Don't forget that design follows production, especially for mass produced goods. When both happen in close proximity, communication is better and iteration times for design samples and production updates are shorter.

As a result, the production process is typically more optimized and more often takes advantage of the latest advances in production. This can get you better or cheaper products, depending on what market the you're aiming at.

More and more US companies have moved their design studios, or parts of them, from the US to China. And Chinese companies can play the IP game as well as American ones.

It was because the US had presented no evidence of their claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. France was the only country willing to call them out on it. Many US Americans completely flipped out and called them cowards and surrender monkeys.

At my workplace, there's still an ashtray installed next to each urinal. Time for a renovation.

At a high enough population density, car centric infrastructure breaks down and everything gets congested. However, the throughput of bike lanes is six times as high as that of car lanes for a given width / area. One of the best best ways to get rid of congested roads is to move at least part of the traffic to the more space efficient bicycling.

Why do you need pilot training and qualifications that are fundamentally different from existing tiltrotor planes like the Osprey?

I'm sure he is thinking along the lines of Antifa or Black Panthers and not along the lines of the KKK or border guards shooting refugees. /s

They can reinvest the money the made with the Trump NFTs.

Because they can clear the crossing much faster if they don't come to a full stop. Idaho introduced this regulation and bicyclists there can treat red lights as a stop sign as well. According to a study from 2019, the rate of injury among cyclists has dropped by 14% after the Idaho Stop regulation was introduced.

I don't know about monkeys, but a similar experiment with rats and morphine water is well known.

You think marijuana is more deadly than alcohol? I call bullshit. You'll have to provide a source for this claim.

The term for this is enshittification.

Most Germans speak English. If they are programmers, it's a given. I would always read "Misty" as an English term and not associate it with "Mist".

Those cars are sold in Europe as well. The GDPR is useless if no one enforces it.

The design is to reduce cognitive load. It let's you better focus on the road. Everything else is a welcome byproduct.

So maternal mortality has gone up? It's a national shame.