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[a'la mode]

No EU nation is getting free money. They're paying into the budget. This shouldn't mean that EU laws supercede national laws. EU member nations should be sovereign. I think that's even more important for Poland given their history.

It's not quite true that the EU was born as a political project. It started as an economic project with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951 and then the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1957.

I wouldn't say it became truly a political unity until the Maastricht Treaty of 1993 that established the European Union.

Our general understanding of states is not the end all be all evolution of statehood, and thinking of the EU in terms of the unitary/federal state binary is a bit old fashioned. It sits kind of in between, with key differences of course, like the ability to actually leave the EU whereas states couldn't leave a federation (without a civil war). Also, member states still continue to be sovereign unitary states, but through their membership delegate some of that sovereignty into the EU to ensure that common policy can be adequately created and enforced, and yes, primacy of EU law is also in the package. You can't really apply old "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts" to it, because it's really just a collection of states going "fuck it, let's try something new". It's a new construct, an evolution or an experiment, and in the long run it could prove to be better or worse than what came before. So far my impression is that most EU residents, aside from the more nationalistic-populistic leaning parties and groups, have been quite happy with how the EU has turned out to be.

Clinging to the old school of thought in regards to sovereignty is a fair position to have, I'm not telling you you are necessarily wrong, but it can't be denied that a construct like the EU can (and has been so far) be more stable and wield more power and leverage collectively and be a bigger player globally, than a collection of random states jerking left or right on the whim of the current political climate. If all these little countries were alone, the US, Russia, and China would not give two flying shits about what the president from Noonecaresland with less people than these countries have in one city would have to say.

 

[a'la mode]

And maybe a little more on topic, here's a good video for non-techies to explain what lidar is, and to demonstrate why relying only on cameras can never compete with systems that also uses lidar/radar. Musk promises the moon from the sky in driving automation, but FSD and Robotaxi are already outdated, and dead when compared to the advances made by competitors such as Waymo and Zoox.

 

[Hudo]

Sweeping claims, by that you mean the fundamentals of economics which continue to apply in large economies.


Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics:

Strangely familiar.

TL;DR?

 

[Bojji]

TL;DR?

Tariff wars fuck up everyone and can create global recession.

 

[Rentahamster]

that’s an oversimplification if I've ever seen one.

The U.S. absolutely plays a massive role in tech and medical innovation, however Europe isn't as stagnant as you suggest. Germany and Switzerland are leaders in medical devices and pharmaceuticals, the U.K. is strong in biotech, greentech from Sweden and the Netherlands etc.

I agree that some nations in Europe, especially those tied to the overly bureaucratic and undemocratic EU, but dismissing Europe entirely ignores some of the world-class research and breakthroughs happening here.

True. I mean look at TSMC. This Taiwanese company makes the world's best computer chips using machines from ASML Holding, which is a Dutch company, IIRC. A ADiTAR

 

[Unknown Soldier]

And maybe a little more on topic, here's a good video for non-techies to explain what lidar is, and to demonstrate why relying only on cameras can never compete with systems that also uses lidar/radar. Musk promises the moon from the sky in driving automation, but FSD and Robotaxi are already outdated, and dead when compared to the advances made by competitors such as Waymo and Zoox.

 

[a'la mode]

Someone called the Tesla Defense Force

 

[ADiTAR]

True. I mean look at TSMC. This Taiwanese company makes the world's best computer chips using machines from ASML Holding, which is a Dutch company, IIRC. A ADiTAR

Well, I said barely has a pulse. It's still breathing but you can't compare the entrepreneurship in America to Europe. There's much more push for innovation with much less tape.

 

[YCoCg]

Well, I said barely has a pulse. It's still breathing but you can't compare the entrepreneurship in America to Europe. There's much more push for innovation with much less tape.

Scientists in the UK are working on teleportation.

 

[jason10mm]

Under that tough stainless steel "space-grade" exterior is just a cuddly little disaster made out of aluminum and glue. Lipstick on a pig indeed.

I'm sure tesla would say it's "high tensile strength industrial grade epoxy" but if you wanna be disparaging about it, then call it glue.

Like I don't call JB weld "glue" but I guess you can choose your bias in how you want it to sound.