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Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.

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[-] scubbo@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

None of these resulted in losses. In fact the nuclear bomb example is notable precisely because there were no losses. They're amusing failures or errors, but nothing was lost.

[-] Didros@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

A nuke costs something like $80,000,000 to produce. It takes time and effort from multiple groups of people. What is an example of losses if this doesn't count?

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