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Net positive for China IMO, consumer cards has branding and gaming ecosystem barrier that makes it hard for Chinese GPUs to break in, enterprise AI cards don't have that problem and Chinese providers can be actively required at government level. Western semi abandoning their consumer moat for profit in enterprise makes it a lot easier for Chinese companies to eventually eat both.
 
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India needs to focus on urban planning badly. Even Delhi looks like a 4th world city. It contributed to their country being so unlivable and the result is that hundreds of millions want to escape which causes tension all over the world. I wonder how China built their cities. India absolutely need to learn every last bit they can from China to fix their cities.

This is Delhi for example.

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Any country that relies on religion of any kind to sooth the anxieties of the population because "God or Vishnu wills it and they will save us" will NEVER match a country that relies on MATERIAL improvement initiative by government. Tricks and misdirection only go so far and that distance is SHORT.
 
FriedButter

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The Eunuch Union will give Trump whatever he wants. They are probably pressuring Denmark to cede Greenland to the US for free. Their main focus and only policy is Russia. They have no domestic policy. All their effort is on trying to continue the losing war on the balkanization of Russia. Trump must be appeased to keep US weapons and support in Ukraine.
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Have you guys noticed that the negotiations on the deal happened between Trump and NATO. Denmark was not involved in deciding the terms.

The Eunuch Union has reached an agreement on ceding Danish territory without Denmark knowledge.

And the Danes are expected to comply with the demand in order to appease Trump in the name of Ukraine. The only policy is Ukraine.

“We can negotiate on everything political; security, investments, economy. But we cannot negotiate on our sovereignty,” Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s prime minister, said in a statement on Thursday about Greenland.
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“There have been no direct discussions between Denmark and the U.S. about the possibility of granting the U.S. sovereign parcels of land.”
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Nielsen on Thursday rejected that proposal out of hand, while repeatedly noting that he has not been told what the Trump-Rutte framework entails.
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supercat

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China's success makes some Westerners so mad, they become temper tantrum-throwing crying babies.
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You may soon be able to use a buy now, pay later plan for your rent—what to know​

Some renters will soon be able to pay their rent using a buy now, pay later plan through financial technology company Affirm, which offers installment-based payment plans for consumers at a wide variety of retailers.

Affirm will partner with fintech company Esusu to provide renters with “a flexible option for managing one of their largest monthly expenses,” an Affirm spokesperson said in a statement provided to CNBC Make It. Esusu offers memberships starting at $10 a month for services to help users build credit, including reporting rent payments to credit agencies.

Eligible renters will be able to use Affirm through Esusu to pay their rent in two equal, biweekly payments with 0% interest and no late fees, the spokesperson said. The offering is rolling out through a pilot program, and the companies have not yet announced a launch date.

Esusu’s recently launched split pay option already allows its plus and premium membership subscribers to break up rent payments throughout the month after an initial down payment, according to its website. The partnership with Affirm will give Esusu members another option to split their rent into two payments. Plus and premium memberships, which cost $35 and $50 a month, respectively, are only available to residents at Esusu-partnered properties, according to its website.

Nationally, rents in the U.S. were up about 3% in December 2025 compared with the previous year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. And nearly half of all renters spent more than the recommended 30% of their income on housing costs in 2023, according to the most recent Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-year estimates.

A new payment option won’t solve the ‘underlying affordability issue’

Some financial experts are skeptical of using buy now, pay later plans for fixed costs like monthly rent.

Using a buy now, pay later plan for rent “could be useful in a true pinch or short-term emergency,” says Chris Jackson, a certified financial planner based in South Carolina. However, “relying on it consistently would be a mistake, particularly for people who already struggle keeping up with rent payments.”

Borrowing to cover your rent won’t solve the “underlying affordability issue,” he adds.

Douglas Boneparth, a CFP, founder of Bone Fide Wealth and member of CNBC’s financial advisor council, encourages anyone struggling to pay rent to work directly with their landlord to work out a payment agreement, rather than turning to a lender.

Boneparth has previously criticized installment plans for encouraging overspending and targeting consumers “who are most susceptible to borrowing when they shouldn’t,” he wrote on LinkedIn in 2025.

Using buy now, pay later plans for rent could be a “slippery slope” that has consumers “falling into traps of fiscal irresponsibility,” he says.

Outside of temporary hardships or broader socio-economic conditions, “we have to get down to those fundamentals and put yourself in a position to afford your lifestyle,” Boneparth says.

Affirm’s spokesperson said the new offer will be “a transparent option that offers flexibility for renters to align expenses with their paychecks.” They added, “We underwrite every application individually and we only approve people for what we believe they can responsibly afford to repay.”
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BNPL plans for renting. They should bring back serfdom.
 
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delfer

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China's success makes some Westerners so mad, they become temper tantrum-throwing crying babies.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2014089421243687366

LMAO tweet of the day:
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You have to give them a break. They’re simply going through the five stages of grief. I believe they’re at the first or second stage at the moment.

Processing China’s dominance will not be an easy task for many Americans. They will struggle intensely to accept it. They will fight to deny it every step of the way. But in time, they will come to terms with it.

It’s unfortunate that they have to suffer through this though. Perhaps China could create some sort of support hotline to help them deal with their emotions? A support group maybe?

Nah, on second thought, it’ll just make them even more frustrated and angry to be helped by the Chinese. Better to just let them deal with this on their own.
 
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