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> If they fold and remove tariffs on the US

Part of the problem is that Trumps's definition of tariffs doesn't make any sense. VAT isn't a tariff but according to Trump it is.

Does he seriously expect other nations to just get rid of VAT? Or somehow replace it overnight with some other system all just to appease the US? Because that's the only way you can lower 'tariffs' to zero.

It just won't happen and we'll be in a continual standoff until Trump concedes that trade barriers are not in fact a good thing for anyone. He'll never admit it, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if the illusion of a 'deal' is struck in order to save face and reverse this mess once it becomes clear it's not sustainable unless you want to shrink your economy and destroy others at the same time.

Or fiat currency in general. Let's not pretend modern fiat is backed by something solid. The only thing backing it these days is the promise of our grandchildren & their grandchildren being good to pay back debt, eventually.

Recording & sharing video footage using on-board cameras. I mean the cameras and stream is already there, it's trivial to store the data and make it accessible. Better yet, clips could be filtered by sensors being triggered - alarm, door opening, locking of car, automatic emergency brake engaging etc...

Sounds like classic A type personalities with zero technical chops deciding how long a technical project should take to further their own agenda:

> The Migration Programme experienced delays from the outset and fell behind the IMP timings. While progress had been made, on 20 September 2017 the firm decided that the Migration Programme would have to be re-planned. However, nine days after it had resolved to re-plan, and before it had concluded its re-planning exercise, TSB publicly announced it would now migrate in Q1 2018.

Not your keys, not your coins.

The only thing they beat smartphones at is optical zoom. And that's pretty important and one of the few areas where smartphones still lag and can't crack due to their size. Add 10x optical zoom to a new iPhone and watch it crush all former sales records.

This wouldn't be proof that God exists though... proof of God's existence is probably impossible. I mean, hypothetically, if God exists and is willing to do anything to show us he exists, how would you or I verify he exists?

If we were somehow satisfied, how would we satisfy others? Even photos / videos wouldn't be enough as there'd always be claims they were faked. Photos / videos in combination with some sort of unprecedented global weather phenomena may be the best bet but even then science would be falling over itself to explain what happened and wouldn't just accept that yep, god exists and is responsible for that.

Or better yet, just don't answer incoming calls that you're not expecting

Absolutely. If cost of goods goes up 7.8%, most companies will round prices up by 10%. Increased costs is a great excuse to not only pass costs on to the consumer, but sneak in some additional "while we're at it" price rises too.

Having kids fixes the problem of feeling old and lost. Your life now has purpose and you have lifelong blood buddies to share experiences & stories with.

Having kids also means ideally having a stable relationship with a partner and you'll never reach that point without dating.

Work, at the end of the day, is meaningless if you feel your life is without purpose. Money isn't quite meaningless in that it can help to entertain & distract you and also help to attract & retain a partner. Everyone likes someone who is self sufficient.

Most technologies aren't necessary, most companies aren't necessary, most work isn't necessary. If you approach life from that perspective you'll see that the only thing worth dedicating yourself to is family & friends.

If you see an ATM churning out free cash, do you take it and say nothing? You are after all profiting on someone elses mistake...

It's the same situation. Taking money that is not yours is a punishable crime. It's that simple.

The beauty of it comes when you're working in a team of say 5 other front end devs of varying skill levels. There tends to be a large amount of duplication & overlap, people have different ways of doing things and achieving certain looks. If everyone agrees to use tailwind, you stop people from writing custom code which is ultimately a good thing because custom code requires custom comments and custom documentation etc which let's face it - nobody does or wants to do and even if they do, it's not maintained to the sort of standard tailwind docs are.

Technical interviews are high pressure situations that don't just check someone's technical proficiency but rather their ability to cope with pressure, communicate effectively while under that pressure and their willingness / unwillingness to ask for help or recognise their own weaknesses as soon as they realise they can't do something.

All are essential, day-to-day situations any developer will find themselves in. It's difficult to replicate that in anything other than a technical interview.

Having said that, tech employers don't hold the same power they once did. Decent developers with people skills know they can always find work or just make work for themselves if need be. We're entering an era where these guys will set their own hours and pay and the employer will be the interviewee.