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2024-09-17 12:13:07

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https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/what-chinas-electric-vehicle-boom

2024-09-07 19:18:25

Cheaper solar . .
https://unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/can-solar-costs-keep-shrinking

2024-09-05 21:22:27

“Being rich is nice, but what you really want to optimize for is (1) an income that exceeds your spending by a healthy margin and (2) a lifestyle that is free from rushing."
-James Clear

2024-09-05 14:15:11

So Angela Rayner likes a dance in Ibiza. This is excellent! Dancing is good for you. Anyone commenting negatively should get off their high horses.

2024-09-04 16:57:38

This is worth reading periodically . .
https://dariusforoux.com/mental-barriers/

2024-09-03 10:53:29

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/a-very-serious-situation-volkswagen-could-close-plants-in-germany-for-the-first-time-in-history/ar-AA1pRLkc
https://archive.is/3HofM
What an absolute mess.
Western manufacturers have dragged their heels on EV production for years to try and avoid the inevitable pain of the switch away from ICE.
Meanwhile the west has been happy to buy anything and everything we don’t have any interest in making ourselves from China.
Now we’re finding out the hard way that you can’t have your cake and eat it. We’ll buy your cheap stuff but not your expensive stuff? Seems like that hasn’t gone down too well.
China now produce some very well made vehicles (including EVs) that easily challenge the established manufacturers. Western customers have a desire to switch to EVs which legacy manufacturers aren’t providing at the price required. Sounds perfect right?
Read the words: “fuelled by concerns that Beijing-backed manufacturers are trying to flood the West with cheap battery-powered vehicles.”
What concerns? Concerns that the targets we’ve set ourselves could be met? Concerns that a country has organised itself well enough to produce better cars than us? Concerns that these are cars that consumers want to buy? Concerns that it would actually help countries struggling with inflation and that have financial ‘black holes’? Concerns that this would help us switch away from fossil fuels faster than otherwise?
Feels like the west either rips the sticking plaster off now and accepts the inevitable, or drag it out over a painfully long period of time. China employing “retaliatory tariffs” on all those things we’ve been perfectly happy to buy from them for the last 20 years. Entering some messy, energy sapping fight not only with other countries but also internally (see the union comments in the first article) as we slowly have to come to terms with the uncomfortable facts.
This isn’t just about the Germans either. GM and Ford have similar issues. I’m struggling to find sympathy for companies that have not only refused to accept the inevitable, but in GMs case at least, actively tried to sabotage the switch to EVs.
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.

2024-09-02 14:29:43

August finances update. Root around in my finances and read a couple of interesting articles.
https://bemoreliketim.blog/posts/august-2024-update/august-2024-update/

2024-09-01 22:06:58

“Humility and curiosity, then, are what we most need to find truth. By seeking one we also seek the other: being curious makes us humble, because it shows us how little we know, and in turn, being humble makes us curious, because it helps us acknowledge that we need to learn more.”
https://www.gurwinder.blog/p/why-smart-people-hold-stupid-beliefs/comments#comment-12773496

2024-08-31 11:27:49

Prospective students should ask,
1) does this degree provides a clear path to earn more than a train driver and . .
2) is there a vocational path to the same outcome via company sponsored studying.
Getting ~£100k in debt in many cases is a waste of time and money.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/29/uk-graduates-struggle-job-market
#graduates #university #degree #alevel #students

2024-08-30 18:27:41

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/08/30/jack-dorsey-backs-bitcoin-and-nostr-to-cut-censorship-with-free-speech/

2024-08-30 13:47:58

New post - everyday (IT) tools I find useful:
https://www.bemoreliketim.blog/posts/everyday-tools/everyday-tools/

2024-08-30 07:20:48

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Glad to hear it - enjoy!

2024-08-30 07:20:48

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Glad to hear it - enjoy!

2024-08-29 20:21:22

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Might be worth installing Damus just to try that trick? (Assuming you haven’t fixed it?).

2024-08-29 20:21:22

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Might be worth installing Damus just to try that trick? (Assuming you haven’t fixed it?).

2024-08-29 06:39:35

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I had something similar - try going to settings -> first aid in damus. Fixed it for me . .

2024-08-28 19:21:59

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Thanks - but I was already logged in with that. The ‘first aid’ button seems to have fixed the issue

2024-08-28 19:20:40

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Thanks - that seems to have worked!

2024-08-28 18:18:47

I’ve just set up my nostr account but am unable to follow anyone. I press the button and it indicates success but I then check my profile to find I’m following no-one. Have tried Damus and Primal as well as a couple of web clients with the same failure. Can anyone help? #damus #primal #nostr

2024-08-28 18:18:47

2024-08-28 13:22:25

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thanks for the Welcome!

2024-08-28 09:06:49

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Wow - that was quick! Thanks

2024-08-28 09:01:28

Can someone send me a ‘zap’ to check my wallet works please? #plebchain

2024-08-27 21:56:38

Bemoreliketim has discovered nostr!
#introductions

2024-08-27 21:56:38

Bemoreliketim has discovered nostr!
#introductions