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"Moderation in temper, is always a virtue; but moderation in principle, is a species of vice"
--Thomas Paine

Samsung tv. Going to try the Logitech. If it doesn't work I'll give it away. It's only $26 on Amazon.

@OutdoorsSmoke_21191 said:
Peter Zeihan -

US President Joe Biden has embarked on the first—and only—sub-Saharan African visit of his presidential term.

With President Biden set to leave office in several weeks, the timing might suggest that the visit and associated objectives are low on the totem pole of US national interests. That could not be further from the truth.

Angola is a significant oil producer and exporter, but President Biden’s trip is laser focused not on what minerals Angola has to offer, but rather what Angola grants access to: Congolese cobalt.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest global producer of cobalt, a critical component in lithium battery cathodes. Cobalt plays an essential role in preventing thermal runaway—a failure that can lead to batteries overheating or exploding. To over-simplify this, cobalt helps make rechargeable batteries safer and more reliable.

The DRC is wealthy in cobalt and copper and a potential raft of other minerals, but is utterly lacking in meaningful infrastructure. The cobalt deposits in the country’s southern Katanga province are essentially landlocked, but they do border Angola and Zambia. Zambia is landlocked; Angola is not. Furthermore, Angola’s position along the Atlantic coast places future cobalt shipments on an easy route to US and other western consumers.

Biden’s trip is set to lay the groundwork for foreign investment in port and rail infrastructure aimed at providing not only better access and development of the DRC’s cobalt, but a more assertive US foreign policy vis-à-vis securing critical minerals. China has long dominated this arena in respect to many minerals, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. But that was as much a product of a lack of direct US competition, more so than preternatural Chinese skill (or luck—bribes notwithstanding). Even with the upcoming change in administration, we should expect the thrust of US policy toward critical minerals to continue on a similar trajectory.

I would suspect this project is a grifters dream. The Chinese have already invested 2 billion in getting the 120 year old railway operational and deepening the port at Lobito. The mining companies in the DRC pay a 20% royalty to the government mining arm Gecamines. The Chinese play it smart, instead of cashing them out they offer infrastructure improvements instead. When I was there in 2013-2015 all the materials where trucked in and out over 1000 miles to Durban South Africa, to a lesser extent port's in Tanzania or Mozambique. The DRC roads were dirt, so China paved the highway as part of the royalty money (belt and road). China controls 80% of copper, 76% of cobalt in the DRC and most of the Chinese miners have the CCP as at least part owners, push comes to shove they will decide which direction the metals flow.

Let's see if Musk does anything about it, lol.

@ShawnOL said:
I like to watch YouTube videos. Typing in the search bar with the remote takes forever.

I have a Roku TV, and I use the Roku app to control it when I want to use the keyboard or voice commands in lieu of the keyboard.

If you have a Roku TV or just a Roku, you can use the app in all of the applications within Roku. Same goes for fire stick and Google TV I think. Not sure about Apple.

My crappy Vizio TV has a remote that has a flip out keyboard integrated into it. It was really cool like 8 years ago.