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  • just fuck[...] teachers [...] hard

  • I had a look at the original report by BYD as the site linked by the other commenter didn't include the information and seemed AI generated (some numbers were actually a bit of, though not by much). According to it the 1.86$ billion are the only directly paid subsidies BYD received in 2025. All other subsidies were loans with favorable conditions, which aren't directly relevant (The report is 300+ pages long I may have missed something) Source. Currently Germany supports all EV purchase, so the 2.4$ billion should not be counted, but according to the BAFA this is planned/considered to be made exclusive to EU made cars. Source (German). The 6.4$ billion should IMO be counted against the 1.86$ billion as they are both direct founding, and apparently the only direct. While a bit lower this still places VW in the about a billion dollar (925$ million). Additionally, even though the subsidies are universal the EU has placed a tariff on Chinese EVs since 2024 that ranges from 27%-47% depeding on the manufacturer. Source. The working conditions and wages at BYD are of course lower than at VW, even if this is partially countered by the lower standard of living in China, however we don't no how much of the final car the companies actually produce (how much of it is done by them and not just bought premade, likely in China).

    Anyway I don't think this comparison could ever be 100% fair as China and Germany have different economic models, Germany already established its car industry while Chinas is still relatively up and coming etc. I do however think that it is not accurate to say "they are cheaper because government subsidies" as there are many more factors.

  • Many countries subsidiese their car brands. In Germany exact numbers are not known, because the government works for the companies I guess, but most experts assume that brands like Volkswagen receive about 1 billion euros (or 1.15 billion US dollars) a year. Source A Source B. I'm no expert for other countries, but a quick research lead to the claim that until 2015 Tesla and the adjacent businesses (SpaceX etc.) had received 4.9 billion US dollars in subsidies Source. I don't think its fair to say that they are cheap just because they receive subsidies, they are just getting what everyone else is.

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  • Y'all should make a horny posting community so that there is less of ... whatever this is in the feeds of people that don't want it

  • I [...] explicitly instructed Claude not to base anything on LGPL/GPL-licensed code

    Did you even say please? Seriously what a great idea, use a model trained with code and then tell it to not use that code

  • Not sure. Here is the issue tracker

  • AFAIK Tusky can display quote posts but doesn't allow you to make a quote post (yet)

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  • Newpipe + autoplay off

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  • This is one were you just see the thumbnail and know it's gonna be good

  • You should know that archive.is DDOSed a other site through it's users and those who partake in this might be commiting a crime depending on where you live.

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  • LLMs definitely kills the trust in open source software, because now everything can be a vibe-coded mess and it's sometimes hard to check.

  • Quote from the Open Source Initiative definition of Open Source:

    The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale.

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  • Tying it to revenue wouldn't work that well due to inflation. Metas AI has a license that basically says that, but with a user number. Both ideas however would mean that the project isn't open source anymore

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world

    Wise words

  • Do you have to use chrome or can you also use chromium (or another chromium based browser)? Practically the same, but less tracking then chrome

  • Took me a moment to realize that Chimera Linux is a different distro than Chimera OS

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world

    Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

    www.theverge.com /news/848365/google-scraper-lawsuit-serpapi
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    Google sues web scraper for sucking up search results ‘at an astonishing scale’

    www.theverge.com /news/848365/google-scraper-lawsuit-serpapi
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser"

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/12/it-just-keeps-getting-worse-firefox-to-evolve-into-a-modern-ai-browser/
  • Technology @lemmy.world

    NVIDIA are investing $5 billion in Intel to develop new chips together

    www.gamingonlinux.com /2025/09/nvidia-are-investing-5-billion-in-intel-to-develop-new-chips-together/
  • Lefty Memes @lemmy.dbzer0.com

    Damm commies