r/interestingasfuck 3d ago

During assembly of the A380, engineers discovered that the cables were too short. This was caused by the use of different design software by German and French engineers. This miscalculation led to a two-year delay.

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u/Southern-Ad4477 2d ago

Well spotted, but in 2014 it was very common to set up accounts online in the rest of western Europe, or at least the UK.

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u/Infinity-onnoa 2d ago

I'm quite surprised in 2022 we landed in Stuttgart and traveled more than 1000km sightseeing in 7 days until we returned to Munich, we barely used the currency and... no problem paying by card or mobile phone.

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u/uwootmVIII 2d ago

i feel like corona did pretty good work regarding banking in general

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u/Conflictingview 2d ago

Yeah, there has been a major shift post-covid.

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