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AI industry says Trump plans to tax chips in the “single dumbest way imaginable”
I mean, in what other way would he do it, than the single dumbest way imaginable?
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/ai-industry-says-trump-plans-to-tax-chips-in-the-single-dumbest-way-imaginable/
Replying to @Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world
Everything trump does is done in the single dumbest way imaginable.
Replying to @MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk
Not necessarily - he isn’t bright enough to be that consistent. Sometimes he does something okay like a blind man playing darts will occasionally hit the dartboard.
Replying to @zurohki@aussie.zone
Name one example?
Replying to @ivanafterall@lemmy.world
Closing the strait of Hormuz has done a lot to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles.
Replying to @zurohki@aussie.zone
I don’t think it having some upside makes it a good/okay thing… Still seems pretty stupid and net negative.