Play Nice Random Chat Thread VI

[Del191229]

Wow.

That is a fascinating thread. He is right. If they don't fix it it will break the world's economy.

Yep, that circulation metaphor is perfect.

 

[Del191229]

Find out who owns Port if Los Angeles and you’ll find out the source of the issue…

Not really, given it applies to both LA and Long Beach.

 

[ferball]

Yep, that circulation metaphor is perfect.

Systempunkt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Val Keating]

This is excellent in terms of just how finely leveraged everything was, and how it now all jammed up.



ferball

Is he being sarcastic?

 

[ferball]

Is he being sarcastic?

Nah he's serious.

There are hundreds of ships sitting off the Cali coast, maybe, dunno the full number but it is over 100.

The images on this page give a good idea of how ****ed up it is.

Visualizing California's stunning shipping gridlock | CNN Business

Cargo ships have been circling off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to offload critical household goods and manufacturing supplies.

edition.cnn.com

 

[AnEmptyChair]

Hmmm sounds familiar... I wonder if ol' mate Holty here likes putting serpents in pies and pastries and the like.

 

[DesertRoo]

Hmmm sounds familiar... I wonder if ol' mate Holty here likes putting serpents in pies and pastries and the like.

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Who the hell is Nick Holt?

 

[big_e]

Bloomberg's Odd Lots podcast has done a magnificent series on supply chains this year. Deep dives on shipping (including trying to ship a container with a single teddy bear from Hong Kong to LA), railroad, trucking, ports (including one two weeks ago with the bloke with that twitter thread, another with the CEO of Port of LA), housing and construction, even supply chain issues in book printing. Also great stuff on inflation, if that floats yer boat.

 

[big_e]

Find out who owns Port if Los Angeles and you’ll find out the source of the issue…

It's owned by the Los Angeles City Council, is it not? Not sure the point you're making here.

 

[Val Keating]

Nah he's serious.

There are hundreds of ships sitting off the Cali coast, maybe, dunno the full number but it is over 100.

The images on this page give a good idea of how f’ed up it is.

Visualizing California's stunning shipping gridlock | CNN Business

Cargo ships have been circling off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to offload critical household goods and manufacturing supplies.

edition.cnn.com

I understand the situation. I must have read it wrong. I thought he was suggesting that overwhelming the docks was a good idea. Totally got my wires crossed. He’s saying they need to overcome the bottle neck and get the good on shaw.

Man the early 20’s have been pretty humbling for humans. Honestly I thought we were way more advanced then we are.

Trillions spent on weapon systems but really all you need is 2 guys and a bat

 

[DesertRoo]

It's owned by the Los Angeles City Council, is it not? Not sure the point you're making here.

There was a big thing a few years ago with anti monopoly laws kicking into gear and the San Pedro Bay Port complex..
The trump admin tried to get Chinese to divest. As basically the whole thing was owned by HK or China conglomerates OOIL and COSCO.

 

[big_e]

There was a big thing a few years ago with anti monopoly laws kicking into gear and the San Pedro Bay Port complex..
The trump admin tried to get Chinese to divest. As basically the whole thing was owned by HK or China conglomerates OOIL and COSCO.

Yeah, you're reading too much into this one, surprisingly.

It's very well known that the entire business world thought we were going into a deep recession, and orders were slashed accordingly. When that didn't happen, they had to ramp up production but it's been hard due to repeated covid shutdowns. Economics has taken over and shipping companies are better off sending an empty ship back to China rather than waiting for it to be filled with empty containers.

Basically a global economy set up for just in time production has been exposed as incredibly fragile. And some business leaders have been exposed as really ****ing stupid. The big 4 consulting firms - who receive millions and millions of taxpayer dollars each year - laid off tens of thousands of people when covid hit, and since then, there wouldn't be a professional services firm in the world that isn't run off their feet.

 

[Themanbun]

Yeah, you're reading too much into this one, surprisingly.

It's very well known that the entire business world thought we were going into a deep recession, and orders were slashed accordingly. When that didn't happen, they had to ramp up production but it's been hard due to repeated covid shutdowns. Economics has taken over and shipping companies are better off sending an empty ship back to China rather than waiting for it to be filled with empty containers.

Basically a global economy set up for just in time production has been exposed as incredibly fragile. And some business leaders have been exposed as really ******* stupid. The big 4 consulting firms - who receive millions and millions of taxpayer dollars each year - laid off tens of thousands of people when covid hit, and since then, there wouldn't be a professional services firm in the world that isn't run off their feet.

This, plus logistics bottlenecks beget further bottlenecks. Companies recognise a delay so put orders in now for peak season (e.g. Christmas), further increasing the bottleneck.

 

[DesertRoo]

Yeah, you're reading too much into this one, surprisingly.

It's very well known that the entire business world thought we were going into a deep recession, and orders were slashed accordingly. When that didn't happen, they had to ramp up production but it's been hard due to repeated covid shutdowns. Economics has taken over and shipping companies are better off sending an empty ship back to China rather than waiting for it to be filled with empty containers.

Basically a global economy set up for just in time production has been exposed as incredibly fragile. And some business leaders have been exposed as really ******* stupid. The big 4 consulting firms - who receive millions and millions of taxpayer dollars each year - laid off tens of thousands of people when covid hit, and since then, there wouldn't be a professional services firm in the world that isn't run off their feet.

good article, this has been building up for the decade of underinvestment. The American taxpayer will pick up the bill to fix a multinationals problem.

‘Decade of underinvestment’: San Pedro Bay port executives call for systemic change in supply chain

Poor trade policy and “more than a decade of underinvestment” in West Coast ports have left the agencies vulnerable, the LA Port director said, to the challenges caused by the uptick in cargo they’re now seeing.

lbbusinessjournal.com

 

[ferball]

This, plus logistics bottlenecks beget further bottlenecks. Companies recognise a delay so put orders in now for peak season (e.g. Christmas), further increasing the bottleneck.

This basically what that term systempunkt means.

 

[Val Keating]

Anyone see that messed up experiment that Fauci did on dogs? With all the stuff that’s getting released to the media about his involvement in the gain of function research lab in Wuhan and this latest leak about the dog experiment the walls are closing in on him for sure, he’s ****ed. He’s copping it from both parties now.

Spoiler: Animal cruelty

It’s come out that he did an experiment where they took dogs and locked their heads in mesh cages full of sand flies and the sand flies ate their faces while the dogs were alive. It’s pretty shocking.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ments-utilized-disease-causing-parasites.html

 

[Pickitt]

Anyone see that messed up experiment that Fauci did on dogs? With all the stuff that’s getting released to the media about his involvement in the gain of function research lab in Wuhan and this latest leak about the dog experiment the walls are closing in on him for sure, he’s f’ed. He’s copping it from both parties now.

Spoiler: Animal cruelty

It’s come out that he did an experiment where they took dogs and locked their heads in mesh cages full of sand flies and the sand flies ate their faces while the dogs were alive. It’s pretty shocking.

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Why did he do it?

 

[andana]

Who the hell is Nick Holt?

I thought he went missing while swimming years ago.

 

[Val Keating]

Why did he do it?

Something to do with AIDS research.

 

[B4Bear]

Nah he's serious.

There are hundreds of ships sitting off the Cali coast, maybe, dunno the full number but it is over 100.

The images on this page give a good idea of how f’ed up it is.

Visualizing California's stunning shipping gridlock | CNN Business

Cargo ships have been circling off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, waiting to offload critical household goods and manufacturing supplies.

edition.cnn.com

Looks like the little tadpoles have no egg to go to.

 

[Ligma]

First day back at chapel and already a guy yelling lmao

 

[Shinboner1]

First day back at chapel and already a guy yelling lmao

 

[Ligma]

Me being being nice and giving way to dilfs in Mercedes in the hopes that they tell me to hop in

 

[Val Keating]

Me being being nice and giving way to dilfs in Mercedes in the hopes that they tell me to hop in

Now I know why your parents are tracking you

 

[Ligma]

Now I know why your parents are tracking you

HAHAHAHA this one made me laugh so hard