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Black Friday

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Retailers operate on exceptionally thin margins so that they make nothing or next to nothing outside of major consumer holidays. The day after Thanksgiving became a day when most were off work so they'd take advantage of the extra time to go get some Christmas shopping done. Retailers would go from "in the red" to "in the black" from a profit and loss perspective.

Retailers noticed and started offering sales to lure in these shoppers who were spenders.

Door buster sales as loss-leaders became a thing and soon everyone was in on the consumer holiday.

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The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January - Sodium-ion batteries have lower density but are cheaper and perform better in cold weather

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I drove a leaf for 3 years and it had 80 to start with and ended around 67. At the end, it was a pain, but didn't notice until around 70mi range. Somehow, 75 would get me from home, to the airport, to work, and back home again with room to breathe. At 67, it was nail biting.

To the point, 150 is probably good for quite a lot of people.

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Java is corporate personified

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Plus shit like Maven and Gradle leave nothing to the imagination.

Isn't it wonderful?!

Embrace boring software development practices. You'll get good rest on the weekends and have a long and productive career.