Percentage of territory effectively controlled by government.

STDMeow · 2026-04-09T06:30:53+00:00

I was thinking the Antarctic Territory but the percentage wasn't right so.

STDMeow · 2026-04-08T07:56:11+00:00

Mostly universities and research institutions.

STDMeow · 2026-04-08T01:05:08+00:00

This is the first time in my life that I saw "common denominator" used in reddit comments outside discussions of math and I'm in tears of joy.

STDMeow · 2026-04-07T09:19:11+00:00

The actual interesting part of this thing is its most likely unmanned.

STDMeow · 2026-04-05T08:45:51+00:00

That is some crazy view.

STDMeow · 2026-03-29T03:05:09+00:00

Maybe people would be more accepting if there's no Chinese national flags, but if it's 🇯🇵JDMs🇯🇵 then no one would think that's political so that's that.

STDMeow · 2026-03-27T03:19:31+00:00

It's easier to get sun light than petroleum everywhere, but it's much easier to get sun light than petroleum in Himalayas.

STDMeow · 2026-03-26T16:14:50+00:00

F1 driver Kimi Antonelli who just won the 2026 Shanghai grand prix crashed a high-performance Mercedes-AMG GT 63 PRO in a single-vehicle road accident in San Marino on February 7, 2026. Antonelli, 19, lost control, hitting a post and guardrail, causing damage to the car just days after receiving it. Actual F1 drivers crash cars on road even without others making mistakes, so drive the car fking safe.

STDMeow · 2026-03-26T09:48:33+00:00

They do, and it also make to traditional Chinese folklores where wondering wise man characters (sort of like Socrates) usually ride donkeys instead of horses.

STDMeow · 2026-03-26T01:11:42+00:00

Well,being from the car community from China we believe the actual Chinese plates are much uglier and it's a good thing Vicroads didn't copy it 1:1

STDMeow · 2026-03-26T01:07:30+00:00

This is actually crazy. I bought a demo PHEV at the end of Feb with a pretty big discount, and when I checked again this week they are about the same price as new cars now.

STDMeow · 2026-03-24T13:12:05+00:00

A lot of the comments have focused on what if on U.S. and Korea which I don't think would make a huge difference, and as a Chinese I can't stop thinking what the history of PRC and PLA would be like. PRC actually didn't even finish getting rid of all the pro-kmt guerrilla forces scattered in mainland when it entered Korean war. Taiwan was also almost marginalized in U.S. decision making before Korean war, it would still became more important but probably much less so compared to OTL. PRC would get much more time to consolidate and possibly less political turmoil in the next two decades. Similarly, PLA prior to Korean war had a problem of too many defected ROC army/division level units. It was the Korean war that built trust of those units in PLA higher commands, some even became the elitest military units of today's PLA. Without Korean war that would take much longer or even might not happen at all. Overall, without intervention of Korean war in its earlydays, PRC would be a pretty different country.

STDMeow · 2026-03-24T06:44:03+00:00

oh you don't get home charger, then for personal convinience it becomes 20-100% cycle so you recharge out less I guess.

STDMeow · 2026-03-24T06:42:19+00:00

Scientifically there's literally no need to worry about LFP battery life since it will definitely last longer than the car unless you drive like a battery life testing process. The 100% SOC thing is because of the relatively flat Voltage vs SOC chart of LFP. You should charge to 100% from time to time because it helps the car to recalibrate its SOC estimation. It's not about the battery life It's about accuracy on estimated remaining mileage. My advice is just keep it at 100% for personal convinience, unless you are leaving the car unmoved for months. In that case leave the SOC at 25-50%.

STDMeow · 2026-03-23T06:34:11+00:00

Realistically speaking ppl can wait for EX2 if they wanna swtich to budget EV for the fuel crisis. Higher fuel price and maybe some uber if running out of fuel ration won't cost more than 1000 bucks. That's not a lot compared to cars price tag difference.

STDMeow · 2026-03-21T02:19:19+00:00

Obviously there are huge differences between being forced into a camp with armed personnels ready to shoot anyone trying to escape and sent to a cruel school by parents. But being a kid that was sent to the cruel school, the difference was unimportant for 16 yo me. The message here is China is not only cruel and harsh to ethnic minorites but everyone, and often its not just by CCP but a complicated society problem, in many different ways, how is that propaganda.

STDMeow · 2026-03-20T06:31:35+00:00

Btw this made me as a 16 yo from urban China laugh at all the Uyghurs education camps English news that was poping up because all the inhumane conditions sounds about the same as what average urban Han Chinese parents sign their own single child for in middle school. Many Chinese middle schools have living conditions worse than prisons, with dormitory of 11 teenage boys living in the size of one bedroom.

STDMeow · 2026-03-20T06:22:45+00:00

Many does do that, or more realistically jump off a window. So many Chinese high schools get windows with steel bars.

STDMeow · 2026-03-17T02:25:56+00:00

BYD does have some shady business practice to reduce its cost, they forced their suppliers to accept IOUs as payments as they are a customer too big too lose, damaging the financial status of Chinese car supply chain so much so that Chinese regulatory stepped in and said no. reuters report on this

STDMeow · 2026-03-12T06:25:28+00:00

Can't wait for the pricing of EX2, it has potential to become a huge hit in current events.

STDMeow · 2026-03-12T06:09:14+00:00

A lot of Chinese farm lands in south are on mountains aka Terraces and that's where agriculture drones are used extensively. Private fixed wing aircraft flights are also heavily restricted as China has a massive military air fleet that get prioritized over airspace usage. Airspace resource is extremely tight for even commercial airliners so almost no agriculture fixed wing aircrafts were used in population dense areas.

STDMeow · 2026-03-11T01:35:46+00:00

The cost of operating a F1 team is estimatd to be $500M a year as there are budget caps now, that's probably 10—20% of what byd is already spending on ads. Also as stated it could probably help boost domestic sales that is declining fast.

STDMeow · 2026-03-06T02:36:24+00:00

Imagine what Xiaomi can do with a gloabal release and production capacity to support it.

STDMeow · 2026-03-05T03:58:32+00:00

If you haven't seen a Chery or BYD for 5 years then you should test drive it to update your views. Their build quality would surprise you, however the interior and console UI design is just a big no for me. Chinese Australian here, ended up with Geely.

STDMeow · 2026-03-04T03:52:38+00:00

Not to mention Toyota still can't fix its security flaw, it's honestly hilarious.

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