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edfrtghjkjh
16y ago
The reason this makes sense in Alaska is that a lot of places aren't accessible to the fire service - if your cabin out in the woods with no road burns down the fire service can't get a ladder truck there so why are you paying? This used to
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16y ago
5% saving with better aerodynamics - at huge cost in changing every runway, taxiway, jetbridge, hanger and terminal to handle the new shape/size/layout 65% saving from new engine design based on unobtanium
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16y ago
Presumably the library already has the ISBN of the books it is getting rid of. They could pull out the ones worth >$1 after checking on Amazon and then package and ship them - but thats probably not cost effective for a library employee
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16y ago
Most bookshops do, in fact since Amazon/abebooks/etc most used bookstores do <50% of their business through the door. They make their money on Amazon, others don't even bother with the store anymore - they buy job lots of books put them
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16y ago
It's actually of benefit - there is a book out there that I want but it's hidden in a library or garage sale in a city 1000mi away. This guy makes it available for me to buy at a price I set on Amazon - rather than the book ending up in the
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16y ago
You've obviously never cut your hands to shreds working on cheap metal cases repairing peoples PCs.
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16y ago
True for the US with a big supply of uranium in a (relatively) friendly country to the north. Different for say India that has lots of Thorium, no Uranium and doesn't want to go begging to Russia or spend hard currency in Canada.
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16y ago
> take ww.com away from me .... I'd be fairly confident about the outcome. Unless of course you were a foreigner, especially an Libyan one then the outcome might not be so confidence inspiring.