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solace_silenceon BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive

Just look at what's on the road today, there are many more older cars still running than in the past. Even in the salt belt.

solace_silenceon How Brussels writes so many laws

Sounds like a lobbyist dream.

solace_silenceon Google boss says AI investment boom has 'elements of irrationality'

That is a common explanation, but it kinda implies the world just sat on its hands for 20 years after WWII. I suspect it's just a distraction from the high tax rates and relatively progressive policy at the time, to instead say "it can't happen again".

solace_silenceon Why is Switzerland so rich?

I always hear people bring places like Sweden up as though it derives its prosperity from being an ethnostate.

Around 25% of residents were born outside Sweden and about a third have foreign born parents. Really not so different than some of the most successful U.S. states.

solace_silenceon Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US

Yeah, it's just benign ads and people having fun. What's all the fuss about?

Is it really a mystery that there's concern about corporate media consolidation and collusion with governments to self-serve their interests over individuals?

I mean, this is beyond naive if you dismiss what's happening and will continue.

solace_silenceon Trump hits India with punishing 50% tariffs for buying Russian oil

If you hear it from Indians on social media, there's been no benefit to the locals with that cheap oil. In fact they've been rolling out e20 and people are dealing with unscrupulous sellers causing car issues.

Only oil companies in India are benefiting (plus close political friends) from Russian oil.

solace_silenceon What kids told us about how to get them off their phones

Unfortunately it's not an exaggeration, here's the article. https://thencbeat.com/legend-jenkins-parents-charged/

solace_silenceon Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants

The quote seems quite on the nose to me. Einstein wasn't raised by paupers.

solace_silenceon Europe has more heat deaths per year than the United States loses to gun deaths

Seems like all the euro death data comes from one WHO article from 2024. Large claims require large support and all that...

solace_silenceon Investors bought 27% of US homes in Q1, as traditional buyers struggle to afford

Won't someone please think of the Capital!?!

solace_silenceon CO2 sequestration through accelerated weathering of limestone on ships

Suddenly Factorio is real life

solace_silenceon Samsung embeds IronSource spyware app on phones across WANA

Agreed, they should call it campaign contributions like the U.S.

solace_silenceon RFK Jr.: HHS moves to restore public trust in vaccines

Herd immunity?

solace_silenceon Kerosene did not save the sperm whale (2024)

Access to information will cure ignorance.

solace_silenceon Trump administration is pointing spy satellites at US border

That 100 mile zone is larger than you'd think, https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

solace_silenceon Total lunar eclipse over Teide crater, Tenerife – a project with many obstacles

Aren't you assuming that the author didn't reach out?

solace_silenceon The Day Piracy Changed

Was the training data stolen?

solace_silenceon A CIA informant stopped Taiwan from developing nuclear weapons

TW wouldn't want to risk China delivering a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_Final_Warning, now would it.