Article says "SpaceX collisions up 200 percent", but it is actually "conjunction risk mitigation manoeuvres[sic]" that are up 200 percent. These are active maneuvers to avoid collisions.
I was interested in when computers started showing up. I flipped through some years quickly. I see a terminal on page 158 in 1984 ('84:158). What looks like an 8-bit computer at '85:103 and a Mac at '86:190. Anyone see something earlier?
This could be a game. When was the first flat screen TV? When was the first CD rack? When was the first microwave?
There is a record player at '20:156. Did record players go away and then come back?
There are at least two typewriters in 2020 ('20:56 and '20:61). I wouldn't have expected typewriters in a 2020 catalog. Maybe that's a Swedish thing? Are typewriters still common in Sweden?
One thing to note is that the setting of a furniture catalog is meant to establish emotional connection to a setting which could cause you buy furniture.
Midcentury stuff like record players came back into vogue in the 2010s and 2020s; a typewriter would be one extension of such a retro fashion. Even today a vinyl is a common item in the merch shops of modern artists and bands. https://a.co/d/9FFBuEF
> the setting of a furniture catalog is meant to establish emotional connection to a setting which could cause you buy furniture
I think they do an excellent job of this in their stores. The mock rooms they have look so cozy and inviting. If they had a service where their designers would come to my home and help me replicate that vibe, I'd do it!
And when will be the last... Recently a webshop accidentally sent me my order of two fantastic jazz CD's twice and they did not want me to return them. I tried to offload them for free on anyone I know who vaguely likes jazz. None of them had a CD player, none of them wanted two CD's for free...
One of the things I like best when visiting friends, is to have a look at their bookcases and CD racks. But I think I won't be able to much longer.
There's a lot of interesting research one could do through the ikea lens given it has had such a huge impact on cultures (specially the youth) in the west for a good part of a century.
To be clear, PBS is showing the 30-episode show that was made in China. It's different from the Netflix series that just came out. I plan to watch both.
The whitepaper actually says that 28% of Japan is over 65.
Maybe 75% is a misunderstanding of the "Old-age dependency ratios 1950-2050 in the 19 countries of study" chart. That shows that in 2050 Japan will have 74.32 people over 65 for every 100 people between 15-64.
"Overall, do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the use of nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide electricity in the United States?"
There may be a convergence of liberals thinking he climate crisis needs a strong response and conservatives not knowing that and thinking they can still own the libs.
If you asked conservatives if they wanted to trade their gas stove for one powered by nuclear electricity you might get a different opinion ;-)
Carter outlawed the Plutonium economy, Reagan permitted it. Democrats campaigned to shut down the FFTF. Ralph Nader led opposition to new plants like Seabrook and Diablo Canyon. Business interests, then represented by Republicans, complained that nuclear power was regulated too much.
There have always been exceptions. Atomic Rod operated nuclear reactors in the land of submarines and was so impressed by the experience that he's become an evangelist for small modular reactors. He's a Democrat, even if he sees everything as nuke vs anti-nuke.
File size is always an issue when downloading such big content, so we always produce each Wikipedia file in three flavours:
Mini: only the introduction of each article, plus the infobox. Saves about 95% of space vs. the full version.
nopic: full articles, but no images. About 75% smaller than the full version
Maxi: the default full version.
I know of a family with three generations of people with same First Middle Last name, but since grandfather goes by First, father goes by First Middle and grandson goes by Middle, there's no actual confusion.
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