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Odds of asteroid YR4 hitting Earth just went up again, reaching new high (globalnews.ca)
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[โ€“] SamboT 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Who is they? What situation are you talking about? Are you sure they would do that? Are you making up a scenario to prove a point?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_ignition_switch_recalls

The General Motors ignition switch recalls refers to February 6, 2014 when General Motors recalled about 800,000 of its small cars due to faulty ignition switches, which could shut off the engine while the vehicle was in motion and thereby prevent the airbags from inflating.[1] The company continued to recall more of its cars over the next several months, resulting in nearly 30 million cars recalled worldwide[2] and paid compensation for 124 deaths.[3] The fault had been known to GM for at least a decade prior to the recall being declared.[4] As part of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement, GM agreed to forfeit $900 million to the United States.[5]

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Isn't this also a ford thing, where they expected the recall of the explody pinto to cost more than the lawsuits for the wrongful deaths?

[โ€“] _lilith 3 points 3 days ago

It's a paraphrase of a quote from Fight Club but yeah it's a real thing. Cost benefit analysis is a bitch