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  • JBar2toFuck CarsThis change just happened in Lille, France
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    5 months ago

    They’re typically small businesses, what reason do they have to lie about business being down?

    I’m sure they have the data, and I’m sure if a local government or journalist wanted to, they could look at tax records to see revenue impact

    I don’t think anyone would argue that such enhancements are a bad thing in the long run if 1) If the enhancements ultimately bring in more shoppers/customers, 2) there is still parking available in the area, and 3) the businesses can survive 6-12 months of reduced revenues

    My response was really directed at comments implying that the businesses are essentially whining. There’s a very real impact during construction, and certain businesses could be hurt by reduced parking, particularly in the states where the car is king






  • Jesus fucking christ.

    Impeachment requires a simple majority in the House, which is highly, highly unlikely to happen

    Conviction and removal requires 2/3 majority in the Senate, which is abso-fucking-lutely not going to happen given that the Repubs have a simple majority and are are lapdogs of Trump

    Anyone crying about impeachment are either so completely uninformed that they should be lobotomized for the sake of the Republic, or else they are so delusional that they should be involuntarily committed for observation and treatment

    Grow the fuck up and start actually doing something useful. Protest, curb stomp nazis, assassinate fascists

    Do anything useful, but stop clutching pearls on social media


  • He said his manufacturing cost is $650 using US components vs $550 using foreign components. So the manufacturing cost is about 18% more

    But he also said that he’s selling the US-made phone for $2000 vs $799 for the one using foreign components, so the consumer (retail) cost is about 150% more

    His profit margin on the US phone is a bit more than twice that of the Chinese phone

    I don’t know if he’s comparing apples to apples (ha!) when he says his Chinese phone is comparable in cost to an iphone, because the specs could be totally different

    To only be $100 more to make it in the US seems surprising, but perhaps less so if they are outdated components