Maybe believing you are gods chosen people, isn’t the best starting point when building relations?
As I see it, the Israeli experiment has failed, and now it’s the responsibility of the countries behind it, to step in and close it down, or at the very least set boundaries.

After quickly taking over the UN-mandated buffer zone, Israel expanded its operations to nearby countryside reaching as far as Qatana, 26 km from Damascus.

Why are there still countries supporting Israel?

The royals of the UK is a UK matter, I don’t think people outside UK care much about them.
We have our own Royals, and although I think the principle is morally wrong, they are actually a pretty integral part of our democracy, and have done a good job.
Most here may not realize this, but for instance we have on occasion had a parliamentary stalemate, that the Queen was instrumental in solving quickly, so government could function normally.
This is part of the reason Denmark is one of the most stable countries in the world. So most Danes are pragmatic enough to not to try to fix what already works.
Mind you royalty does NOT interfere in politics, but they facilitate and administrate negotiations in the case parliament can’t decide on who shall run the government.
Yes our royalty cost money, but probably no more than a similar function that would require a president or some other institution.

I’ll never afford that either. But if the xiaomi su7 was available here at the typical China price + 50%, I’d seriously consider that.
https://www.drive.com.au/reviews/2024-xiaomi-su7-review-international-first-drive/

It’s a more sporty hatchback, not one of those bulky SUV cars. A heck of a lot prettier than Polestar and KIA. The new KIA 3 is outright ugly IMO.

There’s a difference between an order contract an a license.
The license to make Arm CPU was granted to Nuvia not to Qualcomm.

Qualcomm using the license, is the same as transferring or selling it, and that’s NOT normal with a patent or copyright license. Except if it is kept within the intended scope.

Qualcomm taking over the license changes the scope, and that would usually be clearly enough to invalidate it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index

United Kingdom ranks 18
USA rank 29

That’s a bullshit argument, practically it’s the same as if Nuvia sold their license to Qualcomm, which they obviously wouldn’t have the right to do.
I don’t see how Arm lost this suit, they did NOT grant that license to Qualcomm. The judgement seems ridiculous.

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Personally the ID3 is a bit too small for me, but the ID4 is pretty good, but the Skoda Enyaq is just a tad better.
If you want something more interesting maybe the Cupra Born is more your style.
But the cars you mention also have their benefits, Kia and Hyundai have more features as standard, but it’s not quite the quality of VW from what I understand from reviewers.
If you want something that isn’t boring there is also BMW, but they are a bit expensive IMO.
Polestar is a bit of a mixed bag from what I understand, and they have financial difficulties. But some people seem to simply love them.
There is also the Ford Explorer, which is also built by VW on the MEB platform.

I agree VW and the Skoda Enyaq are a bit boring,for instance the speeder is calibrated so it doesn’t jerk the car when floored, it’s designed and built to be safe, practical, reliable and comfortable.
I guess it doesn’t get much more boring than that, but it is also makes it a very pleasant car to drive and use.

Anyways we certainly have many great alternatives to Tesla now, also without having to go Chinese.

other automakers have stepped up to try and fill the gap left by Tesla,

Absolutely, IMO VW group has made a stellar job with the MEB platform, and are selling very good Electric cars at competitive prices.
VW group has of course the VW ID series, Skoda Enyaq and Elroq, Cupra Tavascan and Born, Audi E-Tron 4-6-8, Porsche Taycan.

This is a very impressive lineup IMO. And generally they have lower noise and better driving comfort than Tesla. Allegedly drive assist systems are way better than Tesla. No sudden phantom breaking, and no weird warnings about traffic that is completely irrelevant. Common for all is that they are all very good cars, without the weirdness of a Tesla. VW group has about 14 distinct models, so you have way better chance of finding a perfect fit than with Tesla.

Apart from that, if you don’t give a shit politically, we also have some decent Chinese options. Xpeng is very attractive IMO.

The best selling EV here is the Skoda Enyaq, and that’s absolutely with good reason, there is just about nothing to fault on that car IMO, it is also my own personal favorite, although I hate to go mainstream.

To quote Elon Musk:
You’d be a fool to buy anything but a Tesla today.

EU has far better democracy than USA. It’s even part of the requirements to become a member. USA is a dysfunctional democracy, which is why it’s basically a 2 party system. That’s just one party more than any authoritarian nation, and it shows.

The population in USA overall is actually evil, not all as individuals, but as a society. Death penalty, 3 strikes rule, persecution of homeless, bad healthcare for the poor, unlivable minimum wage, highest gun crime in the developed world, regular mass shootings, stand your ground, hostile to the environment and pollutes twice of Europe per capita, the 1% hoarding 50% of the wealth.
Americans in their laws are displaying a general mentality of sociopathy and blaming the victim, and might makes right. It is very clearly a sick society. It’s sad that the sick mentality is so normalized, that many Americans can’t even see it, when it’s pointed out to them!

I am perfectly aware that not all Americans are like that, there are also amazing people, they are like flowers growing through concrete. But USA is a sociopathic society, and Narcissism is widely seen as a virtue, because it seen as an expression of the ultimate individuality and freedom.

Ah OK, I didn’t make that connection. That’s a very good point.

The brutality of American society is insane. No wonder a majority of voters voted for a sociopathic malignant narcissist.
It’s scary how a population can become as evil as has happened in much of USA.

If you are using Firefox and have ublock Origin:
Go to: tools->Add-on and themes->uBlock Origin, in the menu beside the on-off toggle choose preferences. Uncheck uBlock filters. and click apply.
Now choose a youtube video in another tab.
Go back to uBlock preferences, and enable the filters again and apply.
Now you can play video in YouTube again without commercials.

If you don’t have Firefox install it, and If you don’t have uBlock Origin install it.

This is not whiteness it’s racism of the worst kind, and unfortunately most countries have it disregarding color or race.

Oh please, of course they don’t always, but the ones that don’t are generally forced to by oversight.
Yes I kn ow they generally get off easy, but then oversight is increased and if it continues, the penalties increase, until ultimately it will be forced to shut down if illegal activities continue.
So yes generally cooperations do follow the law.

Not quite minuscule, for every ton of jet fuel burned, 2 tons of oxygen is needed, to take that in, about 3-4 ton of atmospheric air goes through the combustion, the volume of that air is quite a lot, and is only sustained because oxygen is constantly renewed. The diamonds will not have self sustained renewal and will be burned up pretty quickly.
Also being an aerosol increases surface and potential chemical reactions by a magnitude of maybe a billion per unit, so although we consider diamonds to be very stable in their normal form, a diamond aerosol is obviously much less so, and UV light refracted could accelerate break down of the diamond aerosol, into free carbon, which will create carbon gasses. I bet researchers have considered this, but I see no numbers for it?

I just wonder why not use sapphire dust instead. Doesn’t it reflect sunlight almost identically?