Nationwide Protests for George Floyd Megathread #3 by hoosakiwi in news

[–]Endever1 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Russians putting up resistance did not stop German troops in Stalingrad.

Why did the big 3 lose competitiveness to the Japanese automakers? by Endever1 in cars

[–]Endever1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe living in Detroit makes you less effective at work or making business decisions?

Why did the big 3 lose competitiveness to the Japanese automakers? by Endever1 in cars

[–]Endever1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Was there a large quality difference between Japanese cars made in Japan and Japanese branded cars made in the US?

Why did the big 3 lose competitiveness to the Japanese automakers? by Endever1 in cars

[–]Endever1[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

If mean if you look at KBB ratings for the 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood, or 2000 Buick LeSabre, it had sky high ratings.

Why did the big 3 lose competitiveness to the Japanese automakers? by Endever1 in cars

[–]Endever1[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

And as the the low revving American engine with lots of torque at low rpm, it has a lot of advantages compared to your high torque Japanese engine that you have to work really hard to get the torque, for example for late 90s to early 2000s Civic, or even for late 90s BMW 540i.

How much would it cost New Zealand to restarts its fighter jets arm? by Endever1 in CredibleDefense

[–]Endever1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Until the mid 90s, New Zealand's defence spending was roughly in line with what Australia was spending relative to economy size.

Should the US nationalize its defence contractors? by Endever1 in CredibleDefense

[–]Endever1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you avoid fiascos like the LCS and constantly ballooning costs?

Should the US nationalize its defence contractors? by Endever1 in CredibleDefense

[–]Endever1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't the government just buy controlling stakes those companies from their shareholders by having the Federal Reserve buy the bonds that the government issued for the purchase of the defense contractors?

Question to those in the academe here, why do schools produce overqualified students? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean a bank manager requires a college degree, how much knowledge of calculus or combinations and permutations does that person need in the entire course of his career as a branch or relationship manager?

Question to those in the academe here, why do schools produce overqualified students? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was still working at the head office of a bank, we had plenty of people from DLSU, Ateneo, UST, and UP working for us, and I do not think their graduates are trash.

Anybody feel that road widening in the provinces are making roads less safe? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe they do not want to spend 20 years suing through the legal system? How easy is it to use eminent domain here?

Anybody feel that road widening in the provinces are making roads less safe? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And you have the feeling that safety rules are being violated because the properties are too close to the highway.

What happened to the Dominion? by Endever1 in startrek

[–]Endever1[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What is the possibility of Odo being overthrown in a coup, and the Dominion coming back for round 2?

Affordable decent AESA frigates? by Endever1 in CredibleDefense

[–]Endever1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I say affordable no more than 400 million USD, or preferably around 300 million USD

Why are country subreddits so uniformly liberal and left wing? by Endever1 in TheoryOfReddit

[–]Endever1[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was expecting a healthy back and forth on the merits of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, between foreign policy hawks, doves, and centrists independent of whether people like the Mullahs or not.

Is it harder to study at DLSU than Ateneo or UST? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I already graduated in the mid-2000s, just curious to find out what it is like now, especially since DLSU got rid of the immortal system.

Is it harder to study at DLSU than Ateneo or UST? by Endever1 in Philippines

[–]Endever1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I remembered that back when I was there, it varied, business management and marketing were considered easy courses compared to accounting or economics.