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supersnoop

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CMP said:
To be fair, use of roman numerals is kind of an archaic baby boomer and gen X thing. Kind of like how the highly educated or elites from the Silent Generation and Greatest Generation would learn latin in their youth, treating proficiency with it as a form of status signaling. When gen Z and alpha take over, all communication will be purely in the form of memes.
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NGL, definitely took some Latin classes in high school for that exact reason. Though I genuinely enjoy learning languages (poorly).

tamsen_ikard said:
Not saying its good for them. But I think China should not put too much hopes on having access to the west to sell its cars. And it should not invest too much to setup factories in places like Europe.

Because fundamentally Europe will find excuses to ban chinese cars on national security grounds. And setting factories to avoid tariff will be a waste of money if the cars get banned anyway.

Just treat Europe and other US allies as a optional bonus. Focus on rest of the world. Also avoid India like a plague.
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The reality is that in terms of single markets, China and the US are by far the biggest. Access to the West is not really a big deal. If Europe bans Chinese cars, it will be to their own detriment. The German auto industry's survival is pinned directly on China.
 
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pmc

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Effective date May 1, UAE will leave OPEC and OPEC+
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Its more symbolic moves. Saudi put much more restriction on Qatar before.
UAE can just say to foreign investor since they are in conflict with Saudi they cannot pay or need external help. Iran is reduced to fighting UAE.
for Saudi its oppurtunity. Saudi ports are now extenisvely used by GCC.
This longer flights favor wide body aircraft which Saudi want to concentrate with premium service.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2049113604260061310

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henrik

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tamsen_ikard said:
Not saying its good for them. But I think China should not put too much hopes on having access to the west to sell its cars. And it should not invest too much to setup factories in places like Europe.

Because fundamentally Europe will find excuses to ban chinese cars on national security grounds. And setting factories to avoid tariff will be a waste of money if the cars get banned anyway.

Just treat Europe and other US allies as a optional bonus. Focus on rest of the world. Also avoid India like a plague.
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European cars will be banned in China as well. Also, no more rare earths for European countries.
 
supercat

supercat

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Interesting:
As a result, total Chinese crude oil inventories still stand at ~1.8 billion barrels, including strategic reserves.

Since March 2025, inventories have risen +400 million barrels, or +29%.
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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2048928998026100768

The answer is a resounding yes. Keep coping.

Is China’s military as strong as it looks?​

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Cry ab it.

Beijing Is Using Influencers to Burnish Its Image​

Chinamaxxing” has become an online phenomenon.
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