For everyone in the manufacturing chain, there's a difference:
- cost: what they pay to design and build, or procure a widget
- price: what they'll sell that widget for.
The difference between the two is their margin, ie the profit they made on the sale.

Did that help clear things up, or should I include some insults for you?

It's not surprising to me people aren't bothering to learn to read analog clocks any more. They stink. They force you to count ticks or estimate the distance between digits, adding up clues until you get to the time. Digital clocks are much easier to read.

Analog clocks are a fossil from a bygone era. Better solutions have been able for decades.

Thanks, I needed a good laugh today.

And yet you ended up with "one nation under God".

A: The cost of the lessons!

Ride ends but the car signals it can't move? Message the last rider "you forgot to close the door, we'll bill you $1/minute until you fix this".

There are perfectly viable commercial alternatives. I learned home improvement from Tim Taylor, and I've only died 42 times so far.

I compared to wafers because semiconductor wafers are made from a single crystal of silicon which has to be grown gradually, just like these CZT crystals.

The article contains some details on the production process. Each detector consists of a single crystal. This has to be grown, starting from a molten CZT mixture, in a process that takes weeks. It's likely the process can be scaled up, similar to how silicon wafers used to be made from a crystal with a diameter with a few centimeters, and current wafers are 30 cm or more.

I think we're at the point where more people are killed because the incessant beeping drives them crazy, than are saved because they weren't paying attention until they heard the beeping. My flat's being renovated for the past 8 months, and I'm seriously contemplating sabotaging the fucking horns on all the construction equipment.

Only if Bugs hasn't stolen the the Iludium Q-36 explosive space modulator.

That won't help. Such a backup and restore keeps all your account data intact. So you end up with the same account and the same restrictions on a new device.

Yes, braking less quickly can be a plus. That switch has nothing to do with the brake pedal: it changes what happens when you let go of the throttle. An ICE car will slow down using the resistance of the engine (engine braking). With an electric car, you can simulate this by switching the motor to generator mode.

Some people like to be able to coast with no engine braking, others want to be able to do one-pedal driving where letting go of the throttle will rapidly slow the car down, even to a standstill. And some people like to switch between the two depending on road conditions.

It's possible my number is from before 2020 and the global supply chain disruption.