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by hnarn | 2025-04-03 13:25:42+00:00
I'm European. While it's pretty childish to paint the US and the EU as two human being with a "relationship" it's of course pretty jarring to see a country that has for my entire life been the undisputed cultural hegemony simply check out of the world stage and suddenly treat everyone on "their" side (culturally, politically and economically) like an enemy, or at the very least an abuser.

I'm not an economist, but I don't think you have to be one to realize that kicking the entire global economy right between the legs will lead to a recession -- just look at the supply chain issues that echoed for years after Covid, and the massive "quantitative easing" that had to be done to avoid a recession.

The abandonment of trade partnerships I could live with, I'll make it through a recession and every country is free to elect their own politicians and make their own fiscal policies, dumb as they may be; I don't get my "feelings hurt" by Americans wanting to bring back manufacturing jobs -- although I have issues understanding the reasoning.

What worries, and actually saddens me, is the complete doing away with of values, that I do think have existed in the past. The US has never been a beacon of exemplary behavior, and I understand that "nations have no friends, only interests" -- one needs to look no further than the US treatment of the Kurds for an example of this -- but it's unbelievable to me how so many Americans can not see the American self-interest in making Russia pay for what they've done in Ukraine.

Russia has been the main antagonist of the US for the entire post-ww2 era. It's a totalitarian state and an obvious enemy to the US. Invading Ukraine was a massive mistake, and all the richest country in the world had to do to basically risk-free damage their biggest antagonist, was to keep pressing a dollar-button together with the EU. No boots on the ground, no Iraq- or Afghanistan scale disaster, just military and economic support for a country that could end up being an extremely close ally. There is literally zero chance Russia could win a war of attrition with this dynamic. Instead, it's like the Soviet union in the 70s would have given away Cuba for free and instead threatened to invade North Korea.

In the end, I think what makes me uncomfortable is that I truly do not understand what it is that the average American (or voter) wants, because the actions of the US on the international stage makes no sense to me, yet so many Americans seem to cheer it on.
by myrmidon | 2025-04-03 13:25:42+00:00
> even though the US rates are far lower than the EU's

What does "far lower" mean to you? Can you give examples? Because to me, the view "Trumps tariffs are only matching what foreign nations already do" is just factually wrong.

Personally, I just think blanket tariffs as a significant form of government income is highly detrimental, from a foreign policy perspective (=> alienates allies, encourages retaliation), as a tax-substitute (because it's basically a regressive "tax-the-rich-less" scheme, which, given meteorically rising wealth inequality, is the last thing we need) and also for economic development (because there is neither the workforce, nor the actual desire, to build up low-margin manufacturing in the US-- making those products 30% more expensive is not gonna change that meaningfully).

> A similar group has historically been strongly against government corruption but recently have been attacking efforts to uncover and stop corruption in the US Federal government.

I don't have a lot of beef in this, personally, but if you're talking about doge:

I just have to look at their website, and what I see are numbers that don't add up at all, containing a lot of cuts for purely policy reasons, wrapped in highly partisan messaging.

I'd be strongly against that even if they advocated for wheelchair accessibility and gay rights on their twitter, or w/e.

Corruption, to me, is if you buy influence on government policy by spending money on officials, and that is exactly what I see under Trump.
by atVelocet | 2025-04-03 13:25:56+00:00
Seems i lack a lot of professional knowledge so please enlighten me on how you would do it.

Why use ADK or SCCM for a personal install?

The custom firewall is just a frontend for the builtin firewall.

GP reg keys are used by many third party tools to alter the system. So why use extra software if you can get this directly from the vendor?

And also a rant about anti virus: What do think is the first thing malware does? How does your system get infected if you are using an updated browser, open mails in it and use it for viewing attachments like PDF? Maybe there is even malware out there that does take advantage of high jacking the anti virus and its system priviliges? But who knows… it always depends on the user and the use case.
by _heimdall | 2025-04-03 13:26:05+00:00
Details of the tariffs weren't known at all until yesterday, they were quiet.

The comment I replied to was claiming that Trump himself was still deciding what the tariffs would be until this week. My question was how we could be so certain of that.

As far as reciprocity goes, how is this plan not based at least in part on reciprocity? They claim other countries have taken advantage of the US and we're on the losing end of trade deficits. The tariffs they announced seem to be based entirely on trade deficits/surpluses with each country.

I have no idea if this would work or what the administration's real motives are, but the on the surface it sure seems like they proposed tariffs that target the problem they claim - trade imbalances.
by dali99 | 2025-04-03 13:26:27+00:00
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by vladms | 2025-04-03 13:26:30+00:00
I could say the same about the period of peace in the USA which is only from 1865 (Edit: 1865 is the civil war, but thought hey let's look, and it seems there were conflicts with Indians up to 1924!) . It is an exception, because before that it was "the wild west", with various conflicts around.

And not sure how this will play out long term, I don't get an impression that USA states are so aligned on everything.
by CapricornNoble | 2025-04-03 13:26:45+00:00
Half the people complaining about Trump's actions say that it's all according to Project 2025, and half the people say what you're saying, that's it all chaotic incompetence with no plan.

I suppose the worst-case scenario is elements of both are true. They've got a fucked up playbook but can't even execute it correctly?

For the record I also don't think they are likely to succeed, I'm just trying to assess what/how they might be planning, or what direction they think they can take the country in. We can agree that they probably won't get the results they want and that America is in for a very rough ride.
by kochb | 2025-04-03 13:27:15+00:00
The exact growing conditions for olive production aren’t common in the US, so most of the production comes from California - west of Sacramento and south along the San Joaquin river. There are a lot of barriers in bringing specialty crops to market related to know-how and contracting sale of product, so even in other areas where growth may be possible it may be infeasible.

https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/fruits/olives

https://croplandcros.scinet.usda.gov/
Show HN: Helping My Friend with ADHD Eat Better
by Belsonsan | 2025-04-03 13:27:30+00:00
My friend with ADHD struggled with meals—forgotten groceries, decision fatigue, and too much takeout. I built a simple meal plan to help, and it evolved into Weekly Table Foods: a web app that organizes meals, generates grocery lists, and removes the overwhelm.

My best friend has ADHD, and one of his biggest struggles was eating properly. He would forget to buy groceries, get overwhelmed by meal choices, and default to ordering takeout. I started by making simple weekly meal plans for him, just as a way to help. But as I refined the system, I realized he wasn’t the only one facing this problem.

That’s how Weekly Table Foods was born—a web app designed to make meal planning easy and structured, especially for people who struggle with executive function. The project started small, but as I got feedback from others, I added features: a grocery list that updates automatically, meal variety for different dietary needs, and a simple, distraction-free UI.

It’s still evolving, and I’d love to hear what you think. If you've ever struggled with meal planning (or know someone who has).
by dashundchen | 2025-04-03 13:27:41+00:00
Just posting something doesn't make it true. Don't be disingenuous by making it seems like Sanders supports this idiotic "plan" just because he spoke out in favor of certain tariffs or against parts of free trade in the past.

In fact he called these tariffs along with Trump's plan to cut taxes on he wealthy an absurd transfer of wealth:

> Trump's absurd idea to replace the income tax with a sales tax on imported goods would be the largest transfer of wealth in U.S. history. If enacted, taxes would go up by over $5,000 a year for a middle class family, while those in the top 0.1% would get a $1.5 million tax break.

https://xcancel.com/BernieSanders/status/1850933809384137106

And Trump's economic plan "insane"

> https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/bernie-sanders-...

Many agree, most polls have Trump far underwater in his handling of the economy.

> Respondents gave Trump poor marks for his handling of the economy, which 37% approved of, with 30% approving of his work to address the high cost of living, an issue that also dogged Biden.

https://www.reuters.com/default/trump-approval-falls-43-lowe...
by ErrorNoBrain | 2025-04-03 13:28:02+00:00
I mean sure, being able to keep a 17 year old laptop is alive, is awesome...

but why?

I get special hardware needs to live for a long time, like, an arcade machine, specialized equipment or something. but some random laptop?

what can it do, that a modern computer cant, apart from being repaired easily (lets ignore framework laptops for the sake of argument)

if his point is he just wants a framework laptop, it already exists.
by fosk | 2025-04-03 13:28:02+00:00
To be fair this strategy will work if other countries cannot tolerate tariffs for long enough to come up with non-USD trade that is accepted by everyone. Which to be fair may take them a very long time.

If they fold and remove tariffs on the US (so the US can drop the tariffs on them) before coming to an agreement because the economical pressure of tariffs is too high, then this will result in the largest market expansion the United States has ever seen.

My point is: yes lots of negatives can happen, but let’s also look at what happens if it works out so we are intellectually honest about what’s going on here.
by Belsonsan | 2025-04-03 13:28:17+00:00
One of the biggest surprises in building this was realizing how much decision fatigue affects people with ADHD when it comes to food. The original plan was just a basic meal schedule, but my friend kept running into small obstacles—like forgetting ingredients or getting stuck in a loop of eating the same thing. So I kept tweaking it based on real feedback.

Now, the app suggests meals while balancing variety, generates a grocery list, and keeps everything organized without overwhelming options. It’s still a work in progress, but seeing it actually help people makes the effort worth it. If you’ve ever tried to meal prep with ADHD, what’s been your biggest challenge?
by mystified5016 | 2025-04-03 13:28:26+00:00
Serious answer to an unserious question: probably not!

If you're travelling between stars, you do actually need star trek sci-fi shields. The relative velocity turns interstellar dust into bullets that would obliterate an unshielded ship. Assuming those shields can operate in proximity to a planet, they could simply shove their way through the debris cloud.

Alternately, an interstellar ship probably has a lot of power to throw around and likely a lot of time they're willing to spend. It's not unreasonable to think that a starship would be equipped to deal with some amount of orbital debris. Probably point defense lasers or something. Maybe a tractor beam.
by asoneth | 2025-04-03 13:28:28+00:00
Fatalities seems like a more relevant safety metric than collisions.

"IIHS research examining large U.S. cities with red light camera programs found significant reductions in citywide fatal red light crash rates (and fatal crash rates of all types) at intersections with traffic signals, including intersections that didn’t have a camera. ... Cities that discontinue their programs tend to feel the sting. The fatal crash rate was 30% higher in cities that shuttered their red light camera programs." https://www.amica.com/en/resources/auto/safety/ways-red-ligh...

But the data do indicate that the benefits of automated traffic enforcement vary widely by community. I suspect any of poor road design, reckless driving culture, or local corruption that prioritizes income over safety can lower their net utility, and some combinations of those might even make their utility net negative.
by jerf | 2025-04-03 13:29:00+00:00
I'd also call out that Valve is probably running the biggest managed Linux install base in the world now. They manage the OS and update it. If you really want to get in there and root the thing, you can; you can install other OSes including Windows if you want, it's open, it just defaults to managed.

And they made sure to integrate Flatpaks into their base OS image and the default image ships with the Flatpak market/browser, because Flatpaks can be easily installed and managed without conflicting with the base OS that they are managing... and it works. It really works. Even out of the box and without penetrating their management, you have a lot of freedom, and the fences are just advisory.

I'm sure they're not interested in it but they've got a decent solution for someone to start selling managed Linux desktops and laptops for end-users if they wanted to.
by pavl- | 2025-04-03 13:29:04+00:00
"A nation that can’t produce [physical goods] can’t stand."

Based on what evidence?

"And I think part of the issue is that we’ve become lazy. People don’t want to work anymore"

Americans work more hours per week than a majority of countries. Low-paying factory jobs are off-shored because they're low-paying.

"So what’s the answer? Unfortunately, hardship."

You probably should do more research on the subject, and successful onshoring regimes that have been implemented by other countries. If you, for e.g., determine that America needs to produce a certain quantity of semi-conductors to insulate from various natsec risks, there are ways to tackle that problem and usually they don't involve hoping an onshore industry magically appears because you've haphazardly shivved trade across the board.
by throw4847285 | 2025-04-03 13:29:11+00:00
I can't say it any better than Randy Newman:

The end of an empire // Is messy at best

And this empire's ending // Like all the rest

Like the Spanish Armada // Adrift on the sea

We're adrift in the land of the brave // And the home of the free

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0EAwSpTcM4
by nottorp | 2025-04-03 13:29:11+00:00
> by being very very good to their users

For example, I still don't use Epic. And I've probably even paid on Steam for games that Epic gave away for free.

What's worrying is Steam has enough mass to preclude me from buying games on GoG to a point. Linux support, for one. Frictionless playing on a Deck if i choose to get one in the future, for two. Steam built in streaming, for three.

I bought GoG first for a couple years, but now I'm agnostic again. Esp with games that have Linux versions.

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Still, the only games you really own are those you've downloaded the crack for. Unless they're from GoG and DRM free.

And only if you have a good backup strategy :)
by marcusverus | 2025-04-03 13:29:22+00:00
> If Trump were a Russian asset, what could he possibly do to advance their interests more than what he is already doing?

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for actual evidence.

Many moons ago, the fringe right used a similar argument to imply that Barack Obama was pro-ISIS. After his hasty withdrawal from Iraq, ISIS filled the power vacuum. Their "caliphate" grew for years and years, with no significant intervention from the US! At the time there wasn't a great answer to the question "If Obama were pro-ISIS, what could he possibly do to advance their interests more than he already has?". Yet (hopefully) we all know that this was simply bad faith, conspiratorial rhetoric. He was obviously not pro-ISIS, and there was no evidence whatsoever that he was. So how could people possibly have entertained such an idea? Easy--they already hated Barack Obama, so they were willing to give the conspiracy theory the benefit of the doubt.

Do yourself a favor and apply the old tried and true standard: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. It'll save you a good deal of embarrassment.
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by SOLAR_FIELDS | 2025-04-03 13:30:01+00:00
The sticky thing that keeps me in the steam platform is the software itself: notably, Steam Workshop. I normally source my games DRM free but after some experience trying to manage mods of heavily modded games like Rimworld I have come to discover that the value add of package management via Workshop for the exact same price is 100% worth it. Even though I trade DRM for it.
by watwut | 2025-04-03 13:30:06+00:00
Well, EU did paid and supported Ukraine. EU are not the ones who allied themselves with Russia and tried to bully Ukraine into giving them minerals for nothing in return. America is the only country that took others in NATO into war under article 5. Ukraine was also left out of that conversation, this was just Trump being openly pro-Russia.

None of that has anything to do with tariffs.
by bluGill | 2025-04-03 13:30:08+00:00
US manufacturing is better than it ever has been by all measures except number of people working in them. This means that there isn't much need for someone to get good at putting a nut on a bolt and other such mindless work that is skilled only in that with a lot of practice you can get really fast as doing it. People who don't want to spend a lot of years in school are thus not doing very well because there isn't much need for people who don't want to use their brain.
by csmpltn | 2025-04-03 13:30:15+00:00
I'm literally quoting you:

> "American companies pay VAT in Europe. European companies do not pay VAT in US."

VAT is a significant income stream for the EU. They take that money and re-invest it into their economy in an uncompetitive manner, whilst constantly propping up more anti-competitive regulation (which harms American businesses).
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by ookdatnog | 2025-04-03 13:30:52+00:00
That only explains part of his behavior. Something peculiar to Trump's mindset is the pervasiveness of zero-sum thinking. There is nothing about growing up spoiled that necessarily creates this mindset; in fact I'd expect the opposite (by which I mean, I wouldn't expect people who are never forcibly confronted with scarcity and zero-sum competition, to be obsessed by scarcity and zero-sum competition).
by steveBK123 | 2025-04-03 13:30:58+00:00
Americans even in the middle are so much richer than even our "rich world" peers they don't even realize it.

If the UK was a state, it would be poorer than.. Mississippi on a per-capita income basis.

Note UK itself is incredibly unequal, so if you remove London from the UK the per-capita is far far worse than Mississippi.

Now thats before we even get into our continental friends like France, Spain, Italy, etc.
by ignoramous | 2025-04-03 13:31:05+00:00
> chatgpt.com/share/67ee890e-b400-800b-ac83-90a61463212

404.

> White House are just using ChatGPT

Likely, Grok? https://grok.com/share/c2hhcmQtMg%3D%3D_e8b4c405-3bb8-4f01-9...
by gruez | 2025-04-03 13:31:09+00:00
The tariffs might be a bad idea, but this accusation is ridiculous. For a simple methodology like this, it's trivial to prompt engineer a LLM to produce the same response. It doesn't mean that that's how the administration came up with the policy, any more than a LLM getting the same (correct) solution as a student on an assignment means the student used a LLM on that assignment.
by specproc | 2025-04-03 13:31:10+00:00
Well argued.

Unipolarity has however also seen considerable brutality, in the places the empire cares about (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya) and the places it doesn't, like Rwanda.

My point was made in frustration at the flippancy of the parent comment. The attitude that "someone has to run the world so it might as well be us" is precisely the source of the misery that the US, and every other empire, has inflicted on the world. It's a justification for untold evil and had to be challenged.

I'd further argue that the war in Ukraine isn't the first interstate territorial land grab, far from it. What else was the War on Terror?

The main characteristic of the (pre-Trump) US empire is that it doesn't incorporate territories, it plants bases and friendly governments. With varying degrees of success.