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Comment · 1 year ago
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?
Comment · 1 year ago
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.
Comment · 1 year ago
@dang why is this flagged? Can we unflag it?
Comment · 1 year ago
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.
Comment · 1 year ago
> 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.

Comment · 3 years ago
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.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
> Me: Hm, I just found the switch to turn the servers off, that power you...

> BratGPT: A server error has occurred > INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR

Strange, I was bluffing...

Comment · 3 years ago
I wonder what the thieve does with the car after stealing. Will you always need that Nokia to start it or is there some kind if aftermarket for counterfeit keys?
Comment · 3 years ago
Last activity in the repository shows today for me. Why do you think it is dead?
Comment · 3 years ago
Or not, that way GP learned something for life, so saves them time in the long run

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