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Comment #44123051
Prices tend to be sticky! Deflation isn’t common these days. When will price stabilize is a more appropriate question.
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Comment #44078057
But costing more and having limited capacity most certainly does slow production! Are you saying that the trains have the same throughput and cost as the pipeline would have? The p…
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Comment #44010710
There’s actually a ton of places that rely on those ratings - like insurance companies need at least a certain rating in order to write in certain states.
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Comment #43985578
Sorry to hear you got a bum toilet, luckily for you, there’s the other huge benefit of low flush toilets that I didn’t mention. Even with a total clog, there’s a 1-2 flush bowl cap…
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Comment #43981773
Efficiency related regulation like the energy star is THE reason why companies started caring. Same with low flush toilets. I vaguely remember the initial ones had issues, but tbh …
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Comment #43948597
At one point Tesla had the opportunity to become THE ev charging monopoly. That ended when Musk went on one of his earlier whimsical firing sprees and destroyed the charging team. …
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Comment #43884895
“Yes, it’s true 95% of the forests in CA are prone to wildfire and many have recently burnt, but trust me my house in the forest is safe, it isn’t in a forest that has burned yet!!…
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Comment #43847935
Deflationary spirals are possible. Why would a consumer buy goods today if they’ll be cheaper tomorrow?
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Comment #43796581
So now instead of appearing in court and face their consequences if guilty, they are motivated to flee and evade even if innocent of the crime they are appearing in court for?
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Comment #43794291
I like how the AI summary has had a 50% rate of directly contradicting itself between the first and last paragraphs in my recent searches. It’s like an overly confident bullshitter…
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Comment #43790453
For anyone interested, with all keyless entry Subarus in the US it’s easy to put the fob to sleep. If you’re car camping and doing a lot of stuff around your car and opening the do…
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Comment #43773415
Are you asking why college isn’t a vocational school or technical school? Or are you wondering why the USA doesn’t have apprenticeships in the way Germany and others have? A colleg…
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Comment #43660247
Lost massive amount of revenue so other financial partners on the deal had to write it down substantially- is losing money a successful investment in your book?
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Comment #43660223
Well revenue cratered and that’s usually a critical business metric for financially viable businesses Reminds me the joke of how to become a millionaire that’s basically start with…
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Comment #43656459
> The guy that stands up and gives a 25 hour speech? Who isn’t even the top house democrat. The opposition party’s actual leaders were going around saying the best strategy was to …
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Comment #43656379
> Similar to what Elon did with twitter Wait who thinks what Elon did with Twitter was a success? While it hasn’t fully collapsed like some predicted, it seems like a total unmitig…
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Comment #43644687
Most people have no idea what a travois is. The headline could have been evidence of a 22000 year old wheelbarrow like vehicle but I guess that was a mouthful. “Vehicle” is fine.
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Comment #43602315
So why are we Taking claims and justifications from this admin at face value? Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me”
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Comment #43531373
Doesn’t this have the added benefit of the operator not broadcasting their position? So anti jamming but also anti-pilot getting shelled/counter droned? Or is tracing the drone ope…
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Comment #43381577
also ironic - an article lamenting the way things are so flat and lacking physicality yet it’s jam packed with AI generated art
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Comment #43313827
Well please read things more carefully in the future. No one sells pills of pure magnesium - that would be eating metal shavings or metal beads. It is ALWAYS a magnesium ion paired…
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Comment #43313768
Fun fact - Low magnesium can contribute to type II diabetes. It’s been found certain people not responding to improved diet and medication have the A1C drop after starting mg. Of c…
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Comment #43313709
There’s a fair number of brands selling mg alone and fe alone. Maybe it’s hard outside the US? Or maybe places like target and CVS don’t carry them - those places do have limited o…
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Comment #43250052
Counterpoint they literally already did that and we weren’t less racist in the 60s and 70s. Personally I don’t think Trump would defend Taiwan but I object to such a disregard of h…
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Comment #43247566
There’s a brand of ice cream that has 5 ingredients in their vanilla. Vanilla, cream, milk, sugar, egg. I can eat it no problem. Other vanilla ice creams gives me gas and digestion…