Trump has put tariffs on imports. What do you think of that? do you understand the economic reality of that? he puts 25% on Canada (for instance) Canada exports aluminium gas, oil and other thing including electricity. The US has a shortfall of 18% for gas and oil which is supplied by Canada. Canada has withdrawn that supply, and is selling it to other counties Like Japan without tariffs, that does not hurt Canada in any way. They are selling all there oil, no problem. The US has tried to get that oil, gas from Saudi Arabia. They told him to F off. So due to the laws of supply&demand The price of oil, gas and energy in the US will go up, that will cause inflation in many ways, If normal economics will play out which is a way to control inflation. mortgages will go up by this mechanism people will not be able to afford due general inflation that will cause banks to be unstable causing economic uncertainty. Canada is still fine. Food will go through the roof because the farmers cant get the crops picked because immigrants would do that job for $6 an hour, crops are rotting on the the vines. And the little that does make it to the shelves will be crazy high as they would have to mark them up again because the cost of picking has gone up and again the supply and demand mechanism. cost of living goes up again. With food, if you have to import some because of shortages in the US you will be paying a 25% increase due the the tariffs fuel prices in the US go up so transport costs will be higher. Canada has cancelled its 30Billion purchase of F35's. And will probably buy the Swedish grippen. That 30Billion will go from Canada to the EU. Other countries ar cancelling sales of the F35's as the world now considers the US as an "unreliable Partner" So spare parts my not become available. Other Countries around the world are boycotting the US and aligning together against the US, You have no friends and broke. Your unemployment will go through the , with you economy in ruins. Anything that you do export will have a 25% retaliatory tarrif slapped on it further crashing your economy. Trump is creating the perfect financial storm. So trumps motivation for tanking you economy is either he is stupid and ignorant Or some speculate he is tanking it on purpose so he and billionaires can by up big on the failing stock market at rock bottom prices. and wait till the market eventually improve and they will be Trillionaires. US will be a failed state run by oligarchs. U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks.

I love where you are heading with this, very cool stuff, you have been very boxed indeed

I can only think he gets unlived, Or there is a military coup based upon the military have sworn to uphold the constitution. I feel like I am in an episode of black Mirror but this plot is almost too far fetched

@Stinkie said in Elephant in the room:

Won't happen anytime soon, I think. No-one in the Republican Party dares to take on Trump, and the Democrats know any attempt to get rid of him without firm Republican support would be futile, even counterproductive. So ... things'll have to get worse first. Civil unrest, violence, that sort of thing. It's all rather frightening, from where I'm standing.

(Hi kids!)

Hi stinkie. where have you been? I have missed you ugly renders

This may not be the right forum for politics and I would not be angry if a moderator takes what I am about to say, Trump needs to be impeached we are living in very dangerous times.

I like the last render a lot and especially the god rays. I did not think about heating It but it makes sense. Perhaps 1 or 3 couple if fireplaces , and a bit more wood, may make the image more homely

There are many brain models on 3D warehouse

Could be mistaken but the world is looking a big increase in power consumption over the next few years due to AI being reliant on GPU.s. With Bolt having higher speed and much lower power usage. If the claims holds out it may be an Nvidia killer and that is HUGE

Startup claims its Zeus GPU is 10X faster than Nvidia's RTX 5090

Bolt Graphics's RISC-V-based Zeus GPU features upgradeable memory, breakthrough performance, and enhanced energy efficiency.

Tom's Hardware (www.tomshardware.com)

New graphics card claims to be 10X faster than an RTX 5090

Those images are superb. I wonder what impact AI will have on society. no children with Dad's over sized shirt whilst finger painting on an easel with real paint and paper. Saddens me so much. Human creativity will be so devalued/obliterated. Such sad times, I hate it

I thought mechanical are a thing But apparently they are not durable and the valves make noises therefore current mechanical hears are very noisy By durable that means the patient can leave the hospital and can take the place of or improve upon a normal heart permanently a guy here had it fitted and after ore that 100 days living at home The trials have started a while ago. And it is due for being on the market in 2 to three years

Australian man successfully receives titanium heart after 6-hour operation

A New South Wales man with heart failure lived with the artificial heart for over 100 days while waiting to be matched with a heart donor.

(www.abc.net.au)

Loving it

Hi, I came across this the other day. It is a SketchUp plugin that will make a 3D model from a 2d image. Please let me know if the facbook link does not work. I have just seen that this plugin is on this site so some will be aware if its existence. So am just posting for those who are not aware it exists as I did
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2125003171256143

I found the image on Facebook and it says it was stained glass so I did not question it. But you are correct

I thought I would post this and think that Box may be particularly interested in this image

@tuna1957 said in Orgelf's works. second topic.:

No end to the depths of your imagination.

Agreed

Super nice work jo-ke