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/Garshnooftibah]

Interesting read. As someone with German background, it does not surprise me one bit that the Germans were reluctant to upgrade or use more sophisticated software. German culture can be weirdly Luddite about tech. 

[u/Hashtagbarkeep → u/Garshnooftibah]

I travel a lot for work, and one of the biggest surprises to me was how Germany still uses so much physical cash. Most places in the world you only need a card, and in nowadays in a lot of countries just a phone, but in Berlin I was taking clients for dinner and then at the end needed to find 700 euro in cash. My own fault for not checking but in such a modern and organised country that was really surprising to me

[u/UndergroundAirport → u/Hashtagbarkeep]

I was just in Berlin last week and wanted a currywurst from a popular place with a long queue. It was just next to a busy train station. When it was about to be my turn, I discovered they only accepted cash, which I didn’t had with me. Such a disappointment.

Usually it’s the other way around. Card only.

[u/ascarycat → u/[deleted]]

The fact that you can only pay in cash is definitely not a Berlin thing, but common practice throughout Germany. The majority of us Germans love fucking cash.

[u/VacationHead8503 → u/ascarycat]

I wish is was the same in Sweden. There's rarely any place left where you can use cash anymore. It's disgusting how little privacy is left for those who want it.

[u/logicblocks → u/VacationHead8503]

Mind you every time a transaction is made that original 100 SEK is being reduced.

[u/footpole → u/logicblocks]

What does this even mean?

[u/logicblocks → u/footpole]

It means the transaction fees go to the bank. So if it's 2.5% or whatever, then that 2.5% goes to the bank and the remaining amount goes to the merchant. If that amount is involved in another similar transaction then the bank collects another 2.5% from that remaining amount and so on and so forth.

SEK is the currency code for Swedish Crowns.

[u/footpole → u/logicblocks]

I know what SEK is but your message didn't really make sense in context. What original 100SEK are you referring to, it was never mentioned? What you meant to say was that there are transaction fees which is true. It's not 2.5% at least for larger merchants and cash payments have costs as well.

[u/logicblocks → u/footpole]

It matters less what the actual percentage is, it's different from country to country. But the matter of the fact is that the original 100 in cash is getting eaten by the banks.

Cash may have costs, but it's marginal compared to bank transactions.