That's the scary part, that manufacturers increase the price worldwide, when the only change is the US tariffs. If you want the bully to stop, you need to stand up to them, but instead many companies will use tariffs as a perfect excuse to become greedier.

I was expecting this to be implicit sarcasm. I had to scroll back up, see who you were responding to, to then notice, wait it's not!

This viewpoint of "the world has superpower states and vassal states, and everyone outside China/Russia is a vassal" is... interesting. Sure can make a lot of friends by calling 75% of the world "our bitch". But that's right, you don't need friends, you have vassals. Give it a few years. If there's a WW3, I'm not sure the US will find itself in the "allies" group.

I wish SaaS was only used for smaller companies. What we see in reality is many large companies, with tens of thousands of employees, migrating to Cloud. Because.. I don't know why actually. They got sold on that idea of more flexibility, or someone said it would be lowest cost and they believed it. And now you have a huge corporate that lost control of their infrastructure, and one day will find themselves 100% at the mercy of another company. It's mind-blowing.

Bit of a chicken and egg problem. In an ideal world, China would let Russia fail, and Europe would start dealing with China as a reliable commercial partner (and dare I say it, ally). From what I've seen of the CCP, they're a totalitarian but rational actor; they have to know that the EU market is way more attractive than the Russian market.

The thing is, the Western world has painted China as the antagonist, often at the behest of the US. Tariffs on Chinese cars? Done. Removing Huawei from our networks (to this day I haven't seen a concrete proof they had intentional backdoors)? Done. That limits China's growth, and so they sell their shit to Russia. I agree that it's a problem because now China enables Russia, but they've been given no compelling reason not to. "Doing the right thing" for Ukraine ain't going to cut it, China is looking for its own economic development above all else.

India can probably not do more, given they have a population the size of China and 25% of China's CO2 emissions. Frankly the only way to keep CO2 emissions down is to have people in the 3rd world stay in the stone age, otherwise you'd see a rise of CO2 per capita. I know a lot of people don't to talk CO2 per capita because for the planet only the absolute matters, but it does mean something from a quality of life perspective.

What's interesting as well is the same argument for these 36 companies applies to China. 36 companies are the "source" of emissions because they get our fuel out of the ground. They don't use all of it, they're in the business of producing fossil fuel, and therefore it's not surprising they're "the source". I would love to see a split between what China uses internally, and how much of it is due to their industries that eventually export to the western world. My personal hypothesis is if we reallocated the CO2 from goods destined for export, China wouldn't look as bad (they would have increased emissions regardless since 2000, again given population and quality of life changes, they just may not be as bad).

But hey we're apparently bringing production back baby! Maybe in 10 years we'll see a dramatic difference, with emissions in the US rising quickly and China's dropping.

I'm glad for them that they're successful. Sure, maybe they'll survive 50 or 100 years, I don't know. Maybe the Pokemon Company will be Disney 2.0, how am I supposed to know?

However, my bigger question is... who cares? Of course if you ask the CEO of a company whether they believe they'll be successful, they'll say yes. This is a puff piece, an entertainment article, and I'm not sure it matters nor am I sure it's connected to tech (except that Pokemon was originally a video game, and now is so much more).

This entire article/blog belongs on LinkedIn, amongst the other self-aggrandizing posts. Not sure why Slashdot is picking up on it.

This finding is nothing new to anyone that has worked on code (or frankly, done any kind of "development" project whether using computers or in meatspace). But oh no Mr. CTO over there discovered that, as a non-plumber who didn't understand the landscape of his project (his house, his tools, and his washing machine), his time estimates suck, and now understands that there are unknowns in all estimates including for software. You don't fucking say?

So, one dictatorial regime steals from a company based in Dubai. The problem is it's a State that committed the action. What's the company (Bybit) going to do to North Korea? Nothing. They're in no position of power to do anything. However, you propose the Dubai government, or maybe the UAE, will find a partner to avenge the crime against this company. How do you think that's going to work? What would be the "message"?

Not to mention, NK and Russia are friends as you say, since NK sends troops to Ukraine. Who's going to be this partner, or do you think the UAE has the military capabilities to do anything? Traditionally it should be the "Western world", led by the US, but right now Russia and the US are also friends, so good luck with that...

I get it... but again, you're here on Slashdot responding to what is essentially a politics post. You're an exception. In my cynical viewpoint, the "mass" of people have very little motivation for anything except doing the bare minimum to have a roof, a TV show to watch, and some beer. As long as that's maintained, and they don't feel overly impacted by their loss of rights, they'll continue doing what they're doing.

As for solving national problems without violence... I guess we'll see at midterms and in 4 years. I'm very concerned about the next elections being actually free and fair, or the 2 terms limit being enforced. Assuming they're not, people will have to decide whether they submit to a fascist dictator or rise up in a civil war. I think the former is most likely, because if 35% of people can't even be arsed to vote, I can't see a revolution forming.

I don't believe in Nostradamus' prophecies, but I'm also amazed at the lack of reaction in the US to everything Trump is doing or saying. I can only hope the country hasn't fully given up on itself and what the US stands for (yes, a good country, a democratic country, where there is freedom and rule of law). At this rate (this is week 4), it's either straight to fascism or a civil war, and the latter seems a better long-term option.

I wish that's the case, but common folk have bills to pay. Most people can't just up and leave, and lack the motivation to search for employment when they're already employed. Some may, and I have no doubt the government efficiency will drop in the coming months/years (watch it be a selling point for more cuts, the government sucks so much after our cuts we just have to cut more!). However, at the end of the day the government is hundred of thousands of folks that need to eat in a difficult economy (HAVE YOU SEEN THE PRICE OF EGGS!). That's how every fascist country survives; not all people who work for the government agree with it (like I disagree with many decisions made by my company), but they keep on executing until the leading party fails. It's only after the fact that they get called Nazi sympathizers and the rest of the world says "but you should have disobeyed those orders!"

It's so scary. It's like the new "Axis of Evil" has risen, and it's the US + Russia, with the US president a puppet of a rich person and the Russian president. How's this for US pride...

I agree... I watched Nezha 1 (I believe it was on Netflix at some point). It was ok, in the sense that it was a fun animation but absolutely on par with a random superhero movie. Just mindless entertainment. I had no idea it had grossed that much money in China, and would never suggest it to anyone unless they were particularly interested by animation movies.

Imagine if this is just a ploy to say "the USPS is inefficient and can't follow simple rules.. let's abolish it and privatize". It's either that or Trump is making a bunch of imperial decrees that he has no clue how to enforce. I'm torn.

Get the fck out of here with your rational and informed viewpoint! This is Slashdot, for the last few years (decades?) we only engage in extremist posturing.

The echo chambers are working though. The left sees only the left, the right only the right, and both are convinced the other side is wrong and out to get them. You may be one of the last few Americans that follow both sides. At this point, and given how vehemently people disagree with the "other side", I seriously wonder if we're going to see a civil war in the next few years, or a movement for some States to separate and form US 2.0.