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[...] "When the train cruises at its optimal speed of 500 km/h, the energy it consumes is roughly one third of that of current high-speed trains in commercial service and one sixth of the maglev trains," according to Lai.
The new design of an annular spoiler is one of the highlights of the novel aerotrain. Different from the traditional, vertical spoilers which tend to produce unstable airflow, the annular spoiler can increase the lift-drag ratio by 30% to 40%.'
Source: China, Japan co-developing an 'aerotrain' with wings
Meanwhile, in California's Silicon Valley, recruiters - from across the country, with broken English skills - are trying to force everyone to work as a temporary employee, for hourly wages last seen - by everyone except H1-Bs - in the 1990s.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Thursday April 26 2018, @07:55PM
When I first moved to a new city and was trying to get a job in Accounting I found that nearly everything non-government was through temp/temp-to-hire/recruiters and very little direct hire by companies. So you get a job paying 13/hr that the company is paying 30/hr for you to be there but if you were an employee you would make 18/hr. Then if they want to keep you they have to jump through a sea of hoops to get you out of the contract you have with that agency so they find it easier to just get a new temp. At least where I am there are several industries this way. It appears that companies used the agencies when they were a lower cost and their HR/Hiring departments atrophied so now they are stuck if they wanted to go back to the old way.
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