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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tariffs that went on long enough would force manufacturing to be done in the US. And wages would have to rise

When the tariff is on final consumer products, these are two opposing forces. Higher wages mean companies would more likely save money by paying the tariffs. Higher tariffs mean companies are more likely to purchase domestically.

But if the tariffs are on precursor products (e.g. steel, lumber, oil, etc ...) rather than final consumer goods: the tariffs make it more expensive for domestic manufacturing. The US manufacturer has to pay the tariffs to use the materials they need to produce their final product, and have to pass those costs on. That means there's less margin for wages.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

There's been a recession start in every single republican presidential term of my life. I'm over 40. Each of Reagan's terms. HW Bush. Each of the second Bush (these were the worst, dot-com crash and the great recession starting in 2007/8). And then the great Covid bungling. As you point out: if they implement their agenda it's likely to happen again.

There has never been a recession start during a democratic president in my lifetime (although Biden's term came close).

The opposition needs to be ready to jump on this and yell from the figurative rooftops so conservatives can't spin it away. And it needs to be most heavily broadcast where the electorate shifted to the right this election. The fact that people generally think republicans are better for the economy is a severe failure on the part of the democrats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's a knife, what looks like a fork, and (by process of elimination) the other must be a spoon!

[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 week ago (17 children)

Hopefully they actually vote.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like we heard this same sentiment 4 years ago, and yet here we are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Also use a towel or cloth on top of the rubber band so it's gentler on your hand / skin.

Why it works: this fixes the problem of poor friction; metal doesn't grip well against skin (especially if your hand is wet or oily). The rubber band grips well against the metal of the lid and your skin (or towel).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Exposed isn't accurate... everyone who is paying attention and cares knew this. But sadly most Texas Republicans either aren't paying attention or don't care (or both).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I met my wife through eHarmony. I tried the other apps available at the time (mid 2000s) and most were "profile pic & swipe" level of depth. eHarmony had a fee (so both parties were at least a little more committed to finding a partner, rather than "sign up for free account while drinking one night"). Also it had maybe 100(?) questions you had to fill out before it'd give you any matches... basically a quasi personality profile about what you were like and what you were looking for in a relationship. The result was fewer matches, but all the dates I went on were meaningful (eventually leading to ~15 years of marriage & 2 kids).

There's now additional dating sites beyond just eHarmony that have this barrier to entry which seems similar (although I don't have personal experience with those).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

60% Local; 30% All; 10% Subscribed (still building out my subscribed list)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I enjoy her series; as well as the "What's Eating Dan" one. The regular ATK show is okay; it's still quality content, but the delivery feels too fake for me.

 

America's Test Kitchen has some good videos on cooking technique. This one covers food (mostly meat) sticking to metal pans, how to prevent it and some cases when there are advantages to allow sticking.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Why protect a home industry that won't make the type of product I want? I don't want a giant electric SUV, eHummer, Ford Lightning truck, or whatever; I want a small electric car. The models that would compete with BYD are often being discontinued by domestic producers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

https://www.slashgear.com/1604210/why-bmw-i3-discontinued-what-happened/

There's still the Nissan Leaf I guess? And the ever-present promise of a cheap compact EV "coming soon" from many producers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Use a secret manager?

Cert is a secret, add a small agent to your containers that pings your secret manager and gets back the current cert. Then saves / imports it (or whatever is appropriate).

 
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