cocolowlander

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[–] cocolowlander 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just a wild guess, but he's trying to have conservative government use this?

Because no self-respecting academia, money-hungry corporation, or nihilistic teenager is going to use Llama spewing out "both sides" garbage.

[–] cocolowlander 17 points 2 months ago

So there's still a 10% tariff across the board. It's not going to kill the economy like the previous tariff, but it will still increase inflation and slow growth. Let's see what happens.

[–] cocolowlander 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's a niche market, but if someone wants total control, then you get a mainframe even if it costs more and is an inferior service to the cloud providers.

[–] cocolowlander 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Easier to do when you have a Chinese market as a captive to subsidize your product.

That being said, Chinese tech won't be better, but they will certainly be cheaper and it will eat into US tech's marketshare.

Also keep an eye out for RISC-V (open source) architecture. Chinese gov't is pouring billions a year to get away from x86 and ARM.

[–] cocolowlander -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably start with energy security for EU. I see that as the biggest vulnerability, and the greatest return on public investment.

Wind, solar, nuclear, energy storage, heat pumps, electric vehicles, etc. Anything to reduce import of foreign hydrocarbons that's vulnerable to supply shock like what we witnessed after Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Might not be a bad idea to collaborate with China, while also not being dependent on them.

[–] cocolowlander 5 points 2 months ago

Go read what Russians have said about hybrid warfare stretching back 20 years. Anything to destabilize perceived enemies are seen as legitimate.

[–] cocolowlander 70 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Apple is cooked. Not only are they going to get decimated in China, but they are going to see demand destruction in the US due to tariffs. And neither Trump nor Xi cares about Apple.

[–] cocolowlander 44 points 2 months ago (19 children)

They've been spending tens of billions a year in their chip industry.

[–] cocolowlander 15 points 2 months ago (6 children)

My Dutch bank hasn't adpoted it yet. Still on iDEAL, which makes me sad.

[–] cocolowlander 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

All electronics are made in Asia. So there will be no higher prices for consumers in the EU.

US consumers will get hammered with anywhere from 25% to 55% price increase in electronics.

[–] cocolowlander 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It's hard to find any electronics that is EU, or for that matter non-Asian. The entire electronic supply chain is in Asia centered around China, so they will have a competitive edge.

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