ManOMorphos

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[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

That's assuming they even pay attention to anything international other than Ukraine or Israel (many don't).

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

Here, your comment doesn't get completely buried if you make one on a popular post. Part of that is the lack of heavy volume, of course, but I also feel like the sorting is more favorable to less upvoted comments.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Cocomelon would have been a proper choice for OP to argue. It's sensory overload brainrot that causes addiction rather than any sense of morals.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's interesting to see people are starting to like the idea of it more, but to me it's useless lip service until they start building new plants. I'd imagine they'd like it a lot less if they started building a nuclear power plant within 20 miles of their house.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you mean they both agree to shutter old facilities and not replace them with modern nuclear plants, that's correct. The anti-nuclear sentiment in the US is very strong.

The politicians don't like it due to cost and time building, while constituents are still very afraid of nuclear disasters (especially the latter, the view on its safety is 30 years behind).

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's effectively "Liberal people twitter" with all posts being about politics, especially discussing Musk and Trump. I think it changed around the Covid lockdowns.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

In my state, prepared foods are generally taxed while produce, canned goods, dairy, and many others are not. The system is confusing enough that hardly anyone knows what's taxable or not, so they rely on the store systems to do it for them.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Perhaps this isn't related to DOGE, but the White House memo also threw the defense industry in a lot of uncertainty over military-related grants possibly getting cut. It's more likely collateral damage than intentional, though.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no I got owned :'(

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The most cutting-edge chips are made in Taiwan. Hardly any (if any) chip foundry comes close to the quality they export. It will raise prices of nearly everything in a PC as consumers will probably buy up the remaining stock of modern hardware as an alternative.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I've read some idiots online saying "you're dumb if you didn't wait for the 5000 series" based off of the revealed MSRP, as if the majority of people are ever going to buy at those prices (especially now with tariffs). What's likely is that consumers will pay far more to get relatively less improvement if they go with a 5000 series card.

There's enough sucker fanboys for Nvidia that they'll probably still sell though. Just like how there's people who will buy the new Call of Duty each year.

[–] ManOMorphos@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

People hyped for the Nvidia 5000 series better get their cards before prices skyrocket across the board. I guess graphics cards weren't expensive enough or something.

Really though, no brand is safe from the soon-to-be insane prices if this does go through as a blanket tariff without exceptions. Better to err on the safe side and upgrade soon as you can, if you need to and you're not too wealthy to care.

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