[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Boeing has already lost the global market to Airbus. The competition with Comac will be for second place.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think the more useful thing to do is not to hide these stereotypes, but to state and then question them. There's this passage from Lords and Ladies -

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.

Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.

Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.

Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.

Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.

Elves are terrific. They beget terror.

The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.

Elves can then be used as an allegory of how the aristocracy does the most horrible things one can imagine, but then surround themselves with an air of refinement.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

stories about helicopters firing missiles without targeting carefully or those girls in tanks firing on kibbutz homes without a clear idea of who is inside

Does anyone have a 'reputable' (i.e. Western or at least Al Jazeera) source for both of these? I need to show some people.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

That might be the intention of some of them. But photos have a powwrful emotional impact. It was the photo of a drowned boy that (temporarily) got Europe to accept thousands of refugees.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago

The company was sued in 2017 by drivers whose cars drove themselves unexpectedly through garages and into walls; a German paper reported last year on over 2,400 complaints about sudden braking problems; and a safety researcher published a white paper showing how voltage spikes could lead Teslas to speed up without warning.

Remember the relative of some US senator who drove herself into a pond and drowned? Was she driving a Tesla?

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

It's Hannover.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

Also a type of worker in certain ant species that can lay eggs.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

People who are forced to work fewer hours can often do more work in those fewer hours. Opposition to the four-day week, like opposition to free healthcare, does not even make economic sense. It is purely a form of sadism.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

Hmm, I wonder why most poor people care more about money than talking shit on the internet. Truly a great mystery.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago
  • Reduced expenditure on constructing and maintaining parking lots. Include the costs of security / cameras.

  • Company has better control over when employees come and go.

  • Employees can start working while on the bus (reading mails, catching up with co-workers, etc.).

  • PR department can highlight this as a new green policy. They might even be able to convince the local government to bear a part of the costs, or give some other monetary reward.

Now excuse me while I go wash my hands.

[-] theturtlemoves@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago

Google flights (I know, I know) has it. Also, airlines generally prefer one manufacturer to simplify logistics, so you could look up the 'fleet' section on their Wikipedia page

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