I obviously have a different definition of “charismatic” to many other people, because Trump has zero charisma in my eyes. He was repugnant in the 80s and he’s repugnant today.

It’s interesting when America tries to make British panel shows (like the recent HIGNFY one). The competition aspect and the points, which are only a conceit in the British version, start having importance. They care who wins and it destroys the comedy. The right answer becomes more important than the funny answer.

“Iron Knight”?

Yes, but have you ever seen a vice president as visible and vocal as this one?

Trump is certainly the wrong model, but they do need to communicate better. In particular I think they need to communicate the reasons behind their decisions.

• Why aren’t we standing with countries like Canada in response to Trump’s sabre rattling?
• Why haven’t they just told Trump to get fucked in trade talks when his administration is asking for changes in our laws?
• What are the cuts on winter fuels and disability benefits paying for?
• Why are we not looking to rejoin the customs union to remove barriers to trade with the EU?

Etc, etc, etc.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-security-service-blew-up-main-railway-connection-between-russia-china/

So far it’s been contained by hitting supply routes between the two. The rail line in particular is vulnerable due to the terrain it runs through.

I suspect the China is quite happy to sell arms, but doesn’t want to actually enter the war.

I think it’s a bit reductionist to say “similar mentalities”. They’re both authoritarian states, but that’s pretty much where it ends.

Putin’s Russia is all about reviving the Russian Empire and reliving past glories. China is capitalist through and through. They want to own world trade. As such they do not share goals, and if there is an alliance it will be a utilitarian one and probably short lived after it’s usefulness has ended.

Like this

It’s the ignoring of people’s issues that’s the key problem. If the people are hurting and the government aren’t doing anything to help them, preferring to bail out corporations or enable their exploitation of their customers/employees, then the people will look for alternatives to vote for.

All the extremists need to do is pay lip service and they have a ready made electoral platform.

It also said he’s 6’3" and 224 lbs. I’m calling BS on both of those.

They maintained it, but I think it was energy negative.

No, which is why people saying “Buy it and don’t connect it to the internet” isn’t helping. More people need to not buy it and tell other people not to buy it.

To get them to stop they need to lose both the original sale and the additional advertising revenue. Right now their thinking is:

• People are buying our TVs
• Putting advertising on them isn’t causing our sales to drop
• Therefore it’s costing us next to nothing to do.
• It often gets us extra revenue if they connect to the internet.
• If they don’t connect, we still more than covered our costs.

There is no downside for them. Only upside. The equation needs to change for them to stop doing it.

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They’re industrial boxes with a screen. Not aesthetically what I want in my living room. The displays are chosen for their longevity, not their picture quality. They’re often actively cooled with fans, so adding a noise level to their operation.

Have you asked an LLM to translate anything bigger than a few sentences? It doesn’t have enough contextual storage to keep a whole paper “in mind” and soon wanders off into nonsense.

Google translate is a different beast.

I don’t like the hate speech laws because I think they can be abused to include far too much, however NO LAW SHOULD BE CHANGED IN THE UK IN THE PERSUIT OF TRADE WITH THIS CUNT.

He can fuck right off.

You’re still rewarding bad behaviour. They still put all the crap on and made the sale anyway.

I agree, but with TVs (or large displays" we’re at the point where there are no good options. Commercial displays are over engineered for the home and lag in technology Vs home TVs. So they’re not an option. Lg and Samsung are the display technology leaders, but their TVs are full of crap— so no. Monitors don’t go large enough for the living room.

Guess I’m stuck with what I have.