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A comment on The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016). Parent comment

Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by cameronbrown on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:12AM (#21048127)
> Btw, you are talking about the former US president Obama? Seems a bit weird for him to care about car maintenance?

Why wouldn't the President care about the safety of millions of potential death traps driving to work daily?

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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by smileysteve on Monday September 23, 2019 @09:54AM (#21048935)
More topical was the fuel efficiency at the time

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/aug...

Estimates were that 25% of American tires were underinflated, wasting 2.8 billion gallons of gasoline every year.

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