How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by left-struck on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @07:11PM (#49902103)

Actually they could have touched the wires as long as they touched only one and nothing which was earthed, but that might be pretty complicated to learn by trial and error, especially if error often means death.

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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by FlowingRiver on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @07:42PM (#49902392)

Yep, cannot learn the lesson if you don't survive it.

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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by Rohunyyy on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @10:13PM (#49903568)

Others can.

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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by imoverclocked on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @10:18PM (#49903595)

If you have enough friends, you can learn the lesson.

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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by Aachen on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @01:30PM (#49911907)

Isn't it pretty unique to learn from seeing? My cat certainly doesn't understand "monkey see, monkey do". In this case it's about literal monkeys of course, but I'm not even sure all of them have this capacity. Probably also some birds and dolphins and such could learn this way, but not most animals with 'friends' (or late friends)

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Re:How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent by imoverclocked on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @02:07PM (#49912337)

I don’t think it’s that unique. Social learning is documented in a wide range of species.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_learning_in_animals

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