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  1. Comment on The new US tariffs - weird formulas, risks, and the coming trade war in ~finance

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    full links Reading and Sourcing : U.S. "Reciprocal Tariff Calculations" https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations USGS - Mineral Summary 2023...
    full links Reading and Sourcing : U.S. "Reciprocal Tariff Calculations" https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations

    USGS - Mineral Summary 2023
    https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2023/mcs2023.pdf

    U.S. BEA - Services Traders
    https://apps.bea.gov/scb/issues/2024/05-may/0524-profile-services-traders.htm

    Trade Wars and How Nations Fight Them
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSXGUGFncgk

    US Consumer Impact
    https://think.ing.com/articles/beautiful-tariffs-risk-turning-the-growth-outlook-ugly/

    WH Deputy Press Secretary post
    https://x.com/KushDesai47/status/1907618136444067901?t=9JG6Q5bhCP3VcQfTjAShlg&s=33

    U.S. Trade Rep pages
    https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/china-mongolia-taiwan/peoples-republic-china
    https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/europe-middle-east/europe/switzerland

    "Do not retaliate"
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/treasury-secretary-bessent-tells-countries-not-retaliate-after-sweeping-liberation-day-tariffs

    Polling on Trump policy areas and/or tariffs
    https://apnews.com/article/trump-poll-immigration-tariffs-trade-b7a430909606d6b8b27cfbc5049a32b4
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-tariffs-recession-poll
    https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2025/03/fox_march-14-17-2025_national_topline_march-19-release.pdf
    https://www.reuters.com/default/trump-approval-falls-43-lowest-since-returning-office-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-04-02/

    Polling on retaliatory tariffs
    https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/2025/02/21/70-of-canadians-support-retaliatory-tariffs-on-united-states-poll
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/01/large-majority-of-europeans-support-retaliatory-tariffs-against-us-poll-finds

    Lesotho
    https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/apr/04/lesotho-garment-workers-reel-trump-tariffs

    European Commentary
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/trump-will-buckle-under-pressure-if-europe-bands-together-over-tariffs-german-economy-minister.html
    https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-vows-to-retaliate-against-trumps-20-percent-tariffs/

    ASML exports to China
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-22/asml-chief-sees-us-pressure-building-for-more-china-restrictions?embedded-checkout=true

    US trade balance
    https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/what-to-know-about-the-u-s-trade-imbalance-in-charts-79b25c0bv
    https://www.afr.com/politics/the-statistic-australia-will-use-to-avoid-trump-s-tariffs-20250203-p5l941

    CSIS - "Mining for Defence"
    https://www.csis.org/analysis/mining-defense

    Allied Cooperation
    https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/us-and-australia-ink-critical-minerals-funding-pact-20240829-p5k6igv
    https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_563
    https://www.mining-technology.com/news/us-pledges-786m-to-australian-rare-earths-and-lithium-projects/

    Negotiations
    https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/vietnam-foreign-ministry-says-regrets-us-tariff-decision-2025-04-04/

    featured articles
    https://www.csis.org/analysis/balancing-ledger-export-controls-us-chip-technology-china
    https://www.csis.org/blogs/trustee-china-hand/slamming-brakes-eu-votes-impose-tariffs-chinese-evs

    "Elbows up"
    https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/canada-united-states-travel.html
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/27/canada-us-flights-down-trump

    PRC Retaliation
    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/4/china-hits-back-at-trump-tariffs-with-34-tax-on-us-goods-export-curbs

    PRC, ROK & JAPAN Trade Ministers' Meeting
    https://www.wsj.com/economy/china-says-it-is-aiming-to-coordinate-tariff-response-with-japan-south-korea-c7a19540

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    4 votes

  2. Comment on I'm rate-limited to one comment reply every two hours in ~tildes

  3. Comment on What is the optimal way to convert an RPG book to a text format? in ~tech

  4. Comment on How do you customize Tildes? in ~tildes

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    Tildes has a Customization wiki page targeted for desktop browsers. I've added all the new things mentioned in this thread to it. My personal customizations are: ReExtended (by Bauke) - it's just...
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    Tildes has a Customization wiki page targeted for desktop browsers. I've added all the new things mentioned in this thread to it.

    My personal customizations are:

    • ReExtended (by Bauke) - it's just way too convenient, the "Jump to New Comment" button gives me joy every time I use it since I'm lazy.
    • "Baukula" userstyle (by Bauke) which swaps around some of the Dracula colors to give it a different feel. I particularly like the way it interacts with the built-in Love Dark theme (which was also contributed by Bauke). I don't believe the userstyle version is on Bauke's site, though the git repo with the scss source is back up now. For those curious, the userstyle is available here.
    • Tildes Tweaks userstyle by rfr

    I also make extensive use of uBlock Origin custom filters since the built-in tag filters don't catch everything (new submissions that haven't been tagged, specific title keywords, etc).

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech

  6. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech

  7. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech

  8. Comment on Apple debuts iPhone 16e in ~tech

    synergy-unsterile
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    Swappa acts as a marketplace for individual sellers/businesses, so YMMV. The Swappa staff vet the listings and devices based on information/photos provided by the seller. I haven't had any...

    Swappa acts as a marketplace for individual sellers/businesses, so YMMV. The Swappa staff vet the listings and devices based on information/photos provided by the seller.
    I haven't had any problems buying pre-owned devices every couple years over the past decade, but have noticed that there are a lot more shops/businesses selling on the site now. It used to be mostly people trying to offload their old or barely used devices.

    2 votes

  9. Comment on Apple debuts iPhone 16e in ~tech

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    There's also Swappa, but there might not be many listings for the 256GB models.

    There's also Swappa, but there might not be many listings for the 256GB models.

  10. Comment on What are some traditional internet forums that you still use? in ~tech

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    Bogleheads for financial and personal consumer advice, plus investing news. It's full of older (50+) folks, so you tend to get very different responses. Usually it's civil since straight up...

    Bogleheads for financial and personal consumer advice, plus investing news.
    It's full of older (50+) folks, so you tend to get very different responses. Usually it's civil since straight up politics and medical advice is banned.
    They also have a very nice wiki explaining the Boglehead investment philosophy.

    8 votes

  11. Comment on Better reply features in ~tildes

  12. Comment on What email client do you use? in ~tech

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    Outlook (web) for work. It gets the job done most of the time, but sometimes I need to open up the desktop app to fix formatting issues or view shared calendars. I require PGP capable clients on...

    Outlook (web) for work. It gets the job done most of the time, but sometimes I need to open up the desktop app to fix formatting issues or view shared calendars.

    I require PGP capable clients on my personal devices.
    Thunderbird for personal Linux desktop. I don’t really like any other GUI app that I’ve tried on Linux. They feel even more half baked than Thunderbird.
    Canary Mail on iOS and MacOS devices.
    FairEmail on Android devices.
    Currently using mailbox.org and a vanity domain for personal emails.

  13. Comment on I’m worried that the Israel-Palestine conflict is tearing Tildes apart in ~tildes

    synergy-unsterile
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    If you use uBlock Origin, you can add the following custom filters to block a user. ! Filter topics from a specified user (case sensitive)...

    I wish Tildes let us filter out users.

    If you use uBlock Origin, you can add the following custom filters to block a user.

    ! Filter topics from a specified user (case sensitive)
tildes.net##article.topic[data-topic-posted-by="Example_Username"]

! Filter comments from a specified user (case sensitive)
tildes.net##.comment-itself:has(> header > .link-user:has-text(/^Example_Username$/))

    More filters are available on the wiki.

    22 votes

  14. Comment on [SOLVED] Help needed with a uBlock Origin filter rule in ~comp

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    You can change the RGB values to modify the background color. For example I picked pure black. from: rgb(48, 48, 48) to: rgb(0, 0, 0) which results in the following filter:...

    And the search results...
    The black background is not very black, not as black as Tildes black theme.
    I can live with that.

    You can change the RGB values to modify the background color. For example I picked pure black.
    from: rgb(48, 48, 48)
    to: rgb(0, 0, 0)
    which results in the following filter:
    lite.duckduckgo.com##html:style(color: rgb(141, 141, 141) !important; background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif;)

    But the red text under each result is very muddy.
    Can that be improved?
    Make it brighter Crimson or even Orange would look better.

    Yes, it's quite hard to read when you modify the background to be dark. It is a simple modification to make since they have a defined css selector class="link-text". I chose to make the links appear in orange with the following filter:

    lite.duckduckgo.com##.link-text:style(color: rgb(255,153,51) !important;)

    I strongly recommend learning the basics of HTML and CSS and how to utilize browser developer tools if your goal is to use uBlock Origin filters to modify all of your regularly used sites.

    4 votes

  15. Comment on Where can I find translated Japanese light novels? in ~books

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    J-Novel Club publishes lots of light novels (and manga) in English (Ascendance of a Bookworm, In Another World With My Smartphone, etc) and they offer DRM-free ebooks direct on their site. They...

    J-Novel Club publishes lots of light novels (and manga) in English (Ascendance of a Bookworm, In Another World With My Smartphone, etc) and they offer DRM-free ebooks direct on their site. They also offer a "streaming" subscription service for pre-publications and ebook rental.

    Generally, I search for a series on Novel Updates. That site will have links to the fan translations. The site also catalogs the original Japanese publisher(s) and official English publisher so it's easy to search for the original or English release if you're so inclined.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on How to get full-text RSS feed from medium.com ? in ~comp

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    You could plug the rss feed link into morss which will create a feed with the extracted content for you.
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    You could plug the rss feed link into morss which will create a feed with the extracted content for you.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Tildes ReExtended version announcements and changelog in ~tildes

  18. Comment on Wide Tildes: A user-style for better utilization of large monitors in ~tildes

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  20. Comment on The main problem with the Fediverse is that people mostly just use it to talk about the Fediverse in ~tech

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    I don't use Mastodon myself, but alternativeto.net is always where I start looking for alternatives to services and apps.

    I don't use Mastodon myself, but alternativeto.net is always where I start looking for alternatives to services and apps.

    1 vote