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Speaking of future, I found an interesting page that only exists for India,
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Speaking of future, I found an interesting page that only exists for India,
Dayum. Seen better and did better in the Air Cadets.
How come there are so many rich Indians able to attend the World Cup?
PortaSplit is indeed designed by Midea from onset for the European market and designed to work around some of the peculiarities of regulations there. You might have seen claims on social media that it has just enough refrigerants to go under the radar so as to not require annual inspections etc. Those claims aren't true however the portable-ness is very much there to avoid the pain point of needed permanent installation and all the headaches that entails in some European countries. You could pretty well argue the portablility is actually more of a trojan horse because the whole unit weighs over 40kg and the outdoor unit on its own is 10kg, it's only portable compared to other split systems and not true compared to say a floor fan which you can trivially move from room to room.
Midea doesn't sell PortaSplit back home in China because its portability is worthless there. In fact with the recent fame in Europe some online sellers offer re-importation of it back to China but they tend to get meme'd on due to the high price involved when resold in China and perhaps a lack of understanding why Midea doesn't sell it in China:
"It's German Midea, not Chinese 美的. Of course the price and quality are different."
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You make it sound like the Indians will have any means to control China through the "ballot" box as they have done in both America and Canada. Capital does not control the government; it's the government that controls capital. This is the key distinction between the West and China.
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I saw this a long time ago. If you're a fan and you like a good laugh, Star Trek TNG reunion panels don't disappoint and this one is moderated by William Shatner. I guess that's why it's comes across me again. I didn't know I saw this before until I was reminded how come every time I see Marina Sirtis, I slip out in front of people or not, "Bitch!" Around the 47:00 min mark, she goes on a rant calling everyone to boycott Japan and China because they kill whales and dolphins. I was wondering has she ever gotten heat for her racist comment. So I go on Gemini thinking it might give a thorough search if she did. What does it say? There is no evidence documented in any form including video that Marina Sirtis ever made such a comment. I just did this on a lark because I've never seen her do it again. I actually thought it was too obscure for it to know. It's just video and maybe it's harder for AI to evaluate. Gemini even tells me how horrible a comment it is to label an entire people like that but adamantly says there's no evidence including on video this ever occurred. It lauds her though recognizing her history of animal rights activism. It knew that but didn't know this? It's was definite in its conclusion that it didn't happen. When it comes to AI, lying on the small stuff is worse than not mentioning Tiananmen Square because everything can be questioned if it's not accurate on something as simple as that.
Sigh, can't lie this one hits close to home as a Silicon Valley resident.
The titan's of industry in China's Silicon Valley actually bothering to invest in the city that made them wealthy to make it a more interesting and culturally rich place to live, rather than just to work.
Meanwhile, successive stock market spikes minting billionaires in California Silicon Valley almost every other year, but all they can think of is isolating themselves from ordinary folk and walling themselves off in gated mansion communities. Vast majority have shit tastes too, so its not we'll be seeing a future where their homes will be museum worthy like Hearst Castle.
The titan's of industry in China's Silicon Valley actually bothering to invest in the city that made them wealthy to make it a more interesting and culturally rich place to live, rather than just to work.
Meanwhile, successive stock market spikes minting billionaires in California Silicon Valley almost every other year, but all they can think of is isolating themselves from ordinary folk and walling themselves off in gated mansion communities. Vast majority have shit tastes too, so its not we'll be seeing a future where their homes will be museum worthy like Hearst Castle.