Good to know when I bought a muhle razor.
So much cheaper using a double-edge/safety razor! Even when buying “expensive” blades
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According to the list of precision metal, probably German.
towerful@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•Inside DOGE’s AI Push at the Department of Veterans AffairsEnglish5·6 days agoI’ve heard Drupal uses SQL
towerful@programming.devto Technology@lemmy.world•Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concernsEnglish2·6 days agoWhat?
You have a product that costs 450 to produce.
And you add a 50 markup so you are selling at 500.
Tariffs push that 500 up to 750. Which means a 50% tariff.So you remove your 50 markup and sell it at cost in that market. Which means a product at 450 with a 50% tariff will cost 675.
You don’t make any money on that sale. Fine, it’s a loss-leader. Hopefully you make up the profit of game sales and subscriptions. Which will also be tariffed.For a finished product, the tariff is applied to the selling cost. It doesn’t care about the value of the parts or the amount of markup.
A government isn’t going to pick through a device and apply Country of Origin tariffs on every part, or separate company profit from cost-of-product.If a company says a product is worth 500, that’s the amount the tariff is applied to.
I doubt Nintendo is going to eat the cost of tariffs.
It’s insane to. They could say “we will still launch at this price”, and have the us government cook up more tariffs or whatever. Then Nintendo is holding the bag, or has to renege on the price.
It would be smarter to mildly offset the cost. Like you say, knock $20-50 off but stipulate the final cost is subject to import duties.
I’d love them to say “well, you do you. This is the cost of the console. Your import duties are not out problem.” But I feel (despite their bullshit legal department) Nintendo is more passionate than that, and I think they will mildly reduce the price
towerful@programming.devto Europe@feddit.org•Germany finances Ukraine's use of Starlink alternative EutelsatEnglish36·7 days agoThat’s great news!
Ukraine currently has fewer than 1,000 terminals connecting to Eutelsat’s network, but Berneke [Eutelsat CEO] said the company aims to increase this to between 5,000 and 10,000 “relatively fast.”
A Eutelsat spokesperson, Joanna Darlington, said discussions are ongoing regarding further funding from Germany and the EU.
Starlink, which provides service to over 50,000 Ukrainian military, medical, and civilian users, has faced uncertainty over continued access.
Excellent work. Will be interesting to see how “relatively fast” plays out, and if other countries step up.
Musk cannot be relied upon as a military ally. Well, for some governments at least…
towerful@programming.devto World News@lemmy.world•Easter Eggs Are So Expensive Americans Are Dyeing PotatoesEnglish5·8 days agoI’ve heard an Epstein Salt Bath is also particularly invigorating
towerful@programming.devto Buy European@feddit.uk•A guide to switching your Music Streaming provider to support more ethical and European-based companies!2·8 days agoDiscovering a new artist or album is great.
Tidals personalised daily discovery and weekly new releases are fantastic for this, much better than anything I can remember on spotify. Their “mixes for you” are also decent.
I haven’t tried qobuz yet
towerful@programming.devto World News@lemmy.world•Hungary seeks to ban Pride and amend constitution to recognize only male and female gendersEnglish1·25 days agoWell, I guess the EU is 26/27th decent.
However, the EU is working towards defunding (I guess pushing-to-change, aka punishing) shitty members.
https://theconversation.com/why-has-the-eu-stripped-hungary-of-1-billion-the-latest-confrontation-explained-246614So yeh, the EU isn’t perfect. It’s working on it, and it is making progress.
Nice when an oversight body isn’t corrupted
And ICE will pick up those immigrants by Monday, never to be seen again.