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New comment by SyzygistSix in "The Early Days of American English"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:46:28 +0000

If sounding as infinitely punchable for how he said it as well as what he said is better.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "The Early Days of American English"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 16:37:11 +0000

People say bushwhack in the US. It means not using an established trail when out in the woods/wilderness.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system (2013)"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 12:18:26 +0000

>as far as light sitcoms go

Well, there you have it.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:47:27 +0000

An anecdote I remember was that during the 2008 recession German precision manufacturers did not lay off their workers. They reduced hours, sent a bunch to continuing education programs, and retooled for even more high tech manufacturing. When the recession eventually ended, they had retooled foctories with highly trained workers while US companies had to rehire and retrain their work force. Which again brings the focus back to long term versus short term profits.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:35:31 +0000

I think the more objective measure might be the holes in the domestic supply chain that represent vulnerability and a lack of robustness.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:28:30 +0000

Are you saying Jeff Bezos and Boeing/ULA had less resources than Elon did? They had far more resources. And SpaceX hires from the same pool of talent as they do.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:26:47 +0000

For the most part Musk (and his businesses) and the administration, as well as US auto manufacturers, are playing nice now and realize they need to work together. The sniping between them has decreased a lot and is mostly coming from elsewhere while their collaboration has increased. Mostly because the economics of EVs have shown resistance is futile and SpaceX' capabilities are so useful.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:20:59 +0000

There are similar reports from people like Jim Cantrell, Robert Meuller, and Jim Keller. They aren't blowhards and don't need to kiss anyone's ass.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:12:39 +0000

The price and hype are based in part on not being a manufacturing company but the business model is certainly based on being a manufacturing company. And the manufacturing segment of both that is expanding. Just because the stock price is ridiculous does not mean the business models are unsound. They are a great example of bringing manufacturing and vertical integration back. They have made their factories work in California, Beijing, and Berlin.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 11:04:21 +0000

It is fairly typical for poor, undeveloped countries to use a more centrally planned economy. The sheer lack of capital, as well as business and industrial know-how dictates that. Socialism and Communist parties were relevant in the 70s and 80s in Western Europe but later on were rejected as they were no longer relevant to their developed economies.

It makes me recall one of my favorite cars that was never built, the Norwegian Troll. The government decided not to expend their limited capital to the company as they could trade fish for Ladas to get cars.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:55:03 +0000

For short term profit that I can walk away with? That is very different from building long term value. Both are profit. One profits from creation and has long term recurring benefits, the other profits from extraction, which only happens once. Both building a fire and building a house profit from a supply of wood. But they are pretty different in terms of long term pay off.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "America's advanced manufacturing problem and how to fix it"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:46:21 +0000

Can you imagine the magnitude of the humanitarian and environmental crisis China would be if they had not industrialized and joined the global market? A country that size full of uneducated farmers and first generation coal power plants would be a nightmare for everyone, not just China.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging"

SyzygistSix — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:35:01 +0000

Hard drugs don't need to be made available to non-addicts just because the sale is legalized and formalized.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging"

SyzygistSix — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 17:33:08 +0000

True but the quality is quite high nowadays. No one is diluting it with dangerous shit.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "How the Rich Reap Huge Tax Breaks From Private Nonprofits"

SyzygistSix — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:10:42 +0000

>Wealth is transfer from one part of the economic system to another

So no wealth is created? The vast amount of medical technology and technology in general would immediately show that this statement is completely false.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 17:09:44 +0000

Then where are their PHEVs? Their Prime vehicles have long waitlists and are produced in relatively small numbers. Either they can't make the margins with them or their access to battery supplies is very limited.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 17:03:51 +0000

There is a huge market for PHEVs if Toyota had the competency to take it. Theor Prime vehicles are in high demand, just not made in large numbers for whatever reason. Tacoma and 4Runner-like trucks with a PHEV drive train would sell like crazy.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:34:06 +0000

Then where are all their Prime vehicles that have had a huge waitlist for years?

Toyota is just not delivering on the EV front at all. They could be cleaning up by stealing some of the Model Y customers back by selling a ton of RAV4s, especially the Prime versions.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:27:00 +0000

When things like the pandemic and disrupted supply chains happen, companies sometimes need to move in a different direction than planned. Or is Tesla's massive growth in the last few years and sales numbers not enough to convince you they might actually know what they are doing? Successful companies don't adhere to arbitrary announcements and timelines; they change plans when necessary.

New comment by SyzygistSix in "Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery for EVs with a range of 745mi"

SyzygistSix — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 16:22:05 +0000

Someone should tell the Japanese auto industry. They didn't get the memo.