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Re:Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster by buckle8017 on Friday December 26, 2025 @11:57AM (#46393818)
The value of saving a human life is a huge factor in civil engineering and varies pretty widely in the western world.

IIRC it's over 10m USD in the us currently, but only about 6m USD in most of the EU.

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Re:Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster by integralid on Friday December 26, 2025 @12:47PM (#46394315)
It doesn't make sense to compare such numbers without PPP adjusting thought.
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