Ulrich

I think this is important. Because MS successfully found the upper limit of what consumers are willing to pay. The question is, is it enough, or will they shut it down?

Its unrelated to a conversation about the oil industry and lobbyists, obviously, yes.

The degree of automation is not relevant to a discussion about why they’re being kept out of other countries, or anything to do with Big Oil.

Yes, I also read the article.

Same reasons I’m against most taxes.

That would explain Chinese dominance in vehicles in general, not EVs in particular.

Do ya see a bunch of Chinese ICE vehicles running around?

Also, Chinese EV manufacturing facilities are so efficient precisely because they’re so incredibly highly automated

They’re efficient because they have no concept of workers’ rights or IP. Not because they’re a country full of geniuses, and not because Big Oil is keeping them down, regardless of your opinion on China.

Yeah I didn’t say “when they exist”.

These are also not “free as in beer”.

Also your Big Capital has a .Claude file at the top of it so LOLOLOL no thanks

Let me know when your friendly neighborhood FOSS developer creates a CRM or accounting software that doesn’t cost me more in time to get running and figure out how to use than the paid options.

Huh?

This has very little to do with oil industry lobbyists, and a whole lot to do with the whole world outsourcing their production and labor to a country with no worker protections.

“As someone who lives near a Best Buy, I’m at Best Buy often,” Newsom told reporters during a news conference. “And I’m paying sales tax on a lot of this prewritten software. And then I find out that all my friends that aren’t near a Best Buy, they’re downloading and they are not paying sales tax. How is that fair?”

I agree, its not fair, let’s just remove the sales tax, k? 👍

Also pretty sure no one is buying software from Best Buy in 2026, that would be dumb as hell.

“Regular taxis” find somewhere to park. They are not interested in burning fuel for no reason.

Its been happening for 3 months…

I’m afraid they can continue artificially inflating their value longer than my PC will last…

I work across the street from a Waymo station and they just circle the parking lot aimlessly 24/7. They had to hire someone to monitor access because they were getting stuck and blocking the commercial vehicles from accessing the dock.

Not Just Bikes predicted this months ago. They can’t be bothered to pay for sufficient parking space, so they just drive around in circles when they’re not actively in use.

because I can’t be bothered to learn it.

And there’s the rub

I never saw it go anywhere. I mean its cool and interesting from a technological perspective but I’m yet to see any practical application for normal people. It seems to only make shit worse, while destroying the environment and the economy.

Seems to me like meaningful development isn’t moving at all.

They will, but they’ll take you with them

And the local govt is going to charge them with a fine that recoups that cost, as well as enough overhead to make other similar companies reconsider theft, right? RIGHT!?