I feel like those 80s motorcycle tariffs are why the US motorcycle industry is so uncompetitive today. In the 80s, HD got fat my making bikes that wouldn’t be viable anywhere else in the world. HD didn’t have to compete because tariffs guaranteed their market. Meanwhile Honda, Yamaha,. Kawasaki, Suzuki were developing a lean, lightweight model, we saw the convergent evolution of the Universal Japanese Motorcycle and lean production processes. It was specifically those tariffs that made the big 4 what they are today - basically unstoppable.
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If Northern Ireland decided to reunite with the rest of Ireland it would solve so many problems… good luck trying to convince the Northern Irish of that.
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto Work Reform@lemmy.world•Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’4·2 months agoYep, British English got these words from Norman French. In the 20th Century, Webster’s reforms attempted to simplify American English and lost a bunch of these silent vowels.
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto World News@lemmy.world•Global anti-Elon Musk protests planned at nearly 200 Tesla showroom locationsEnglish74·2 months agoPlease don’t joke about stuff that could get people in trouble
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto politics @lemmy.world•The Big Question: would you still buy a Tesla?2·3 months agoI bought one in 2021. Cancelled my plans to upgrade.
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are functions that are not a part of your job that common wisdom would make people expect are a part of it?2·1 year agoCan you do a quick financial professional jargon check for us?
I have an accountant, and she’s employed for her expertise in the UK tax code as applicable to small businesses.
I understand that there are also accountants who work like financial engineers, trying to find tax-efficient schemes for large businesses. What’s your business?
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto News@lemmy.world•Tesla CEO Elon Musk could leave if $56 billion pay package not approved, shareholders warned9·1 year agoShareholders: Please don’t threaten me with a good time!
It’s called Mind of Steele. If you subscribe please say hello!
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Can Trump Really Slam the Brakes on Electric Vehicles? He has vowed to shred President Biden’s E.V. policies and has threatened that “You won’t be able to sell those cars.”6·1 year agoCan EVs reduce local emissions, and lead to improved air quality? Is air quality something we should be concerned about?
I make a YT channel about bizarre conspiracy theories. I keep coming back to the people who make videos claiming that 5G is actually a deadly weapon on their 5G Iphone 16. Nobody has more cognitive dissonance than these guys.
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Just saw this while getting gas. Why is it illegal to get less than 4 gallons?4·1 year agoWhat happens if you try to fuel a vehicle with a tank smaller than 5 gallons, for example a typical small motorbike?
Did anyone actually hook up via IRC?
fadhl3y@lemmy.oneto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why?3·2 years agoPremiere is a crashy mess compared to Final Cut. Davinci isn’t open source, it’s just free unless you need to do 4k and some advanced colour stuff. Davinci is high end Hollywood magic.
What if it’s Andrew Tate?