Multiplexer

That is great news! Workers unite!

Although I actually came here to tell what a strange word "unionized" is.
I am an engineer and at first I was like "They have WHAT???"
Took me some moments and actually reading the article to figure it out. :-)

By now really want to see what a American (you are from the U.S.?) furniture store looks like. Wonder if there is something on youtube, must have a look...

Only problem is, we are by now in a technological position that the next collapse has a decent chance of being our last collapse.

Having both, that sounds really unimagenly strange and alien to me... 😯

Sure... a typical setup strictly for growing "lettuce". Nothing else to see here...!

I meant tailgaiting with your train ;-)
(but yes, I am aware of the systems that prevent that, heard some interesting talks about the topic and seen demonstrations in our local railway museum)

Locomotives? What is your profession?
In any case, I seriously hope that you are not tailgaiting ;-)

You before said it was based on the stuff that is used for college dorms, so I gathered he was looking at similar offerings as in other stores but just assumed it to be smaller because of some Ikea-specific reasons instead, so he then had to make up a suitable reason.

But on the other hand, perhaps he knew that College dorms are not a thing in Europe and had to find a reason the Ikea sold small furniture regardless of this.
In that case his remark wouldn't have been stupid at all but a valid speculative thought process based on deeper cultural knowledge.

Who knows...

I am pretty sure physics says "no":

Ff <= µ*Fn

• Fn is proportional to the mass of the trailer, so it is irrelevant for the deceleration (a) if it is empty or not (because Ff = m*a).
• µ is a constant relying on the tire/ground connection. Comparable to the towing car (if you happen to have car tire quality ones on your trailer, which might be doubtful)
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On top of that, typical car trailers use overrun brakes that per definition work by exerting an additional force on the towing vehicle in the direction of movement that is then used to activate the trailer brake.

I really wonder what happens during meditation to those people without an inner monologue...

Not only the U.S. grid is weak compared to China’s… Strategically China seems to be outpacing the U.S. on many fronts, being much more stringent and focused on long term goals than the chaotic U.S. at the moment. I really don’t like the idea of living in a world with China as the leading nation, but it increasingly seems like the most probable development in the mid to long run. And transition will likely not be smooth…