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Marketing / Re: vAuto
« on: Today at 12:20:44 AM »
>This, and other software like it, is why there isn't much pricing variance among US auto dealers in your area

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/28/24114991/algorithms-can-aid-price-collusion-doj-ftc-caesars

Algorithms can aid price collusion, even if no humans actually talk to each other, US enforcers say - The Verge

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    The Francis Scott Key bridge was "fracture critical," authorities said Wednesday.

    That means the entire structure could crumple if one vital piece of bridge fails.

    Of the 615,000 bridges in America, 17,468 are fracture-critical, the NTSB said.

https://www.businessinsider.com/baltimore-bridge-fracture-critical-vulnerable-collapse-2024-3

Thousands of US Bridges Are Vulnerable to Collapse From a Single Hit: NTSB

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>piers

It would take a helluva pier to stop or even deflect a loaded container ship that's underway.


There is concern about supply chain issues.  Though I think channel obstructions will be cleared in relatively short order --days, maybe weeks.

That said, think about bridges like these as targets during a war.

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Cargo ship Dali apparently lost power before striking bridge pillar in Baltimore

https://www.newser.com/story/348224/ships-mayday-call-may-have-saved-lives.html

The cargo ship: The Singapore-flagged container ship Dali is owned by Grace Ocean but had been chartered by Danish shipping company Maersk and was operating on a route between Baltimore and Asia, per CNN and the Guardian.

Prior collision: Built in 2015, the ship collided with the quay while leaving the port of Antwerp, Belgium, only a year later. "Its bow reportedly swung around, causing the stern to scrape the side of the quay, significantly damaging several meters of the hull," though no injuries were reported, per the Guardian.

Recent deficiency: Authorities in San Antonio, Chile, gave the ship a second "deficiency" for "propulsion and auxiliary machinery"—gauges, thermometers, etc. in June 2023, per the New York Times. The ship was last inspected in September, by the US Coast Guard, with no deficiencies reported, per the AP.

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Traffic / Re: It's now 2500 search engines.
« on: March 27, 2024, 11:05:49 AM »
>disappeared

How about auto warranties?

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https://flowingdata.com/2019/03/15/shifts-in-how-couples-meet-online-takes-the-top-spot/

This is related to recent discussion here about kids & teens not getting together with friends..

The above was down the rabbit hole which started with this impressive, somewhat shocking, static graphic on /r
https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_how_hetero_couples_met_through2021v4.JPG

root info is by this prof
https://web.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/


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Hardware & Technology / Re: Claude.ai is much better than Google
« on: March 26, 2024, 01:37:29 AM »
How did you decide that Claude was worth trying among all the LLMs being touted now?

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