> Brazil is essentially the world's soy farm and we import like 70% of our fertilizer.
You might want to check the sources from which we import those fertilizers, largest of which are Russia and China. While some do come from more US aligned sources, including the US itself, most of the names on that list have no problems ignoring US sanctions if it comes to that.
> They're going to sacrifice everything to protect these judges and display their non-existent "sovereignty", like a defiant child trying to stand up to its parent.
Our sovereignty is very much real and existent :)
> Brazil is pretty much done for if this continues.
> most of the names on that list have no problems ignoring US sanctions if it comes to that
Somehow I doubt it...
Trump has already imposed 50% tariffs, causing major economic losses. NATO has already threatened to impose 100% tariffs on us if we keep buying russian oil. And these are mere tariffs, not actual sanctions.
It's very hard to predict what's going to happen if things keep spiralling out of control.
> Our sovereignty is very much real and existent :)
Sovereignty must be backed up by military and economic power. We have neither. It's complete fantasy.
Do you really think the likes of China and Russia are going to defend us and our interests if push comes to shove?
Look at Ukraine. Gave up nuclear weapons because the USA promised to defend them if push came to shove. How's it going for them?
They'll use us like pawns and then turn us into their own backyard. Not that our relation with the USA is any different but personally I'd rather live in the USA's backyard than in China's backyard.
> Trump has already imposed 50% tariffs, causing major economic losses. NATO has already threatened to impose 100% tariffs on us if we keep buying russian oil. And these are mere tariffs, not actual sanctions.
Maybe we're looking at vastly different numbers, but most analysts are expecting little to no impact from the 50% tariffs. The US only makes up 12% of our exports, and they've already cut down the scope so that only around 36% of those are even affected. Since we mostly export commodities, even those 36% can just be sold elsewhere.
The NATO claims are irrelevant: NATO is not a trade alliance and the US struggles to get it to comply even with its intended military goals. You can safely place the odds of the other NATO countries agreeing to their own tariffs at approximately 0%.
> Sovereignty must be backed up by military and economic power. We have neither. It's complete fantasy.
Not sure where you get this idea? We have both military and economic power. Just because we're not as large as the US or China doesn't mean we have nothing.
Also, I don't see why you think there's a possibility of this escalating to war. Trump already had to back down with large exceptions to his 50% tariffs due to the domestic political impact it would have, and war is extremely unpopular with the Americans these days, which is why they only fund Ukraine and Israel instead of actually sending soldiers to fight.
Even though the scope of the tariffs was reduced, we're still talking figures around hundreds of billions of BRL worth of immediate damage to the economy, with long term losses uncertain.
> Since we mostly export commodities, even those 36% can just be sold elsewhere.
There is no guarantee that there will be enough demand from alternative buyers to fully mitigate the long term damage.
> You can safely place the odds of the other NATO countries agreeing to their own tariffs at approximately 0%.
People told me the same thing about the Magnitsky sanctions. I realize that as of this moment it's all just threats but I won't doubt them.
> Not sure where you get this idea?
Well, from the fact Trump could order a single B2 Spirit to wipe Brasília off the map and there'd be nothing at all the entire brazilian military could do about it.
The USA can also effortlessly isolate our country via economic levers. There's no need to fire any bullets. Those levers are going to move some mountains if the supreme court keeps protecting the sanctioned judge.
> I don't see why you think there's a possibility of this escalating to war
I do think that's very unlikely. They'll probably keep leveraging their massive economy and USD hegemony against us.
Interestingly, just yesterday I found out 4 already exists, but it's inverse of what you're thinking: top up excess battery capacity overnight, when grid prices are low, and then resell during the day when purchase prices are high.
I think the economic problem is that while there /may/ be overproduction during the day, the day is the only time other than early-mid evening when there is significant demand.
You would effectively be targeting the early-mid evening demand, assuming there was overproduction during the day, and with the current cost of batteries, their installation, and their replacement, I can't see the numbers working out.
I would love for battery prices to come down enough to make something like this possible though.
Yes, item 4 does exist. Tesla and Sunrun both have virtual power plants. Tesla operates as a peaker plant, while Sunrun is a base-load plant.
What I want is different in terms of its organization. The intention is to establish a local community microgrid that anyone with the necessary equipment can participate in. I think the biggest problem will be the accounting, but that's my blind spot
IIRC you have to show harm to take anything to court. I recall cases on federal regulation that failed to move forward because a state AG failed to prove harm.
It makes sense when you think about it, otherwise courts would be flooded with lawsuits "because I don't like it".
Congress will do the usual: accept Boeing's money and overlook the issue on one hand, and pretend to the public that they're doing otherwise on the other.
Unfortunately, Americans and the peoples of many democratic countries have given up on verifying if their elected officials are actually doing what they say they are, so taking a ~~bribe~~ campaign contribution and lying about it is a medium-high gain and low risk activity.
As a bonus, you can then use those contributions to market yourself and your lies to the same voters even harder!
I was on the NUC search a while ago and I'm not sure you can. Although the AMD motherboards may not support ECC, I haven't heard of any that actually don't. Best bet is probably to buy a recent, barebones AMD NUC, and buy the ECC RAM yourself. Sometimes they'll advertise ECC support as well.
So that they can increase their own pay and benefits. Nonprofits still have to pay their staff and the amount of money some pay theirs can be rather... inflated.
The operating surplus says nothing about how they increased pay, except that they increased revenue more than they increased pay.
If you wanted to justify further pay increases this would be the best strategy - if you have an operating deficit you'll be under pressure to cut staff or pay.
Again I'm being very cynical here and I have no idea if this is actually happening. Just speculation.
It could work, as it's pretty rare for IP addresses to be used directly and not through DNS, but that also defeats the purpose of the mechanism: it doesn't add anything of value if everyone is using DNS. Even malware writers will purchase several domain names (several for redundancy from government take downs) so that they can rotate command servers easily.
yeah kinda true. But if you had a whitelist (i know this would be very hard to maintain etc) instead of a blacklist, you could have the most secure network blocker ever created for consumers. Malware could still leak from some of the "safe" domains but it would definitely be A LOT safer than any conventional ip or dns blocking.
I think you're confusing their goal. It's not that they have a problem with people working remotely on tourist visas, it's that they want them to do it for longer as it brings economic benefit to the country.
If they disliked the idea they wouldn't be creating new visas for the purpose, since that only makes it more prevalent and normalized.
You might want to check the sources from which we import those fertilizers, largest of which are Russia and China. While some do come from more US aligned sources, including the US itself, most of the names on that list have no problems ignoring US sanctions if it comes to that.
> They're going to sacrifice everything to protect these judges and display their non-existent "sovereignty", like a defiant child trying to stand up to its parent.
Our sovereignty is very much real and existent :)
> Brazil is pretty much done for if this continues.
Nope, we'll be fine.