Business, Economics, and Taxes 2: That's Why We Fight to Take the Means Back

[SJHovey]

another enshittification discovered. I'd heard a lot of chatter how Delta has been using turbulence to cancel service on many flights ever since the emergency landing incident months ago in MSP. Obv, that situation was terrible and no one wants injuries. but a lot of well seasoned travelers have been talking about delta using it as an excuse to just not do service...and I think I agree.
Yes, climate change is making turbulence happen more often. But this was ridiculous, smooth sailing and a refusal of service. I asked a family member who flies to ATL for work each week and is fairly high up there, and they snorted and said its gotten real bad, to the point where it seems like the FAs just don't want to work anymore. entire flights from MSP-ATL with zero drink service, and ATL-LAX flights with no service at all.

But, Ed is raising prices!

I don't fly nearly as much as many of you, but on the last two trips (four flights) that I've taken in the last 7 months (including the Frozen Four a couple of weeks ago), Delta's service was fine, imho. Drink service and everything else was basically the same as I've typically seen it.

 

[Kepler]

Last American cross country flight I took service was abysmal, at least back in steerage where I huddle with the rest of the livestock.

Moo.

 

[Slap Shot]

We fly Korean Air/Delta from Manila to Seoul to Minneapolis next month. Unfortunately the latter flight (12.5 hours) is operated by Delta. At least the plane is and Airbus 350-900.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

And now we are galloping. 111.83 a few minutes ago. Backed off a bit but still above 111 and the trading volume is notably increasing.

Interesting to watch the world end in realtime.

thank god we're banning renewable energy projects!

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I don't fly nearly as much as many of you, but on the last two trips (four flights) that I've taken in the last 7 months (including the Frozen Four a couple of weeks ago), Delta's service was fine, imho. Drink service and everything else was basically the same as I've typically seen it.

I'm not flying much, but had been hearing about it a ton lately.

the reason I will trust what my family member says is that they're flying in the jumpseat usually, so they've got a decent position to judge the safety.

 

[MichVandal]

The enshittification started a couple years ago, people are just now noticing. The industry used to joke about Delta pilots immediately getting on the line with ATC about finding a new altitude after hitting a brief light chop. Now they just throw on the seatbelt sign and shut everything down. I pretty much stopped caring about upgrades and happily became WFBF during the pandemic years, but I won't fly DL by default anymore unless they're the only nonstop from DTW. Especially not after having perfectly fine experiences on UA the last couple of times I've flown them.

I get they are finally doing fleet modernization after stretching out 30 year-old airframes and have new planes to pay for, but so much of what they're choosing to do operationally is clearly just profit maximizing. Ed is an accountant at heart.

We have had that happen to us. Which sucked because when they finally came out, you had to scarf it down.... Or they didn't do anything.

 

[St. Clown]

thank god we're banning renewable energy projects!

And we’re missing out on innovations Chinese manufacturing has done for EVs lately. BYD has a new recharge system that uses its proprietary “Blade” recharger. It’ll take a battery from 30% to 80% in about 5 minutes, and almost 100% if you give another 5 minutes. That part may actually be a (not) ancient Chinese secret.

 

[ticapnews]

And now we are galloping. 111.83 a few minutes ago. Backed off a bit but still above 111 and the trading volume is notably increasing.

Interesting to watch the world end in realtime.

I made a tidy profit on the oil futures market today. Turned $4.5 into $9

Lobster and cracked crab for everyone!

 

[ScoobyDoo]

The Associated Press (@apnews.com)

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development. https://bit.ly/4tFjMmb

bsky.app

We are the dumbest nation on Earth. It doesn't get any dumber. We had it all, and we pissed it all away.

 

[MichVandal]

And we’re missing out on innovations Chinese manufacturing has done for EVs lately. BYD has a new recharge system that uses its proprietary “Blade” recharger. It’ll take a battery from 30% to 80% in about 5 minutes, and almost 100% if you give another 5 minutes. That part may actually be a (not) ancient Chinese secret.

While that is cool and all, there are no chargers in the world that normal people can use which can do that. And there probably never will be.

It's way beyond the 350kW chargers that are available.

So....

 

[MichVandal]

The Associated Press (@apnews.com)

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development. https://bit.ly/4tFjMmb

bsky.app

We are the dumbest nation on Earth. It doesn't get any dumber. We had it all, and we pissed it all away.

What about onshore? There are a ton of maga farmers who lease their lands to wind power. It would be hilarious that they lose out, again, by their vote.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

What about onshore? There are a ton of maga farmers who lease their lands to wind power. It would be hilarious that they lose out, again, by their vote.

We should be tearing all of them down. Now. If they're ugly in the ocean they're fucking ugly on land.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

And we’re missing out on innovations Chinese manufacturing has done for EVs lately. BYD has a new recharge system that uses its proprietary “Blade” recharger. It’ll take a battery from 30% to 80% in about 5 minutes, and almost 100% if you give another 5 minutes. That part may actually be a (not) ancient Chinese secret.

Renewable energy and medical/clinical investments are dead here for the rest of my lifetime, which is why I'm getting another passport.

No one in their right mind will invest here when every 4 years, long term projects will be cancelled so we can do more coal and kill more people with raw milk and beef tallow

 

[Kepler]

The Associated Press (@apnews.com)

The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development. https://bit.ly/4tFjMmb

bsky.app

We are the dumbest nation on Earth. It doesn't get any dumber. We had it all, and we pissed it all away.

This reminds me of a tragedy of science, business, and cultural philosophy in the chemical industry of the late 19th century. The British had a commanding lead in chemistry because they were first off the mark in the industrial revolution. They had the infrastructure, scale, markets, and finance structure. They just needed to encourage young students to get into applied sciences and find applications.

But, the English had an ideological blind spot: applications were viewed as lower class and not the sort of thing a gentleman did. The best British minds were still educated according to classical models of rhetoric and thinking that reinforced class hierarchies and a barrier to entry for new money. The Europeans who exploited the very discoveries that the British had initiated were, instead, the Germans, who create a dynamic educational apparatus that churned out busy beaver applied scientists who used those theories to create artificial dyes, fertilizers, and explosives. The Germans wrested the technological edge from right under the English because the latter were too bullheaded and hidebound by Old Think. And because of it, Germany was able to eventually make the run at English commercial dominance that in large part triggered the Great War.

England : Germany :: US : China

Dump's thinking is 75 years out of date, and he is dragging the US into scientific catatonia.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

And it's incredibly sad, cause once you lose that you do not get it back easily. And we have no credibility in science anymore. We destroyed USAID which means we destroyed all our soft power. And now we're bankrupting ourselves even more on Hard Power. All the money wasted on Iran is sickening.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Well, just wait. The upcoming food crisis is gonna be YUGE.
Fertilizer prices? haha. bunch of farmers in MN and WI are declining to plant this year, due to fertilizer costs
extreme heat is the biggie. yields are significantly down above 30 C, and workers can't be outside enough. The fish are also dying with increasing water temps. And livestock also dies at much higher rates in the extreme heat

it gonna be bad bad.

 

[Kepler]

And it's incredibly sad, cause once you lose that you do not get it back easily. And we have no credibility in science anymore. We destroyed USAID which means we destroyed all our soft power. And now we're bankrupting ourselves even more on Hard Power. All the money wasted on Iran is sickening.

Time is a flat circle.

In the following decades, Zheng He would take the Treasure Fleet on six voyages, visiting Southeast Asia, India, Arabia, and East Africa. Unlike the later European colonizers or ancient Roman merchants who also engaged in the Indian Ocean trade, the Chinese had a different mission. The enormous navy was designed to coerce foreign leaders to submit to the Ming and to accept the emperor’s nominal control. It was gunboat diplomacy at its finest. In some rare cases when the sheer size of the imperial “treasure ships” failed to impress the locals, Zheng He, skilled in the art of war, would employ his fleet’s massive firepower. Thus, it is unsurprising that all six missions were a huge success, flooding Nanjing with exotic gifts and bringing many foreign envoys to the capital. By 1431, over thirty countries, from Malacca to East Africa, became part of the Ming tributary system.

However, not everyone was satisfied with the Treasure Fleet’s accomplishments. Particularly vocal was the Confucian faction, who considered the voyages to be wasteful far-flung cruises. Confucians also opposed the Yongle emperor’s policy of putting eunuchs in high positions. They saw Zheng He, a eunuch admiral, as a major threat. In 1424, the Yongle emperor died while leading a campaign against the Mongols in the north. His son immediately put a stop to the costly expeditions, redirecting the funds for military expenditure, including the rebuilding and expansion of the Great Wall.

 

[ScoobyDoo]

Well, just wait. The upcoming food crisis is gonna be YUGE.
Fertilizer prices? haha. bunch of farmers in MN and WI are declining to plant this year, due to fertilizer costs
extreme heat is the biggie. yields are significantly down above 30 C, and workers can't be outside enough. The fish are also dying with increasing water temps. And livestock also dies at much higher rates in the extreme heat

it gonna be bad bad.

Why did they vote for fucklesticks then? Iran war is exactly what they voted for, Harris would have NEVER done it.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

don't even try to figure it out, because they'll do it again. and again. and again.

 

[walrus]

I don't fly nearly as much as many of you, but on the last two trips (four flights) that I've taken in the last 7 months (including the Frozen Four a couple of weeks ago), Delta's service was fine, imho. Drink service and everything else was basically the same as I've typically seen it.

I had no issues with Delta from Maine to Vegas or back. The flight from JFK to Vegas was just about empty(repositioning plane). The one back was full. Airbus is much more comfortable then a 737 when you are tall I can tell you that