ATF literally already has a division named this.
Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD).
They do "testing" on commercial products and in recent years they've mostly been tasked with railroading people who didn't do anything.
The entire Bureau should be shut down and replaced with a hot dog stand.
ATF literally already has a division named this.
Firearms and Ammunition Technology Division (FATD).
They do "testing" on commercial products and in recent years they've mostly been tasked with railroading people who didn't do anything.
The entire Bureau should be shut down and replaced with a hot dog stand.
Even if the stated goal was to reshore large amounts of production of goods to the US, there are several problems with that.
One, history shows that it is largely not possible, at least in any practical sense. US companies make t-shirts in Vietnam and Pakistan because they can sell them to consumers here for $10. Are US consumers magically going to decide they're OK with an Old Navy (low quality) garment costing $35 instead of $10?
Secondly, standing up manufacturing and distribution domestically isn't an overnight thing. Funding, site selection, construction, supply chain integration etc. all take time. Trump thinks he can trade a few weeks of bad headlines and market hit, for some magically reappearing domestic manufacturing. It doesnt work that way. Even if it were possible, it wouldn't create positive economic conditions on any kind of timeline sufficient to offset the negative effects real consumers are already experiencing.
"Sorry little Johnny, not only can we not afford new Nikes for you anymore, but also you can forget about that Nintendo Switch 2 for Christmas because we can't even order one. But at least we know your GED-educated uncle Jimbo in northern Michigan might be able to get a lower-middle class factory job assembling widgets again... maybe... in 2 years."
That isn't a good economic pitch for most people.
Yeah, this blows. As I have stated in other threads, my last full desktop build was in 2014/2015.
Now Microsoft is forcing an artificial deadline on me, as I cannot upgrade my non-TPM hardware to Windows 11 (Win 11 sucks ass anyway). So my choices are to run Win10 past EOL on my old rig, install a Linux distro to extend the life of the old rig, or build new. Frankly I'm kinda done with Microsofts bullshit.
I would like to do a new desktop build but cannot justify $4-5K for a commensurate bump in specs.
I guess I could try to slum it with a Intel Arc Battlemage build, but I'm not sure about the Linux driver support.
AI can look at a bajillion examples of code and spit out its own derivative impersonation of that code.
AI isn't good at doing a lot of other things software engineers actually do. It isn't very good at attending meetings, gathering requirements, managing projects, writing documentation for highly-industry-specific products and features that have never existed before, working user tickets, etc.
Yay guess I get to do an Intel Arc build
Billy Mitchell can sue people all the live long day and win or lose it doesn't make him less of a clown.
"It's all Isekai?"
"Always has been"
This sucks. I love that app.
Waiting for the douche with the AWP to appear in the space between the doors.
"Put all your changes on 3 separate sharepoint calendars a minimum of 2 weeks in advance. Also do the normal approval garbage in ServiceNow and attend a 2 hour CAB for final approval. If you didn't select the right dropdown menu option in the ticket details, you'll have to start this whole process over.
Also, why does it take you guys so long to get stuff done?"
What many Americans would gravitate toward in the market is a "transitional" medium SUV or crossover type vehicle that is a Plugin Electric Hybrid (PHEV). This is the best option for many suburbanites because the infrastructure isn't there for full electric for most uses cases, but most people living in single-family homes could afford to retrofit their residential electrical service at their own cost, and thereby do 90% of their driving on electricity while still retaining the capability of doing longer trips with gasoline. They need to be able to take the kid to baseball practice and fit the other kids Tuba or Cello in the back hatch etc.
Personally I know many people who would settle for this compromise as a transitional vehicle. We just need a few more options that aren't $50K+ new.