Just Not ready

[Tciso]

I am dissapointed that "maki" means "hill", as I was using it quite a bit differently. "LIck her in the Hill" doesn't sound nearly as dirty. Now I want to know what a "Lekkeri" means so I can make infantile jokes about that too.

Mäki means hill. Maki is a type of sushi.

A, Å and Ä are three different letters.

a is like the a in father or far, or sometimes like the u in cup.
å is like the aw in paw or saw
ä is like the a in bad or dare

Thanks for the lesson. But, I think I would need a different keyboard language to get those specific characters.

[Topper]

if her playground is maki, I'd like to know how the rice got there.

Is the rice moving?

Bringing this back on topic.

Katy's?

[Tciso]

if her playground is maki, I'd like to know how the rice got there.

Is the rice moving?

Bringing this back on topic.

Katy's?

Isn't rice used as feed in commercial fish farms. I am in no way insinuating that her maki is equivalent to commercial high volume fish.

[5thhorseman]

Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

[Tciso]

Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

[5thhorseman]

Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

The government intervening to prop up a dying industry is too much socialism for me, even if it is core. Just throwing away money so the populace can have second best.

If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

[Meds]

How many very common daily household items are manufactured with byproducts of petroleum?

It is hardly a dying industry.

Let it be a profitable, productive, economic driver, of our current system while our society gets builds towards what comes next.

[5thhorseman]

We're talking about the US auto industry, not petroleum.

Agreed, petroleum is not going away anytime soon.

[Tciso]

Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

The government intervening to prop up a dying industry is too much socialism for me, even if it is core. Just throwing away money so the populace can have second best.

Socialism is part of what is killing our industry. I totally agree that we should not be subsidizing any business. But, Socialism has driven up costs across the board. The easiest, and economically sound option would be to lower taxes, and reduce regulatory overhead. But as a neo-socialist nation, I believe we will tax ourselves into oblivion, and the knees down crowd in the East will cheer all the way.

Here is a crazy idea. Stop importing from our true adversaries (China, other communists, dictators, and Muslim theocracies). Let our prices rise. And quit funding our unsustainable poverty class with cheap shit made from their poverty/oppressed class.

[Tciso]

If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

I agree 100%. But, regulations include controlling the data from these technologies. If China doesn't give the technical specifications on how data is collected and transmitted, along with full access to that data, then proper regulations would be a total ban on a dangerous product. Same as lawn darts.