the US to break from Israel, which should usher the conditions I’m envisioning - of Israel facing Iran and the region alone, and perhaps even without unlimited US weapons. Def not the only possibility, but the one I think would make things a lot less explosive over the long haul.

E: I think China might push Iran to settle with the US in order to halt the economic destruction that would affect them too, possibly in exchange for greater economic China-Iran cooperation despite US sanctions.