benjhm

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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

What happened to Assam and beyond ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well area looks empty, but recently painted. English wikipedia says no passengers since 2024. French wikipedia says they are, but french influence driven out by russian-backed military coup. 36 hours by train to the coast at Abidjan. Any locals here to tell us ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Nice architecture, but are there still any passenger trains ?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

OK, nice promises, but seems to me overpowered for phone functions, so what's their plan for battery lifetime (bearing in mind that a desktop os is less optimised for efficiency)?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Indeed it seems Trump picked up some ideas about "Juche" (national self-reliance?) from his best buddy "rocket-man".

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Hmm, so how does the government distribute that potentially lucrative tariff-free quota between importers ? Or if the government imports rice directly, stores it, then resells at a much high price, that's effectively a tariff.
Seems complicated, but then most countries do something similar, consider price-fixing of food by the EU CAP ...

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

US has only 4% of the world's population, there are now plenty of super-rich in China, India, etc. who like to flaunt i-stuff.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but you just gave me an idea too, how about AI-directed canines? "apple-intelligence" applied to follow-your-nose. My dog loves to chase small spots of light, which might be a trick to steer them.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

And if chinese buy iphones, do they now have to pay 84% tariff? - maybe HQ in europe solves that too?

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So do they also tariff imports (e.g. american rice) that much ?
I haven't been in Japan since 1997 (COP3) but was impressed by cycling past many little rice fields sandwiched between city buildings - it's human-scale which is worth defending (similarly to some european agriculture - idea of CAP), the opposite of US prairies.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Hope you are right, but depends on the power balance after the election, and whether federal or provincial law decides such things.
Isn't Alberta is more aligned to MAGA politically? Maybe tries to stir up a big provocation, then eventually 'annex' it.

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Can anybody explain, how does an easily transportable and storable product like rice get to cost so much more (6$) per kilo in Japan, than elsewhere in the world (including rest of east asia)?

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