The quest for better fuel mileages also makes a big difference. Cars looks like jellybeans for aerodynamics. It’s also difficult to get a 6 cylinder engine compared to the past.
So you don’t believe that worker productivity can increase? History disagrees. Do you invest your money or do you view that as somehow getting free lunch?
The energy density of a battery is so low though. That means a lot of capacity must be dedicated to batteries instead of cargo. Meaning you need more trucks.
Most East Asian countries have a huge advantage in labor cost. If they don’t have one now, they often did in the past during the ascent. That’s basically the definition of zero-sum. Yes, worker productivity increases over time, so the size of the pie grows, but how those gains are distributed is zero-sum. It’s not clear to me that growing your power, e.g. receiving more of the pie, somehow leads to you increasing productivity more later.
Have you heard of supply and demand? Suppliers have a price point at which their willing to supply a good. That price point is dependent on the input costs of producing the good. For knowledge workers, the input cost is your cost of living. It’s not so much that it “makes sense” to lower the salary of people in low cost of living areas, but it’s very likely the supply curve has shifted.
Directly dealing with a counter party is called a market. A “market maker” is called so because they literally create a market by ensuring there is always is a counter party.
I’ve worked both in the EU and the US. Working in the US is 100% worth it, especially if you don’t have kids. It costs about 10k to move one’s belongings to Europe, including having people pack your stuff. If you don’t like living in the US, you can leave at any time for relatively little money. My experience is that the money is worth it given the relatively few strings attached.
The steam deck has the potential to be huge. I want to game. I have a mac book and I don’t have a dedicated to desk to play on even if the game selection on mac was good. I don’t want a bulky console cluttering my living room. The steam deck fills this niche perfectly, just like the Switch, but with a different catalog. I hope they can iron out the bugs.
> There is no such thing as a “forex market”. You are trading directly with a counterparty in forex.
That’s called a market. You probably mean a market maker, who may buy or sell a security at a market price without an available counter party. Any market can have a circuit breaker. But usually forex doesn’t because the whole point of the market is to provide a way to convert currencies when needed, compared to stock markets where the main goal is to efficiently allocate capital.
It sounds like the issue is that the stocks aren’t locked up for some period of years, leading to a situation where Tim Cook could take the money and run.
It wasn’t I’ll-thought out. It was an intention decision by the chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Immediately after leaving the chancellorship, he went to work for Gazprom and oversees Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2.
> It appears the CO2 emission standards can be achieved overnight simply by boycotting of all goods produce in countries where there is zero qualms about CO2 emissions, namely coal based power plants, which Western allied nations are more than happy to sell and point the finger at the said country they are exploiting.
As a German citizen, you should be aware that your country just veto’s sanctions on Russia so that they could keep the flow of natural gas coming. Your ex-Chancellor decommissioned your nuclear power plants so that you would buy more Russian gas, and he now is on the board of Gazprom and heads the company behind Nordstream 2. Also, petroleum cars are one of your biggest industries. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Do you have a source for the claim that most studies done in mice don’t hold up? As far as I know, mice are quite a good proxy, although there are some differences. It seems like it would be a complete waste of time to study mice if most results didn’t hold.
Russia doesn’t want its sphere of influence to decrease. Ukraine has wanted to detach from Russia for a long while. Russia has responded with assassinations, destabilization by supporting rebels, propaganda, and now a full blown military invasion. This is about power. Your question is like asking why the Roman Empire expanded. Because they wanted to and they could.
This isn’t about military alliances. It’s about self-determinism. The people of Ukraine don’t want to live under Russia’s boot anymore. They want a chance to prosper as their neighbors have as part of the EU. They want the right to decide the future for their children. That is enviable and worthy of support.
Yes WoW definitely was at the right place at the right time. Blizzard was basically the biggest name in gaming at the time. When everyone could get online, it’s natural they would all pick up WoW. It’s unlikely anything with similar network effects would happen now.
I actually find it a bit surprising that you aren’t aware of a difference. Have you used a MacBook recently? If no, I highly suggest you try it. Once you’re used to instant startups, waiting for a boot is just frustrating.
> I'm also curious why people are so keen on needing a device to be powered on and ready to go within a second or two.
Because it’s way more convenient. Next time you go to open your front door, take out your phone, start a timer for 30s, and then put the key in the door once the timer expires. Once you’re used to something being near-instant, there is no going back. Waiting is frustrating.
I agree. But there are so many ways a sporting event can be spoiled. For one, as a fan, you might just be curious. Or you might subscribe to the tennis subreddit, etc. I love tennis but basically only watch the Australian open because I can watch it live at night. Your best bet is probably to pick a sport that they play in your time zone.
I don’t mind judged sports. Do judges make mistakes sometimes? Certainly. But generally the ranking matches the demonstrated skill level. A much bigger issue with the winter Olympics is the repetition. How many times can I watch someone ski down a hill or jump off a jump? And then many events have 3 runs. You end up watching so many runs it’s feels repetitive. My favorite events are events like biathalon, where you only have to watch the event one time.