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CameronDev

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  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • Thats crazy. Are those public numbers from rivian?

  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • My only point of confusion is that a 20k loss on every car is insane. I'm guessing its a bit of BYD is subsidised somewhat, and everyone else is price gouging somewhat. No idea the ratio.

    Also odd that other Chinese brands (really only tried MG) dont seem to have the same high quality, high pricing that suggests the same level of crazy subsidies.

    Honestly, there is just so much fuckery going I just have no idea what is what.

  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • But the business model has to change in order to survive. The company cannot undercut forever, it actually needs to change in order to survive. The business model of today is not sustainable. They may have a large warchest, they may be able to crush GM, but once they do, or the warchest runs out, the business model must change.

    If you want to make the argument that their overall plan with the later change is sustainable, thats fine, but this current phase is not sustainable.

  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • Sustainable implies that they can keep doing it forever without changing. Switching later means what they are doing is not sustainable. It might be successful, but its not sustainable.

  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • I think your muddying sustainable and successful. It definitely can be successful, but its not sustainable.

    Its also high risk, especially if you can't crank up the prices enough later

  • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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  • I am pretty sure there is some financial fuckery going on with BYD. My parents own two, and they are very nice, but way under priced compared to every other EV manufacturer.

    Can't prove anything of course, but there is something odd going on when everyone else is 20-30k more expensive.

    Hard to feel sorry for GM though, they suckled at our governments (Australia) teet for decades before giving up and leaving entirely. At least if BYD is being propped up we are at least getting good cheap cars from it.

  • Today I learned that LLMs understand base64!

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  • I was thinking the same thing, does anyone have a local LLM that they could test against? Local shouldn't have the same preprocessing up front?

  • Basically Everyone Should Be Avoiding Docker

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  • Im a cryptobro who doesnt understand Linux or docker, so I'm gonna blame all my inadequacies on the part I understand the least.

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  • 3-ball-Dave, can you come here for a minute, we need a scale for this fish brain

  • Nacho went from supine position to twisted... how can this be comfy?

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  • “Unlike dogs,” Pongrácz says, “cats never stop trying.”

    Ain't that the truth :D

  • Nacho went from supine position to twisted... how can this be comfy?

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  • L I Q U I D

  • Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

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  • I happy to believe that its probably trending down, overall PC shipments have been trending down for a while, but 400m drop over 3 years is a huge amount that just doesnt smell right.

    A lab computer is used by up to N students typically, so by removing it, there is potentially N more devices being purchased by the N students. So that could mean more iPads or Chromebooks, or even more PCs overall.

    And converting a university device to a byod device doesn't necessarily remove a PC either, given the user may purchase a new device for work.

    With any statistics to back it up (which none of us have, especially not the original article) all we have is speculation.

  • Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

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  • Also quite disappointing that no one is questioning, "where did they go". If Chromebooks or Apple picked up a fraction of the "lost" users, they'd be shouting from the rooftops. And a fraction of those users would crush most Linux distros infrastructure, so we'd have heard something.

  • Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

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  • Yeah, this is just terrible journalism.

  • My home servers are not a homelab

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  • Yes they are.

  • Removed

    My version of a for loop

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  • 1 pump chump ey?

  • Lemmy.blahaj.zone down?

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  • Noob Q's: How do I find a place to print miniatures? What to expect? And more

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  • If your willing to wait, and can accept some shipping time, there is: https://jlc3dp.com/

    They'll quote you on the site, and will advise for materials and costs.

  • Air travel be like

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  • Aeroflot: You guys have landings?