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I know that Tesla, for example, has either reduced or eliminated Cobalt from their batteries. Changing composition can reduce material cost.

As an example: there are genuine cases of masochists that are subjectively happier because pain is being inflicted on them. In many of these cases no serious harm is done to their …

People can feel less happy when there is a lack of challenge in their life. Consider the example of the guy that spends his life wasting away in front of video games, going for imp…

When interest rates for new bonds go up, the value of existing bonds go down. This only ever matters if you intend to resell the bond. If you hold it to maturity, you will get the …

How is the dessicant recharged after it absorbs the water?

If they raised the minimum wage for all workers, it would have a greater destabilizing effect, so they limited it to a smaller group so they could get their message across while mi…

Kant's categorical imperative is a decent attempt at one. Also (closely related)- "do unto others as you would have others do unto you." They both have holes and edge cases though.…

Yep the 80s machine would be perfect to throw in the back of a camper as secondary transportation

If I do a lot of exercise on a hot day, I can come back to the house and eat a can of anchovies and still want more salt. I wish I could uh, know how healthy this is

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q Over the time period since the original iPhones release, median household income …

Real wages have risen over the last 50 years.

Aren't bicycles more deadly per passenger mile?

Let's take fentanyl for example. It kills so many people that there isn't any good reason for it to be a legal drug off prescription. The difference between fentanyl and other drug…

Seems like the rich are able to save more for retirement than the poor, and will use the most effective means to do so. Contribution limits to retirement plans mean that for a bill…

In some industries low worker mobility is very desirable for the company. Offering long time horizon benefits is a good way to reduce turnover. I would prefer my local nuclear plan…

(posting from cell w/ other account) You haven't given any indication that you have considered any of my points in any meaningful way. I'm just gonna accept the fact that you want …

What about powered electric wheelchairs?

What "bill to make it safe" are you referring to? Do track tech inspections usually have a speed limit requirement?

I worked on a project where we tried to get the packing seal in the stem of a valve to pass a test certifying that it had a low leakage rate (fugitive emissions testing) for natura…

I worked on a project where we tried to get the packing seal in the stem of a valve to pass a test certifying that it had a low leakage rate (fugitive emissions testing). We used t…

World war one rifles coated in cosmoline are just as ready to shoot today as when they were stored in a barrel 100 years ago. Take a look at the availability of the mosin nagant ri…

I think that calling it random is a mischaractetization. It's more of "market movements are caused by a combination of millions of people trading on millions of narratives and data…

It is perfectly legal to start a company as a co-op, or as any other non-traditional structure. There's an argument to be made that corporations have a growth advantage because the…

Wooly mammoth prices were pretty expensive for a few years.

This is the short term during a market disruption where supply is constrained due to an avian flu outbreak. Long term prices will fall back to normal. The difference between the ch…