52fighters

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[–] 52fighters 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like the tariffs on laptops are back on the menu.

[–] 52fighters 1 points 2 weeks ago

Better yet, use adb to remove all the junk from your phone.

[–] 52fighters 3 points 2 weeks ago

I am self-employed and have customers who need to reach out to me about one thing or another. I'm okay with phone calls. Phone calls get business done quickly. Text messages are terrible. If I get one text message, I'll respond right away if I can, but only the first message. If he shoots a message back, I call. If he doesn't answer, I wait a few hours to text back again. I absolutely refuse to turn our conversations to SMS conversations.

[–] 52fighters 1 points 2 weeks ago

So it started when the French out-innovated Saxophones and then certain Asian countries gained market share through cost savings. Is that it?

[–] 52fighters 7 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)

China will have to become a net importer for that to happen and that's very unlikely. The Euro has a better chance but I seriously think Trump would turn all of Europe over to Russia to stop that from happening.

[–] 52fighters -1 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

China has to be careful because they are an export driven economy and there's not a lot of wealthy customers out there. If they contribute to a serious recession in the US, it'll carry consequences in China too. The key for them will be retaliation that carries a big political hit but not an economic hit.

[–] 52fighters 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

From what I understand, China's exports of rare earths have been largely a part of finished components and that's not been suspended.

[–] 52fighters -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Exactly. And they want the US to expand military presence. Their fear of China is greater than the number of dots on that map.

[–] 52fighters 4 points 2 weeks ago

I love your non-answer. Anyone reading this chain will know what this means.

[–] 52fighters 29 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you want a good video summary of her testimony, there's this video. Facebook even tried to force her to lie to Congress.

[–] 52fighters -1 points 2 weeks ago

Which is why your projection about nuclear weapons is just stupid. It ain't happening.

[–] 52fighters 4 points 2 weeks ago

The study is behind a paywall.

 

Trump said Thursday at the White House the U.S. could cut defense spending in half at some point in the future. The comments came in the context of Trump discussing a potential conference on defense spending with China and Russia.

 

Ukraine imposed sanctions on former president and opposition politician Petro Poroshenko, including an asset freeze and a ban on withdrawing capital from the country, for what the domestic spy agency said on Thursday were “national security” reasons.

 

A Hungarian-based company has been commissioned to deliver gas to the Transdniestria region of Moldova.

 
 

Bolivia is stepping up efforts to tap the world’s biggest lithium deposits, readying deals with new investors to build processing plants despite low prices and growing opposition from lawmakers and citizen groups.

 

France has officially handed over its first military base in Faya-Largeau to Chad as part of an ongoing withdrawal of French forces. This move follows Chad’s abrupt termination of military cooperation last month with its former colonial power. French troops are also set to leave bases in Abeche and the capital N'Djamena.

 

Netflix has the greatest number of subscribers worldwide, they’ve been watching from the bench as Amazon gains viewers who are tuning into the platform’s “Thursday Night Football” games.

“So, this is really a move where Netflix is trying to maintain its competitive edge in a widening playing field,” he added.

The company may also be working to get ahead of a growing trend of cord-cutters, who have still largely had to rely on traditional means of television to catch sporting events.

 

Smartphone makers will soon face an unlikely competitor. Concerns about the impact of social media are driving demand for old-school Nokia brick-like handsets...

 

Up to now I enter receipts by hand into a spreadsheet and cross-reference everything to my bank statements. Is there a Linux program that'll let me download a bank statement and then intelligently categorize different entries on my bank statement? Or allow me to manually categorize entries? No spyware or intrusive software.

 

If you get a divorce in North Korea, you and your spouse will be sent to a labor camp for one to six months to atone for your “crimes,” residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act, and is generally frowned upon in Korea.

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