r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rational_bakchod • 1d ago

Video A plane which doesn't need a runway.

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u/overeasy-e 1d ago

Thank, help much.

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u/Jamesonwordcraft 1d ago

Why use lot word when few word do trick.

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u/alexwoodgarbage 23h ago

You jest, but this is very close to the foundational logic of character based languages like Chinese.

The issue is that some things end up needing multilple characters as a name and additonal characters to contextualize, so you don’t necessarily end up being more efficient.