Looking at the Kroger 2024 Annual report shows that they have 22.3% gross margin . they pay dividends, had a stock buy back, etc so its entirely possible that they had a very low margin but gross margin seems to be similar to a home builder.

Sales $ 147,123

Merchandise costs $113,720

Rent, Depreciation, Amortization $655

Gross profit $32,748

for a gross margin of 32.7/147 = 22%

not sure how you can make a cable that doesnt connect power from end to end. I can see if it doesnt charge as fast as others if it doesnt have the bits required for higher current support. and if a device requires >5V to charge, thats on the device not the cable.

> other cables won't transfer data

again, not sure you can make a cable that doesnt connect the USB2 pair from end to end. but if device doesnt use USB2 and requires something else without mentioning it then that again seems to be on the device not the cable.

did you have a specific example in mind? It seems that the price of the hardware generally stays the same from year to year.

for example, from iphone 3g to iphone 6s was $199. and iphone 12 through today's iphone 17 is $799. I think the change in the middle was due dropping carrier subsidies and going to full-screen with face id.

you may be thinking of 1000Base-TX (TIA‐854) which uses 2 pairs in each direction, similar to 100Base-TX (IEEE 802.3u). whereas 1000Base-T (IEEE 802.3ab) uses all 4 pairs in both directions.

basically, the -TX are dual simplex with a set of wires for each direction and -T are full-duplex with the same wires used in both directions at the same time.

text of the 22nd amendment covers that. serving more than 2 years of someone else's term means you can only be elected once.

Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/asset-correlations#analy...

Your return is considered filed on time if your envelope is properly addressed, postmarked and deposited in the mail by the due date.

I assume you used the overall CPI rate rather than the software rate. but using the Software CPI its more like $58. and that seems like an easier sell (for the user, maybe not the developer).

http://data.bls.gov/dataViewer/view/timeseries/CUUR0000SEEE0...

Software CPI-U

2001 Oct 77.0

2025 Nov 22.182

Hubble 3D Models

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/3d-hubble...

Curiosity Rover

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/curiosity-rover-3d-model/

and looking at the numbers, I see declining increaes over previous 5 year periods

39.1% increase from 2010-06 (8628.1) to 2015-06 (12004.6)

30.8% increase from 2015-01 (11787.8) to 2020-01 (15416.3)

21.0% increase from 2020-06 (18140.6) to 2025-06 (21942.4).

I think thats due to the 27th Amendment [1]

> No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.

can't change (or stop) congressional pay until an election. guess it's a double-edged sword they can't give themselves in immediate pay raise, which I think was the point of ratification in 1992, but also can't cut their pay for failing to pass a budget.

[1] https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-27/

but that's probably not what he meant.

do you have an example of "overcharging them at every turn"? looking at the Google One [1] vs Apple iCloud [2] pricing it seems pretty similar.

------ Google Apple

5 GB: free free

50 GB: N/A $0.99

100 GB:$1.99 N/A

2 TB: $9.99 $9.99

6 TB: N/A $29.99

[1] https://one.google.com/about/plans?hl=en&g1_landing_page=0

[2] https://support.apple.com/en-us/108047

looks like Pixel 8 was released October 2023, so not even 2 years ago. not sure I'd put much stock in what Google says about support after <30% of the stated time.

> Pixels 6-7 got 5 years.

looks like Pixel 6 was released October 2021, so not even 4 years ago.

do they report to the same level? every place I've seen a "technical track" and "management track" it seems the higher level technical people report to someone on the same or even lower level in management. I.E. a manager can have technical reports that are equal level or higher. that obviously doesn't happen in the management track.

not that these are first level managers but if a principal engineer not reporting to a VP, the it doesnt seem like the tracks are equal.

1. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS

https://atopile.io/atopile/quickstart#a-typical-workflow

A typical workflow

1. Sketch your circuit on paper.

2. Search https://packages.atopile.io and GitHub for pre-existing modules you need, and use ato install to install them.

3. Design a module and do its calculations using ato code.

4. Run ato build to compile your project, choose components to suit your design, and update your layout (PCB) file.

5. Use KiCAD to lay out any changes

6. Repeat steps 3-5 until you’re happy with your design.

7. When you’re done with your design, push your changes to your repo.

8. CI will automatically build and test your project, and generate the manufacturing files you need to order your PCBs.

9. Take these manufacturing files to your PCB manufacturer to get your PCBAs.

summary of mean revision for seasonally adjusted numbers, since 2003 are

2nd-1st: 8

3rd-2nd: 2

1st-3rd: 10

but 2025 has been consistently, so far, be negative revisions. Dec 2024 has some positive revisions but 2023-2024 on the whole was negative while 2017-2022 were on the whole positive revision. so I dont think that there is data to support consistently wrong in one direction.

https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesnaicsrev.htm