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Software engineering work changed. I no longer need to know any programming language. I just tell Claude what I need and it writes it for me.
Boats are for military age males.
These 1 Euro houses are scam. You have to pay for renovation more than it is worth.
Re:Adults over 65 will outnumber children by 2029 on Friday August 07, 2026 @01:56PM (#49214006)
Median age in Africa is 19.5 years.

Africa doubled it's population in the last 28 years.

Re:DeepSeek V4 Flash on a Single AMD MI300X on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @08:30AM (#49167843)
The AI bubble will pop when China gets access to EUV, so the earliest it could happen is 2030
Re:Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:05PM (#49149700)
Quota will be 70,000 vehicles per year in 2030. That's almost nothing.
Re:Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share on Sunday August 02, 2026 @08:02PM (#49149678)
EVs are still more expensive? You should thank EU bureaucrats for setting penalty tariffs on Chinese EVs.
Re:Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share on Sunday August 02, 2026 @07:54PM (#49149611)
Chinese made vehicles are limited to 49000/year only. 2.5% of Canadian market.
Re:Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share on Sunday August 02, 2026 @06:09PM (#49148925)
Tesla FSD and infotainment is the best in the US only. Tesla is no match for Xiaomi or Li Auto.
Re:Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share on Sunday August 02, 2026 @05:37PM (#49148611)
The best charging experience would be any of 10 BYD models with flash charging.

10% to 70%: 5 minutes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BYD_Flash_Charging

I'll buy phones with regular SIM as long as they are available. I hope for the next 10 years there will be options.
it looks like regular sim card, but doesn't have any profiles build in. It is an adapter for phones without eSIM capability to use eSIMs.
1. Buy physical esim on AliExpress. Even the cheapest ones have 15 profiles.

2. trip.com has the lowest prices for esims.

Re:Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @03:22PM (#48925827)
You forgot 14.8% electricity was made by brown coal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lignite

Pakistan bought 8 larger submarines Type 039b for $5bn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_039A/B/C_submarine

Re:BYD Denza Z steer-by-wire on Friday July 03, 2026 @02:21AM (#48771513)
Could I have now joystick instead of steering wheel?
Re:Older tech workers are tapping out early on Thursday June 25, 2026 @03:54PM (#48678409)
It is tech workers at Microsoft.
I don't mind being paid for using LLM, but working for free?
> Dumping is selling goods below cost.

Chinese cars are not sold below cost in Western markets. So it is not dumping.

Yes, the US military is not prepared for modern war.
Re:I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle on Thursday June 18, 2026 @07:11AM (#48583636)
Singapore - 223.119.20.232
Or force replaceable batteries with exceptions that every LLM passes anyway.

> If a battery can do 1000 cycles and remain above 80% capacity it is exempt

Re:BYD to install 5-minute EV chargers across Europe on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @04:10PM (#48481950)
1,140 horsepower (850 kW) for 120k Euro is still one of the cheapest option in EU.
Re:Notes on DeepSeek on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @11:42AM (#48478081)
In every market China dominates, Chinese products are still inexpensive. Solar panels, batteries, EVs, drones,..
Re:Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @12:07PM (#48462937)
Some EU countries, at least Croatia, Hungary, Spain and Greece lowered gas prices to pre Iran war levels. I wish instead EU would lower tariffs on EVs. Xiaomi SU7 would get 45% total duty.
Re:Solar Energy Saves Europeans $135M a Day on Tuesday June 09, 2026 @11:59AM (#48462819)
Is it good or bad or it doesn't matter for climate?
Chinese companies are blocked from buying modern ASML lithography machines. The most modern scanner China is still allowed to buy is NXT:1980i from 2015.
I can't think of any European party that is far right and have any chance in elections.
Far left will continue to rule in Europe.
Re:CT scans of BYD car parts on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @05:37PM (#48390470)
> An aircraft doesn’t need to be modern - it needs to shot down the other before it gets shot down.

Frontal RCS of the Gripen C/D between 0.1 m2 and 1.5 m2

Frontal Radar Cross-Section (RCS) of the F-35 roughly between 0.001 m2 and 0.005 m2

Gripen is an old airframe useless in modern combat. It will be shot down from far away.

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