Censoring*

Censure is like a harsh criticism

What a stable government

I feel like there should be a “Data is Cursed” community for ridiculous correlation/causation graphs

Yeh, but with enough actions taken (and suitably deterrent actions), companies won’t want to risk it

Same way with a lot of other consumer protections. By consumers reporting companies.

If I receive an order and inside is a “leave a five star review, and receive 10% off” type thing inside, I’ll report that in a heartbeat - knowing that Trading Standards is now actively dealing with this sorta thing

I’ve heard Drupal uses SQL

What?
You have a product that costs 450 to produce.
And you add a 50 markup so you are selling at 500.
Tariffs push that 500 up to 750. Which means a 50% tariff.

So you remove your 50 markup and sell it at cost in that market. Which means a product at 450 with a 50% tariff will cost 675.
You don’t make any money on that sale. Fine, it’s a loss-leader. Hopefully you make up the profit of game sales and subscriptions. Which will also be tariffed.

For a finished product, the tariff is applied to the selling cost. It doesn’t care about the value of the parts or the amount of markup.
A government isn’t going to pick through a device and apply Country of Origin tariffs on every part, or separate company profit from cost-of-product.

If a company says a product is worth 500, that’s the amount the tariff is applied to.
I doubt Nintendo is going to eat the cost of tariffs.
It’s insane to. They could say “we will still launch at this price”, and have the us government cook up more tariffs or whatever. Then Nintendo is holding the bag, or has to renege on the price.
It would be smarter to mildly offset the cost. Like you say, knock $20-50 off but stipulate the final cost is subject to import duties.
I’d love them to say “well, you do you. This is the cost of the console. Your import duties are not out problem.” But I feel (despite their bullshit legal department) Nintendo is more passionate than that, and I think they will mildly reduce the price

Sleeping on an airport bench for your 2 week business trip knowing you’re getting fired when you get home

Oh, a real engineer? ducks

Why ‘making “pretend people” with artificial intelligence’ is a waste of energy

Its was also told - on multiple occasions - not to repeat its instructions

I bought a 3d printer with an eye to get back into PCB fab… Either by swapping to a CNC head, or by printing plastic onto PCB.
I just don’t make enough PCBs these days to justify the FAFF of making it work. Which is a shame. I bet if have a lot of fun

Ah, right enough. I remember destroying a $20 inkjet so I could feed PCBs through it.
I stopped prototyping my own PCBs before I got into UV transfer or toner transfer. Its been a good many years

That sounds like a legitimate use case, tbh.
Sometimes the complexity of a “better” system isn’t worth it when a “lesser”-but-easier system exists that produces satisfactory results.

I know PCB etching enthusiasts have developed a way to transfer laser toner onto copper PCBs.
I wonder if there is a similar system that could be done, but between print paper and product paper.

While i agree, unfortunately these models (hopefully) drive politics.
Politicians will do the minimum they can get away with. Thats both human nature and capitalism.
If the models undershoot (climate change accelerates faster than scientists predict), the world is fucked.
If the models overshoot (panic etc, and it ends up being a nothingburger), people will stop trusting models.
If the models are spot on, action is taken, and everything is fine… Everyone doubts the models and the hype - despite the fact the threat was understood, acted on and fixed, and a catastrophy averted (think y2k)

I think we are pretty fucked, tbh.

He is the epitome of capitalism and nepotism.
He is not the epitome of tech meritocrasy

I dont think “not wanting to outsource to the cheapest labour pool” is a hallmark of the left or the right wing.
I think “not wanting to outsource” is both progressive and anti-capitalist.

Doing things as cheap as possible, no matter who suffers, is absolutely a capitalist thing, and is why government regulation and government oversight is so important… As long as the government isnt in on it, of course (thats just a corrupt government)

Good work doing what you can!
Dodging shitty companies is difficult.

Wow

I like typescript because my API can generate types for my FE project.
So, if i change my API, i pull in fresh types and fix the errors, and i get in-ide hints for the shape of payloads, responses and events. Not everything is simple CRUD.
Also, if you pull in a library, having types is a godsend