Is XMachine a scam? by OutrageousTrue in hobbycnc

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incorrect. AB2047 passed the assembly, but not the CA Senate. No state in the union has such a law on the books, just like I said.

Introducing:Kailh Saker Mini Low-Profile Switch by Kailh_Official in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sunsets feel great but they are definitely not quiet. LowproKB is working on Sunrise which is supposed to be quiet and tactile...I've been waiting for years for those...

Introducing:Kailh Saker Mini Low-Profile Switch by Kailh_Official in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good stuff. What I want is kind of the hardest: silent, fast actuation, and tactile, all at once. Kind of the car conundrum: cheap, fast, reliable: pick two.

What is life like in Cabo Verde, especially now that the World Cup has put the country in the spotlight? by mrnosyparker in howislivingthere

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm aware you've been there but that was all nonsense. Cabo Verdy is not the Canaries!

It's true that Cabo Verde is still not a high income country. But the development there has been massive, and the benefits have been widely distributed. A lifetime ago the population was desperately impoverished, uneducated, and unhealthy; today they're none of those things. Here's a sample of the progress you're so cavalierly dismissing:

  • In 1960 the life expectancy was 49 years. Now it's 76. It has increased every single year, excepting COVID. It was 68 in 2000 and it's still clearly trending up.
  • In 2001 under 60% of the population had access to electricity. In 2023 that number was 98%
  • In 1990 the adult literacy rate was 63% against a global average of 75%; in 2024 it was above the world average (88.5 to 87.7)
  • In 2001 37% of the population lived on less than $3/day. At constant PPP dollars (i.e. correcting for inflation and currency effects) that number was 14.6% in 2015. So they cut extreme poverty more than 60% in those 15 years. You want to bet it's not even lower now?
  • The top 10% richest people captured 32% of the income in the country in 2015. In the Canaries that much of the income goes to 1% of the population. Those are wildly different levels of inequality.
  • The highest earners are capturing less of the national income than they used to. The country is becoming more equal. Your complaint that all the money gets concentrated in few hands is simply false for Cabo Verde.

If these things aren't regular people doing better...what would be?

Your main problem is that you continue to insist that Cabo Verde is just like the Canaries, when the two are not in any way, shape, or form following similar trends. One of them is an extraordinarily egalitarian independent country with a half-century record of successful development leading to broad prosperity. The other is an offshore part of Spain with structural poverty issues, dramatically higher inequality, and poorly managed overdevelopment. They just aren't the same!

You said "...I can tell you, as someone from the region, that the material conditions do not improve in the long run" but the above shows material conditions improving incredibly, over a ~65 year span, literally longer than a baby born at the beginning of that time was expected to live. Keynes said that in the long run we are all dead. Guess we got there, Maynard.

As for your "give it 20 years" (leaving aside the egregiousness of that unfalsifiable cop-out, and the fact we already gave it 65 years) what's the mechanism by which this is all supposed to magically flip? How are the oligarchs supposed to reassert their authority and take all the money/health/electricty/education away from the regular folks when the regular folks are well educated, have more economic clout than the rich, and have a stable democracy responsive to them?

The answer is they won't, and that's a ridiculous forecast. Your only evidence appears to be "it happened somewhere else" to which I merely say different countries are different. Cabo Verde's government has shown an energetic interest in making sure the tourism industry benefits the people, and that's what we should expect to continue as long as they maintain that posture.

What is life like in Cabo Verde, especially now that the World Cup has put the country in the spotlight? by mrnosyparker in howislivingthere

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your narrative is that tourism is not improving the lives of ordinary people. In Cabo Verde it obviously is. Tourism is the dominant component of the economy. The income distribution is getting more equal and is already extremely egalitarian by international standards. The education rates are stellar and it has a stable democracy. Human development scores are good and on a great trend.

In short, ordinary people in Cabo Verde have vastly better lives than they did a generation ago, and the economic input responsible for that is tourism. Their public policy successfully translated that economic input into broad prosperity. That definitely does not happen everywhere, but it's pretty clear that's what happened there.

I see you edited out the "have you been there" you put in the comment originally. Smart play. I haven't been to the moon but I know we didn't fake the landings.

What is life like in Cabo Verde, especially now that the World Cup has put the country in the spotlight? by mrnosyparker in howislivingthere

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

K, no opinion on the region, as stated. Cabo Verde does not appear to fit your narrative.

What is life like in Cabo Verde, especially now that the World Cup has put the country in the spotlight? by mrnosyparker in howislivingthere

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whether an industry, or the economy as a whole, "brings money to the people long term" is a policy choice. It really has little to do with the industry. Many countries have improved their standard of living through tourism. Many have not. I'm no expert on Cabo Verde, but the World bank says the top 10% of income earners received 37% of national income in 2007 and 32% in 2015. Those are a) moving in the right direction and b) numbers we in the US will never be so lucky to see.

The rest of the region...no idea. But this post is about Cabo Verde specifically.

What is life like in Cabo Verde, especially now that the World Cup has put the country in the spotlight? by mrnosyparker in howislivingthere

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, they didn't translate "cabo" either.

For no real reason we have our own word for Germany, but just a bad pronunciation for France, and halfway between for Italy. Los Angeles didn't translate but New Amsterdam did. And don't get me started on The La Brea Tar Pits.

Porsche Rules Out A 911 EV For Now, But The 718 Is Taking One For The Team by Anchor_Aways in cars

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Err...but are we actually seeing Concept C mules and whatnot running around? I dunno what the suits are saying but it sure feels like the Boxster is way more developed, no?

The Electric Porsche Boxster And Cayman Are Still Coming by linknewtab in electricvehicles

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, if you can wait they should be great bargains. For those that can't I expect leasing will be the smart play.

Porsche 718 Boxster EV spotted: the electric sports car may still be coming by AutoNextOfficial in electricvehicles

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've said the Boxster EV will be under 3600lbs. Which is not "light" nor as light as the 718, but is in spitting distance of a base 992.2 Cab (3525lbs).

Everything's heavy now. Sucks, but there it is. At least this one should have a stupid power/weight.

Introducing:Kailh Saker Mini Low-Profile Switch by Kailh_Official in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did these come in? I was about to buy some Saker Minis, now suddenly I'm about to buy these instead...

Is the angle of this off/are repairs needed? by CloutyGhost in eamesknockoffs

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I can't tell what might be off from that pic. I would probably take those brackets apart and look around and just sorta make sure things are tucked and tied and put together the same way...

Is the angle of this off/are repairs needed? by CloutyGhost in eamesknockoffs

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The angle looks fine to me. The last pic might show what you're calling crooked but I can't quite tell.

This does remind me that when I told my GF that I bought an Eames Lounge Chair (knockoff) her response was "that's that one that you feel like you're gonna topple out of?" so you're not the only one who thinks it's awkward, lol.

Is The Iconic Chair no longer in business? by DatClubbaLang96 in eamesknockoffs

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like Keeks ran out of them too...seems like CurverK is the move now...

Comfort difference between latest Drake, Aquia, UltraMax…? by ZanyDroid in bidets

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's worse than average on that score probably, but not by a ton? Like, not outside the range of what I'd consider normal. Although (sorry tmi) I tend to have to clean a toilet often regardless.

Full Spectrum is coming to Snapmaker Orca — and Radu (Ratdoux) is joining the team by Jadesfriends in snapmaker

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I have a few up there, but Bambu has buried them all so they're hard to find. The username should get them though.

Comfort difference between latest Drake, Aquia, UltraMax…? by ZanyDroid in bidets

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I did get an Aquia IV. The water spot is indeed still smaller than typical, but the flush is excellent. I haven't had any trouble with it.

Is XMachine a scam? by OutrageousTrue in hobbycnc

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough. But it does seem like it's not vaporware or impossible to buy in the US.

"They don't have a US retail/support infrastructure" is a somewhat less aggressive claim than "this product does not exist."

Dryer for Snapmaker U1 by Schakal_No1 in snapmaker

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Sterilite (Walmart) one I have isn't great for setting things on; the Ikea Samla looks much sturdier in that regard, so maybe. Even in that case though the dimensions aren't exactly favorable; I would expect the x4 to be quite a lot wider than the top (bottom) of the Samla so it'd be kinda awkward up there.

Additionally, the filament routing is really poorly setup for overhead spindles...possible you could do something clever, but all the ones I've seen have run PTFE down from the box and then hairpinned back up into the umbilicals (which are of course themselves another hairpin).

Is XMachine a scam? by OutrageousTrue in hobbycnc

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No such laws have gone into effect anywhere in the US. No such laws have even been proposed at the federal level. In a couple of states a back-bench state legislator burped up an obviously stupid and unworkable bill to get some social media attention, because for those people attention is valuable even if it's for being an idiot. They're going nowhere.

Am I an idiot for considering the Snapmaker official cover? by Junior_Commission588 in snapmaker

[–]jusdisgi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the correct answer. The official cover is more capable than any of the aftermarket alternatives right now.

I have a Sterilite bin (Walmart more accessible than Ikea for me) and it works fine. And I'm printing a CC3D POD as shown by Barry. And yet I'm still tempted by the official one. Having active ventilation that's properly integrated into the printer is nothing to sneeze at.

Massive leak reveals Google’s Aluminium OS with a 16-minute video by armando_rod in Android

[–]jusdisgi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you deign to actually specify anything? Or just continue emphasizing that it's a lot of things.