How does this cost 9m£? I mean, sure, it was exploratory, but come on, how do you spend that kind of money on sealing some components, adding an alternator and some sensors? What am I missing?
Readit Newsadminu commented on 'Nobody has done this before': Britain's beloved steam trains trial technology theguardian.com/uk-news/2... · Posted by u/beardyw
Yeah, the steam operators raised hell over having to follow the central locking for doors and sealing of windows passengers could stick their head out of.
Wasn’t even prospective, preventative action. There was pretty rash series of decapitations/fatalities in the past decade of people who think sticking their head out of a moving train is risk free that lead to this ruling being made mandatory.
They kicked off claiming it would ruin the ambience, but really it cost a very pretty penny.
They’d do anything to save a few quid; it’s amazing how they used to get cheap oil lube and coal from Russia, and since the war they’ve miraculously been managing to procure the same rates from new companies that have appeared overnight/moved production to sanction-less countries just over the border like Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan etc.
Sorry, but sticking your head out the window is one of the greatest perks of going on a heritage train. That really IS about the ambiance.
adminu commented on Are Americans' perceptions of the economy and crime broken? niemanlab.org/2024/11/are... · Posted by u/bediger4000
@dang why is this flagged? Can we unflag it?
adminu commented on It's not a crime if we do it with an app pluralistic.net/2025/01/2... · Posted by u/keepit
Does anybody know whats stopping ethical and slightly less greedy companies from outcompeting these conglomerates? Its a question I keep coming back to because if the market were efficient then competitors should be able to use that same data to undercut big potato (or big whatever). This never seems to happen.
An oligopol often has some kind of moat due to anti competitive behaviour. E.g. the potatoe argument from the article, where McCain makes it hard to buy potatoes from anybody but them as they are part of a packaged deal.
adminu commented on It's not a crime if we do it with an app pluralistic.net/2025/01/2... · Posted by u/keepit
What a terrible article. The title and the first paragraph talk about how new business models are circumventing existing laws, which seems fair enough and actually quite an interesting subject.
Then, there is a switch to the most traditional of businesses with the most traditional business models. Who, the author argues, are engaging in price gauging. In the second paragraph he claims that apps cause this inflation ("so much of inflation can be attributed to a crime, done with an app"), then goes on to list a couple of traditional companies who are, he argues rising prices above inflation. And who he partially blames for inflation.
None of the examples he gives support the case he is trying to make in his title. Apparently being an "App" has absolutely zero to do with getting away with financial misdeeds.
None of the questions raised by the title are even investigated. And the core argument, that traditional companies are causing inflation, is never argued for. The last paragraph portraits a stunning lack of economic knowledge, as companies raising prices in line with inflation obviously would not lower prices after the source of the inflation is gone. The source of the inflation being gone does not cause inflation to reverse. And so the fair market price would not get lower, getting something so basic wrong seems ridiculous for someone leveling serious accusations at companies.
> Then, there is a switch to the most traditional of businesses with the most traditional business models. Who, the author argues, are engaging in price gauging. In the second paragraph he claims that apps cause this inflation
He is saying that the traditional businesses use an app that allows for a legal way of price gauging.
> The last paragraph portraits a stunning lack of economic knowledge, as companies raising prices in line with inflation obviously would not lower prices after the source of the inflation is gone.
The author claims, that these companies raise prices more than inflation based cost increases in production would allow for.
adminu commented on We don’t need a new Twitter newyorker.com/culture/cul... · Posted by u/furrowedbrow
One important part is missing in this article: RSS Feeds! The missing aggregation of news can be done easily with RSS.
I'm waiting for a online service that adds tue conversation part to the aggregation part that RSS feeds offer for years
That sounds interesting. Are you thinking about a comment system build into RSS?
I am interested in potential future RSS capabilities. Would you mind a chat about that? If so, please drop me an email, see profile.
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