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FairAndUnbiased

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Now we're being awfully specific here. For one and again, to my knowledge data is not specific to the point where either China or America breakdown each industry and the age demographics working in that industry, nor do companies do that either since especially in America that's borderline illegal. Once again if someone can actually find a data set highlighting that, then I we could re-examine the issue.

More to the point, are you saying that expats should not take the unemployment numbers in both respective countries into account with respect to their decision where to work, since they might be in the clear in terms of finding a job in China unlike Gen-Z new grads? Well some are not so detailed, some just see the numbers and kneejerk assume the hiring situation is not great on top of testimonials from their friends at home.
You think that people who study in the US are worried about putting food on the table. Hilarious. As if they'll starve to death surrounded by Coach and Kate Spade bags, iPhones, etc.
 

coolgod

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After you guys are done arguing with the two green trolls, lets get back to the real breaking news.

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Russia detains five for smuggling radioactive Cesium 'on behalf of Ukraine'​

The FSB was cited as saying that the Cesium -137 was meant to be taken out of Russia to be used to stage an incident with purported weapons of mass destruction aimed at discrediting Russia.


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said on Friday it had detained five people who were trying to buy 1 kg of radioactive Cesium-137 for $3.5 million on behalf of a citizen of Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.


Nuclear false flag attack incoming. European SDF members should take my previous tip and get yourself a geiger counter (on aliexpress of course), before they are all sold out.
 
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Carbon fiber corrodes titanium in saltwater lol

That's not exactly true. Titanium is one of the most corrosion resistant metals out there, short of being a noble metal like gold or platinum.

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The USCG reported that the rescue rover found the titanium ends from the submersible intact, so the best working theory is the carbon fiber tube shattered/imploded. Most people don't know that carbonfiber parts are made from layers of thin carbon fiber webbing that are glued(epoxied) together. Those type of parts have a shelf life, especially after years of repeated drives/stress where the layers slowly come apart from microfractures in the epoxy.
 

Moonscape

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Most people don't know that carbonfiber parts are made from layers of thin carbon fiber webbing that are glued(epoxied) together. Those type of parts have a shelf life, especially after years of repeated drives/stress where the layers slowly come apart from microfractures in the epoxy.

Good thing there aren't carbon fiber tubes that carry hundreds of people all over the world and under go lots of pressurization/depressurization cycles! ..wait
 

FairAndUnbiased

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That's not exactly true. Titanium is one of the most corrosion resistant metals out there, short of being a noble metal like gold or platinum.

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The USCG reported that the rescue rover found the titanium ends from the submersible intact, so the best working theory is the carbon fiber tube shattered/imploded. Most people don't know that carbonfiber parts are made from layers of thin carbon fiber webbing that are glued(epoxied) together. Those type of parts have a shelf life, especially after years of repeated drives/stress where the layers slowly come apart from microfractures in the epoxy.
not to say that Ti corrosion caused the failure but electrochemical potential alone is not the sole determinant of corrosion resistance. It doesn't take into consideration corrosion resistance from passivating native oxides. Al is much more corrosion resistant than mild steel due to the nonporous oxide layer despite a lower electrochemical potential.
 

AssassinsMace

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I love this spin going on that the US has super high tech sonar equipment that detected the implosion. If a tree fall in the forests and there's no one there, does it make a sound? Sound travels further underwater than through the air. If you have sonar listening devices in the area, which they do, of course it's going to detect it. What are they suggesting with this spin? Their technology can detect stealthy implosions that others can't?

They were gonners from the start. If they couldn't surface on their own, it was over implosion or not. At that depth no human could survive dive that deep to do what ever rescue like attaching floatation devices. They would have to get submersibles out there. How long would that take? Equipment would have to be shipped out there not flown out. Not enough air. The Western media peddles fantasy as reality.
 

KYli

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It does look like STEM majors are doing fine. It is just liberal arts majors from not elite schools that are having difficulty finding jobs.
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While the Beijing-based internet recruiter has been designing new algorithms to help desperate jobseekers find suitable opportunities, the situation is the most "painful" for female jobseekers who graduated with non-STEM degrees from schools outside the government's "985" and "211" projects - a list that includes prestigious names such as Tsinghua and Peking, Guo said.

"Science majors are OK. Men are OK. And [those from] well known universities are OK," Guo said at a panel discussion during the annual digital economy conference hosted this week by Alibaba Group Holding's open think tank Luohan Academy in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province.
 

pmc

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Europe getting outperformed in economic growth by the USA since 2007 is real. But it is exaggerated. EU's GDP PPP per capita was 70% of the US in 2007. Now it is 69%. So inflation and population adjusted situation is still pretty much the same. The US increased the money supply by a lot after 2008 with non-existent interest rates and high-government spending. Look at the debt-to-GDP ratios of the EU and US.

Between 2007 and 2023 the EU went from 62% to 86%. The US went from 62% to 130%.

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The story with the inflation rate and income inequality are similar too. The US nominal GDP is increasingly becoming detached from reality, at least for people without millions to stash in US financial system. The USD is overvalued. American produce is extremely expensive because of this reason. Products made by foreigners are very easy to buy for Americans, which is also the reason why the US has a huge trade deficit.
some countries are greater than some of its parts.
Europe does not have real GDP (think what EU sells to China) unlike US and its control of Canada. US can freely trade with Asia Pacific while Europe trade with Asia will have to go through Mideast and Africa and this will become bigger threat to Europe in coming years.
US strength not just comes from internal GDP but its ability to shape the world. US has successfully transform Mexico into foremost Industrial power and have incorporated the fastest growth of Hispanic population. US has successfully attached the best of India, Israel and Iran to itself. look at Nasdaq.
while Europe two failed states aka Ukraine and Turkey examples right in front and this on top of demographic collapse of previous Eastern EU.
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