DaedPsyker

I agree, it shouldn't be. Particularly as I can't imagine them removing reviews if it praised a feature that was subsequently removed or changed.

It will be. The best case might be valve turns into some form of co-op, it might keep some of that culture going.

I don't see MAGA surviving post Trump.

I'd say it will morph, and elements will remain in the republican party but not intact.

Trump is a huge magnetising force but without him, it doesn't really have anyone else. Sure people like Vance will try to further their own ambition but none of them will succeed in taking on the mantle and keeping it as the force is today.

Tokyo is one of the new cities, interesting. Is this the first non-US city waymo has tested in?

A few here have commented on different aspects, and they have their part to play but I agree with you, market fragmentation is the scale killer.

From an outside perspective it might appear like Europe is a true single market like the US but it isn't. Scaling to a European level isn't impossible but it is difficult. Some of that will just be difficult to do anything about, language, different cultures, etc. On the political side I'm sure there is plenty more the EU can do but I don't see the will.

There is the expression in English, rubbing your/their hands with glee. All context dependent as for the physicality. Someone holding their hands tightly and rubbing them might be nervous for example. Someone fast moving them but not cold could be more joyous.

I don't agree with that framing. It reads more as saying what Google did was worse than it appears, not waving away.

Whatever your own opinion, Google did it out of what they perceived to be good intentions (and very likely business sense given a global audience for their products). Yet their intentions directly lead to unintended consequences. Google is being a baby with a gun in essence. Like he says, what if they decide to ask it to solve climate change and it decides to wipe humans out?

Obviously it's still very theoretical and can't do anything like that, but the point is more that perhaps Google doesn't have the culture necessarily to truly interrogate their actions.

While I'd say so, I don't think in the medium future it would have made much difference.

China wants ensure control over strategic elements anyway. I suspect that the west has started betting on China intending to primarily rely on domestic production. Possibly to preempt the future, avoid companies getting entangled further, and slow China down even if just marginally, the west has settled this policy. I say west but this is more a US thing, Europe was more reluctant to follow it.

And misery if done wrong. I have to temper my perfectionist temperament to avoid the self flagellation that comes with small failings.

I wouldn't classify that as wholly accurate. Yes there is a substantial rural community but that's quite true for lots of Ireland. Letterkenny in Donegal has a sizeable tech sector for a small place although one with an unfortunate road network far too small for the traffic it gets. Internet was pretty standard when I lived there, nothing to write home about but not slow. Amenities aren't going to be extensive of course so if you're used to a city you'd find it sparse.

The other aspect is, while Donegal is more remote to the rest of the Republic, Derry in Northern Ireland is a city right beside it and is generally considered part of the overall area. North west that is, it's not within Donegal itself.

I can't speak for the islands though.

That appears to show that the volume has returned but not its price.

"The revenue is still down 43% from a year ago, the IEA said, as Russia is forced to sell its barrels to a more limited pool of customers who can negotiate greater discounts."

But they aren't selling at their original price, Russia is now selling to those partners at a reduced price.

At the very least it reduces the amount of funds Russia has at its disposal for the war.

While it might not have been communist, Korea certainly was oppressive when it built the chaebols which did involve a fair bit of government management.