Rants & Epiphanies
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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino “The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton “… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade
XPeng P7+ offers a new approach to the lack of verticle cabin space in BEV saloons. But is this double-decker rear end "THE" solution?
New China TV: GLOBALink | EU protectionist tariffs on Chinese EVs bad decision: business leader
The EU's recent move to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles is a bad decision with negative implications, said a Swiss business leader in an interview with Xinhua.
EU is the USA's vassal (assLick), it only walks when the USA barks for it to do so!
This is the typical long, technical and very well done review from the folks at AnandTech. Settle in for a while to read more detail on the new phones than any other publication can manage.
Overall, I think that if there’s any phone that is worth 650-750 USD at its base, it’s the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. If you’re upgrading from the iPhone 6s Plus you probably won’t find a ton of differences, but it’s still a significant step up in display, camera, speaker quality, battery life, and system performance.
The iPhone might not excite like smartphones once did, but the amount of attention to detail and execution in the hardware is unparalleled and a cut above anything else in the industry.
To review the camera in the new iPhone 7 Plus, I chased Outside editors up rivers, down dusty singletrack, through the woods, and into classic New Mexican burrito joints. Over four days of in-the-field testing, I’ve found it to be the best small, lightweight camera you can get for the money, ideal for shooting outdoor adventures when you don’t want to lug around pounds of heavy equipment.
