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Comment · 12 days ago
Energy is not always conserved. In the universe as a whole, energy is not conserved because we do not have time symmetry.
Comment · 1 month ago
I recently played a browser version of it. Such good childhood memories!
Comment · 1 month ago
Canada actually implemented their ETA way before the EU did theirs.
Comment · 7 months ago
That has existed for a long time and predates the MS acquisition. It's called Github Enterprise.
Comment · 8 months ago
Skoda is owned by VW
Comment · 1 year ago
It's not fully state owned, it's semi-privatized. You get the worst of both worlds, so to speak.
Comment · 1 year ago
I have never seen this. For all flights I have flown recently, the price for a kid and an adult is the exact same.
Comment · 1 year ago
Actually, that's surprisingly little roads in the US. The population is significantly larger (more than 3x), so on a per person basis roads in Germany see much more use than in the US. And roads there are in a much better state than in the use despite the higher usage rate.

So also as a consequence of this: If the US were to use the same per person $ amount to upkeep their roads, US roads would have WAY more money to be maintained. Yet, the outcome is obviously worse.

Comment · 1 year ago
Always enjoyed de_dust more than de_dust2. But I am clearly in the minority on that one.
Comment · 1 year ago
Lol, Australia and Canada seem to be very similar in this regard.
Comment · 1 year ago
Same in Germany. Times are usually assumed to be ct (cum tempore) and start XY:15. When something starts sharp, it's specified as st (sine tempore).
Comment · 1 year ago
Uber outsourced they capital intensive fleet of cars to the drivers. Waymo has no such luxury.

But the main point is: if there is no need to compete in price, companies won't do it. There is no other company offering driverless rides and even if Google were to have huge margins on every ride, they wouldn't lower prices.

Happens all the time that companies literally just choose to not compete in price because people don't have options or just have accepted a specific price level.

Comment · 1 year ago
What does size have to do with it? Switzerland also has less GDP, less tax revenue and less people to build things.
Comment · 1 year ago
I don't think this is a very good list that should call itself top 100. Maybe anglophone top 100, but even then I'd question some of the choices. I completely ignores a ton of more important works in non-English languages.
Comment · 1 year ago
Isn't Amazon's APIs everywhere another example of just this that came right from the top? In some companies CEOs double as the tech lead, no?

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