Business, Economics, and Taxes: Capitalism. Yay? >=(

[Slap Shot]

Lmao. My dudes, Europe, china, and Japan have all begun the transition away from oil in earnest. Manipulating the market isn't going to do anything to impact that trajectory.

And if you think that the BPs, Exxons, chevrons, and Shells are just going to have any issue restarting production when you choke off supply, good luck. The Biden admin will just fill up the SPR tank at rock bottom prices again and absorb your little tantrum keeping the US companies mostly happy.

What's amazing is that the big oil corps have godly amounts of capital to invest into the futures of non-oil avenues if anyone in charge had an ounce of innovation and the balls to execute on it within them. They're the last holdovers of MySpace praying that people won't keep leaving for FB.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Saudi oil production and caravans, two hallmarks of election season

 

[dxmnkd316]

What is funny is that Biden will do something to try and offset their meddling and the Knownothings will whine that he is hurting the strategic reserve, but if he did not thing they would whine he isn't using the Strategic Reserve.

Wait, how could filling the SPR at low rates be bad?

 

[Kepler]

Mattel sells Barbie depicting Native American, uses word for chicken, rather than Cherokee.

Mattel did not consult with the Cherokee Nation on the doll.

“Regrettably, the Mattel company did not work directly with the tribal government’s design and communications team to secure the official Seal or verify it,” the tribe said in a statement. “The printing mistake itself does not diminish what it means for the Cherokee people to see this tribute to Wilma and who she was and what she stood for.”

Several Cherokees also criticized Mattel for not consulting with Mankiller’s only surviving child, Felicia Olaya, who said she was unaware of the doll until about a week before its public launch.

“I have no issues with the doll. I have no issues with honoring my mom in different ways,” said Olaya, who acknowledged she and Soap, her stepfather, are estranged. “The issue is that no one informed me, no one told me. I didn’t know it was coming.”

Olaya also wonders how her mother would feel about being honored with a Barbie doll.

“I heard her once on the phone saying, ‘I’m not Princess Diana, nor am I Barbie,’” Olaya recalled. “I think she probably would have been a little conflicted on that, because my mom was very humble. She wasn’t the type of person who had her honorary degrees or awards plastered all over the wall. They were in tubs in her pole barn.”

Kill consumerism.

 

[aparch]

I'm not defending the Clown or his ruler-made truck here...

But...

Truck Beds have been dramatically shrinking across the board for about 20 years now. It's pretty rare to see a true "long bed" truck nowadays unless you custom order. Currently on your midsize trucks like a Ranger/Colorado/Tacoma, you'll see beds sometimes under 5' (60") with the norm being 6' (72") or less.

Try finding a single cab truck not stripped down as a base model "work truck."

The reason bed sizes have shrunk, especially the Ranger/Colorado/Tacoma, are those vehicles are *only* available in extended cab or crew cab variations.

 

[aparch]

Also, for those following the Cybertruck drama, it's been pointed out that it utilizes a fly-by-wire steering system.

Which is great for a 32,000 pound F-18 going 800 mph, not so great for a 6,800 pound cheese grater driving 35 mph.

Because nothing ever goes wrong with Tesla software which could cause the steering to be unresponsive.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Also worth noting:

several of its rear lights turn OFF when it brakes.
There is no instrument cluster behind the wheel. You need to look at the center console screen.
there are no door buttons inside or out. Meaning you better hope those release properly if you're in an accident and the battery is dead. (And that they don't fail prematurely allowing you to be ejected.

 

[aparch]

Also worth noting:

...

Speaking of the door, Tesla claims that the doors will open even if coated in one inch of ice.

As someone who has struggled to open car doors coated in less ice, unless there's a heating coil in the edge of the door, this is going to be hilarious.

 

[dxmnkd316]

There is absolutely zero chance of it being able to open with an inch of ice. None.

 

[LynahFan]

Also, for those following the Cybertruck drama, it's been pointed out that it utilizes a fly-by-wire steering system.

Which is great for a 32,000 pound F-18 going 800 mph, not so great for a 6,800 pound cheese grater driving 35 mph.

Because nothing ever goes wrong with Tesla software which could cause the steering to be unresponsive.

Well, if you’re going to have a self driving mode anyway, you’re already committed to steer by wire anyway. But the point remains that all of that code had better be developed and tested to the same rigor that aerospace uses for “flight critical” software, namely Do-178 Level A.

The typical aerospace throughput is 10 lines of code per sw engineer per day, so if you have a million lines of code, that’s 100,000 person days. If you want to get it done in some reasonable time, say 4 years of 250 days each (1000 days), then you have 100 developers working for 4 years straight. Figure $400k per year per developer (fully burdened), and you’re looking at $160M of labor, to say nothing of the hardware, labs, etc. needed to support all that work.

 

[dxmnkd316]

"10 lines of code per engineer per day" is about two orders of magnitude lower than I would have guessed. But it also makes me significantly happier and quite a bit more secure flying

It's like students/teacher. Probably better if that number stays under three digits :-D

edit: holy hell. That's very roughly a line of code per hour. It's just really funny to think about that and imagine someone two-finger pecking at a keyboard.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I’m actually taking hoveys advice and selling
y house this spring.

hate to give up a mortgage under 4, but with taxes and insurance I’m just done. Not gonna buy anything else for a while- depending on what I get from this house (fingers crossed) may just try to buy a condo or townhome for nearly all cash on dx side of town.

from 7k to 12k in taxes/insurance in 5 years. Nope! Edina only gonna get worse too- they’ve always made homeowners pay the entire street assessment when a road is redone- resulting in people paying 16-25k for their street. Now they’re phasing it to be more subsidized by property taxes so they’re gonna have to raise them for some time.

realtor coming tomorrow to tour house and figure out what needs to be done next few months to sell in spring. Spring could be busy if rates fall a bit (fingers crossed)

 

[dxmnkd316]

You're could be cashing in at the best possible time. Who knows what's in store? If you aren't getting a return of more than you're paying for taxes it just isn't worth it anymore.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Wait, you have an assessment of $25k for the street!?!??!! Oakdale did ours including curbs for like $3.5k.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Wait, you have an assessment of $25k for the street!?!??!! Oakdale did ours including curbs for like $3.5k.

Not me- many have. The city said the lowest is usually around 16k, some of the mansions in west Edina (like suter and spurgeon hood) were closer to 30k with more property line.

when I was in mpls, I paid 1300 lol

my Edina road was done before I bought and it’s not on the planned map again.

the worst- there are a few families in Edina who paid over 20k for assessment, sold and moved to a different Edina location that was NOT on the published 3 year plan. Then the city changed it and they got hit for another 20k two years after paying the first.

you can imagine the anger. I think moving to property taxes is better but everyone who’s already paid is big, big mad

 

[Handyman]

Wait, how could filling the SPR at low rates be bad?

I dunno ask the media/morons.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Not me- many have. The city said the lowest is usually around 16k, some of the mansions in west Edina (like suter and spurgeon hood) were closer to 30k with more property line.

when I was in mpls, I paid 1300 lol

my Edina road was done before I bought and it’s not on the planned map again.

the worst- there are a few families in Edina who paid over 20k for assessment, sold and moved to a different Edina location that was NOT on the published 3 year plan. Then the city changed it and they got hit for another 20k two years after paying the first.

you can imagine the anger. I think moving to property taxes is better but everyone who’s already paid is big, big mad

Oooof

i still can't believe it was 16k. That's psychotic. If I were a cakeeater I'd ask for all documents related to the bid process.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Oooof

i still can't believe it was 16k. That's psychotic. If I were a cakeeater I'd ask for all documents related to the bid process.

It’s also why so much of Edina is against sidewalks. They have had to pay for them. The city only removes snow from sidewalks if you’re a Main Street or within 3 blocks of a school. Walking around here is maddening because most streets won’t have a sidewalk

 

[dxmnkd316]

It’s also why so much of Edina is against sidewalks. They have had to pay for them. The city only removes snow from sidewalks if you’re a Main Street or within 3 blocks of a school. Walking around here is maddening because most streets won’t have a sidewalk

Jesus. I don't think GDO assesses main roads or sidewalks. And we clean every sidewalk every snowstorm. For a pennies compared to Edina.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

Jesus. I don't think GDO assesses main roads or sidewalks. And we clean every sidewalk every snowstorm. For a pennies compared to Edina.

Best part is the city employs a full time sidewalk inspector…