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Per wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 2:02 pm

Tciso wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 11:33 am
I am dissapointed that "maki" means "hill", as I was using it quite a bit differently. "LIck her in the Hill" doesn't sound nearly as dirty. Now I want to know what a "Lekkeri" means so I can make infantile jokes about that too.

Mäki means hill. Maki is a type of sushi.

A, Å and Ä are three different letters.

a is like the a in father or far, or sometimes like the u in cup.
å is like the aw in paw or saw
ä is like the a in bad or dare

Thanks for the lesson. But, I think I would need a different keyboard language to get those specific characters.

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 8:44 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 2:54 pm if her playground is maki, I'd like to know how the rice got there.

Is the rice moving?

Bringing this back on topic.

Katy's?

Topper wrote: ↑Thu Sep 03, 2026 2:13 pm

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 8:44 pm

Topper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2026 2:54 pm if her playground is maki, I'd like to know how the rice got there.

Is the rice moving?

Bringing this back on topic.

Katy's?

Isn't rice used as feed in commercial fish farms. I am in no way insinuating that her maki is equivalent to commercial high volume fish.

Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:28 pm Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

Tciso wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 3:45 pm

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:28 pm Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

The government intervening to prop up a dying industry is too much socialism for me, even if it is core. Just throwing away money so the populace can have second best.

If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

How many very common daily household items are manufactured with byproducts of petroleum?

It is hardly a dying industry.

Let it be a profitable, productive, economic driver, of our current system while our society gets builds towards what comes next.

We're talking about the US auto industry, not petroleum.

Agreed, petroleum is not going away anytime soon.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:49 pm

Tciso wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 3:45 pm

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2026 11:28 pm Overseas sales of Chinese EVs are surging. BYD sales are up 134.5% YoY.

Meanwhile, US automakers are asking congressional leaders for a permanent ban on Chinese-made vehicles.

A dying industry.

Too many regulations for it to thrive, but, it's too much of a core industry to allow it to die (Right, Mr Carney???) Also, the ban on chinese spy vehicles is easy to justify.

The government intervening to prop up a dying industry is too much socialism for me, even if it is core. Just throwing away money so the populace can have second best.

Socialism is part of what is killing our industry. I totally agree that we should not be subsidizing any business. But, Socialism has driven up costs across the board. The easiest, and economically sound option would be to lower taxes, and reduce regulatory overhead. But as a neo-socialist nation, I believe we will tax ourselves into oblivion, and the knees down crowd in the East will cheer all the way.

Here is a crazy idea. Stop importing from our true adversaries (China, other communists, dictators, and Muslim theocracies). Let our prices rise. And quit funding our unsustainable poverty class with cheap shit made from their poverty/oppressed class.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:49 pm
If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

I agree 100%. But, regulations include controlling the data from these technologies. If China doesn't give the technical specifications on how data is collected and transmitted, along with full access to that data, then proper regulations would be a total ban on a dangerous product. Same as lawn darts.

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 7:28 am Here is a crazy idea. Stop importing from our true adversaries (China, other communists, dictators, and Muslim theocracies). Let our prices rise. And quit funding our unsustainable poverty class with cheap shit made from their poverty/oppressed class.

What happens to our poverty class should this occur?

An increase prices will push more of the population into this poverty class.

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 7:32 am

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:49 pm
If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

I agree 100%. But, regulations include controlling the data from these technologies. If China doesn't give the technical specifications on how data is collected and transmitted, along with full access to that data, then proper regulations would be a total ban on a dangerous product. Same as lawn darts.

So you are okay with China having our data as long as we get to see the details and have access? I would rather say no access to our data by any foreign company. I'd prefer that any data collection device in the car must be provided by a 3rd party who cannot be foreign-owned and must store its data in Canada. There are already third-party infotainment systems on the market so I don't see this being a problem. Then access to one's own data would be automatically covered by PIPEDA.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 2:58 pm

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 7:28 am Here is a crazy idea. Stop importing from our true adversaries (China, other communists, dictators, and Muslim theocracies). Let our prices rise. And quit funding our unsustainable poverty class with cheap shit made from their poverty/oppressed class.

What happens to our poverty class should this occur?

An increase prices will push more of the population into this poverty class.

Sure but we can put them on welfare with all the money we collected from the tariffs.

Aaronp18 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 2:58 pm

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 7:28 am Here is a crazy idea. Stop importing from our true adversaries (China, other communists, dictators, and Muslim theocracies). Let our prices rise. And quit funding our unsustainable poverty class with cheap shit made from their poverty/oppressed class.

What happens to our poverty class should this occur?

An increase prices will push more of the population into this poverty class.

Our non working poor stay poor, so they see no change but as we lower taxes, our working poor see a rise in their standard of living, and can more easily avoid being the non-working poor.
Our working poor also buy less lead painted cheap disposable shit (that's you dollar stores), so our landfills last longer.

We would have to make other changes. Reducing regulations, and reducing government competition in private enterprises, etc,but these are also necessary.

Before the flames start, there is a lot more details to it, but, yeah, we can, and should stop enriching our enemies, as they are using the money to kill us, and our allies.

Anybody want an economics101 thread?

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 3:48 pm

Tciso wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2026 7:32 am

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:49 pm
If the latest technology has some warts, be it Chinese spy vehicles or AI, then regulate it.

I agree 100%. But, regulations include controlling the data from these technologies. If China doesn't give the technical specifications on how data is collected and transmitted, along with full access to that data, then proper regulations would be a total ban on a dangerous product. Same as lawn darts.

So you are okay with China having our data as long as we get to see the details and have access? I would rather say no access to our data by any foreign company. I'd prefer that any data collection device in the car must be provided by a 3rd party who cannot be foreign-owned and must store its data in Canada. There are already third-party infotainment systems on the market so I don't see this being a problem. Then access to one's own data would be automatically covered by PIPEDA.

I need to clarify. Any data they collect must be disclosed, -and- regulated. If it cannot be regulated to a safe level, it is banned. So, in China's case, it would effectively be a ban.

I still don't understand why cars are connected to the internet at all. There is nothing my truck needs from the world wide web. It all just seems too much like big brother. If these were networked self driving cars, it might be different, but that is a different discussion