US fab construction costs twice as much, takes twice as long as Taiwan
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All abstract ideas are good, and those with less assumptions are more abstract, but the problem is - nobody wants purely abstract ideas.
Pretty Victorian conditions in factories producing all those nice things we have, for example, would not be acceptable in USA.
Which means that this abstract idea is somehow mixed and divided with a border with another abstract idea.
Differently in one place and in another.
OK, I'm using a boring and long way to say that some things have to be balanced. Bad labor conditions allow cheaper production, skewing competitive balance. Tariffs or something like that can in theory balance it out back again.
EDIT: And yes, both globalism and American conservatism and what not are only in appearances divided along party lines, in fact they seem to be evenly split. Like with hedge funds, that's what makes your two-party system stable.
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Not everything has to be latest gen CPUs, there will always be a market for 555 timers and ESP32s
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Except these are the empty headed sensors that trigger the check engine light despite the engine running just fine
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"Capitalism breeds innovation"
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I am saying that original commenter is talking out of his.
Also, referencing OSHA here shows that you don't understand how a construction site functions. Sure there is regulations but lax enforcement, extensive usage of suncotnrwctors and less than legal labour makes all of that enforcement merely a theater.
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I live in Korea. How do you define "loyal to workers?"
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But America has a higher suicide raterate?
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Isn't the check engine light simply a timer and not an actual sensor? Programmed to light at least once a year and at least every 5k miles
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My comment had nothing to do with Taiwan, just the quote that sunzu2 said about how US construction actually works.
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Plus, these have to be automotive grade, which requires a higher tier of durability. Not a lot of profit margin to be made on those sorts of devices.
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“Free trade” means letting everyone do what they’re best at and then exchange the goods they produce
If that were the case there would not be Plaza accords, dismemberment of Angstrom and the absolute annihilation of industry in the post-soviet states. "Free trade" is and always has been a fanciful banner for wealth extraction
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Noting that China has been almost universally hated for 75 years is actually the most anti-China post today, good job.
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"Free trade" means big countries dominating smaller ones. In what way can a small Caribbean nation compete with the US for example? Say they have a self sustaining economy. They have farms to feed their people, and textile mills to clothe them. Free trade opens their markets up, and they are quickly overwhelmed by the mega corps and their economies of scale. Now local industry is driven out of business or subsumed by foreign competitors. Maybe tourism? Multinationals buy up all the hotels, beaches and restaurants. Locals get minimum wage jobs serving and cleaning. Any attempt at "protectionism" incurs penalties under the free trade agreements.
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A lot of modern cars can appear to be ‘running just fine’ but underneath the covers it’s pulled timing, altered fuel trims, etc. to appear normal and/or avoid damage but the computer stills knows that’s not a normal situation and alerts you to the problem. Unless you hook a scanner up and actually find out what the idiot light I telling you then you can’t be sure if it’s a false positive or not.
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If you thought GPUs were pricey now. At least the rest of the world can still buy from Taiwan.
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Compared to what? I didn't name a specific country, but you can pick some and let us compare.
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“Right to work”
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"A country with experience in fab construction can build one faster and cheaper than a country with no experience"
Yeah, not really surprising
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Exactly. Modern cars are great at compensating for poor maintenance, but that doesn't solve the problem.
Maintain your cars properly and they won't need to compensate like this, meaning you'll get better fuel economy and largely avoid costly repairs.
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The check engine light can trigger for a host of reasons, one of which is routine maintenance like oil (5k miles these days). To know what's causing it, you need to check the codes.
On most cars, if it blinks when starting up then goes away, it's time to change the oil. If it stays on, it's past time and/or there's another sensor tripping.
Don't ignore the check engine light. It takes like 30 sec to diagnose at any auto parts store, so just drop by and ask for a free scan if you don't have a reader or don't want to take it to a mechanic.
