GissaMittJobb

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[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

One tragic fact of life is that it doesn't really take that much to become world-class as far as trains go. The HSR network alone basically places you on the podium.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

Probably basically all operational expenses, with a minority being cloud expenditure and a majority being salaries for employees, if I had to guess.

I'm assuming that spez gets most of his pay in the form of stock options which doesn't really cost the company anything real.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago

Why would there be any fraud? His salary is approved by the board that represents the current shareholders.

It's also not particularly surprising on account of there being plenty of VC-subsidised companies that never turned a profit, had high salaries for their executives and then IPO'd.

If your question is moreso on the absurdities of capitalism, then that's another discussion entirely, but I feel it's important to note that this is nothing out of the ordinary.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 54 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (14 children)

Incredibly based.

It helps that Spain has world-class trains and are continuously investing in expanding the network.

I'm so jealous. I wish the complete shitstain right-wingers that cancelled train investment in my country were fired. (out of a cannon into the sun)

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Unlikely. It's in all likelihood just a bad business, like so many other VC-subsidised businesses that have come before them. Case in point: Uber, Airbnb, WeWork.

The whole game is to offer services at a loss for enough time to lock in customers, then raise the prices in the future.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago

Emergency vehicles generally have unrestricted access as far as I know, which also makes car-restricted infrastructure far superior to regular car infrastructure, on account of not being congested by cars.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Skis are optimized to move efficiently on top of snow, while bicycle wheels are not.

This is one of the big reasons why good plowing is a key feature required for winter cycling in snowy climates. My city has been doing alright in this regard, and I've been able to continue cycling for some of my trips. Transit is so good here though that I use that over cycling while the weather is really bad.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Starting at 420 km range, that's actually pretty impressive. We might be looking at a tipping point here for electric cars.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

IMEI can't be read by apps since quite a few versions of Android ago (10, to be specific)

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I have a personal theory that a lot of complaints about working in-person go away when you remove very long commutes, in particular by car.

A bit like how most complaints about pull requests go away if you make it a priority to get them done as fast as possible.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I would not be surprised if it's big with people driving cars.

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Sweden. As I mentioned, I may have been extrapolating a bit too liberally based on what I know from Sweden and Norway - I should probably have been a bit more specific.

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