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kackerd
5y ago
Yes. A lot of 'innovation' in marketing is just changing things to eliminate design decisions which are associated with scamminess and coming up with new ones which aren't yet overused by the worst bottom-feeders and so seem
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kackerd
5y ago
The fuel tanks on an aircraft are a major portion of the weight of the whole craft. So make engines more efficient, and you can take less fuel, which means the plane is lighter, so you use even less fuel and can take even less, etc. As you
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kackerd
5y ago
I know that there is a lot of art behind these type of patterns and getting people to sign up, etc. However whenever I see them discussing techniques, they seem to ignore the fact that people quickly learn to work around them. If I go to a
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kackerd
5y ago
One of the major groups supporting the Palestinian people and their right to self-determination is 'Jewish lefties'. Alongside Palestinian voices, those who feel solidarity because of Arab or Muslim identities, and those who work
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kackerd
5y ago
That sounds like a good news story for EVs. So many people bought them that the installation of charging stations is lagging behind. There is no strong constraint on building new charging stations though. Soon they will catch up, and no one
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kackerd
5y ago
The other difference between trucks and cars is that power/weight isn't really important for the latter, and hugely important for the former. If there's an improvement that allows you to carry 5% more weight in your car, that
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5y ago
Right, but that's not the whole story. Some documents can be permanently offline and still do their job. The list of police informants might be an example. The officer controlling the information writes it down, but he also remembers i