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May 4

Cost of dollar bill production

Various sources say that the production of a dollar bill costs surprisingly low - around 7.5 cents in 2022 (and, depending on timeframe, around 5.4 - 6.2 cents). But what about special paper, color-shifting ink and other sophisticated anti-counterfeiting measures? Seemingly, because of them the production cost of each bill should be higher. 212.180.235.46 (talk) 15:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The cost per note is probably very low due to the large number of notes printed each year: [1]. They print several billion notes per year. This Federal Reserve page shows the amount spent on printing and the cost per denomination: [2] RudolfRed (talk) 16:59, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does it imply that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing or any other relevant body elsewhere get a sort of a discount on wholesale purchase of money paper, color-shifting ink and other perks for banknote production? 212.180.235.46 (talk) 19:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The cost of producing a run of a product (such as special paper, or special ink) in a continuous operation can be split into a fixed part (the cost of setting up) and a variable part. For a short run, the fixed part may dominate, while for a very long run it becomes a negligeable part. The economically sensible thing for a producer is to offer a lower price per unit for bulk orders. It is reasonable to assume this also applies to the suppliers of the materials for the money presses. Quite plausibly, this is their economically most significant customer. See also Economies of scale. --Lambiam 08:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Chicago voting system

Can someone please tell me what the voting system was in Chicago in the 1970s, before the advent of punch cards? Thanks. 2.39.110.85 (talk) 16:25, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lever machines. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 03:47, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deer hunting

Does anybody know at what point in the year deer are both seasonable and unseasonable? Rutting season, perhaps, from Fall/Atumn? ——Serial Number 54129 16:50, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deer hunting seasons vary. Wikipedia has an article on deer hunting that will give you further information. Shantavira|^{feed me} 18:46, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That article has two short sentences on deer hunting in my country, Australia. Doesn't mention seasons. Needs a bit of work. HiLo48 (talk) 23:49, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Australia has deer? Not native, I'm guessing. —Tamfang (talk) 17:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Some deer were brought to Australia fairly early after white settlement in order to give people something "British" to hunt. Those thoughtful importers also brought rabbits, foxes, and a lot of other "successful" feral pests. The biggest source of our wild deer though was probably a period in the 1970s and 80s when deer farming became a boom industry, and then, as booms often do, busted. A lot of farmers just opened their gates and let their worthless stock go. They are now causing a lot of damage in native forests. HiLo48 (talk) 02:43, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If they're invasive, one might expect hunting season to be year-round. —Tamfang (talk) 17:22, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How sex escalation works for lesbian woman, how they solve the stalemate?

I am a hetero man and I am curious about something, when talking about stuff, there are two things "I want to do X" and "I am having pleasure doing X", one example "I want to go to this restaurant" and "I am having a good time at this restaurant". Both can be true, none can be true or just one can be true (if you were forced to go to the restaurant and then had a good time there or this restaurant was the only one in town).

When talking about sex, woman need escalation and etc... to the switch "I want to do X" to be true, but when talking about lesbians both need escalation to do it, the thing is that this is a stalemate, their switch "I want to do X" is not true yet and so they wont want to escalate to turn the other person switch "I want to do X" to be true.

How they solve this stalemate? Does this happen by luck, by the fact they normal actions will be doing that for them without them even knowing or wanting to do it?179.134.97.227 (talk) 21:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lost you at the "woman need escalation" bit. Viriditas (talk) 21:32, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

People in general, not only women, may need some form of sexual stimulation to be "turned on", that is, to reach a level of sexual arousal needed for sexual intercourse to be a pleasant experience. Sexual stimuli (also called "erotic stimuli") can be manifold. What works, and how strongly, is highly variable among individuals and highly dependent on their mood and physical condition at any given time. One potential source is the physical contact of hugging; while generally not erotic, it can become a sexual stimulus in contact with an attractive partner. Just seeing an attractive potential partner in a state of undress, or in a suggestive pose (even if not intended as such) can also be a stimulus, also for women. Finally, knowing or imagining that one is sexually desired can be a turn-on for either sex; this can become a mutually reinforcing virtuous cycle. --Lambiam 08:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jerry Seinfeld once said that men are like firemen: It's an emergency, and they can be ready in a few minutes. Women are like fire: It's very exciting, but the conditions have to be just right. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:46, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just how much subject-matter expertise does Jerry Seinfeld have on being a woman? Or on being anyone but himself, for that matter? This entire discussion seems to be based around unsupported (and probably unverifiable) assumptions about how other people experience sexual desire. We can't know that. Instead, we can observe that lesbians, just like a great number of other people, initiate sexual encounters, and get pleasure from such encounters. Expecting it to be different just because they are lesbians is absurd. AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:02, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is a well-known fact that there is a gender-related difference in the frequency of taking the initiative when it comes to sex. This may be largely cultural, but I do not think it has been established that this is entirely cultural. --Lambiam 10:27, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if that's true. There's several relationship subs on Reddit that indicate it could be as much as 50/50 in the US and Europe, but outside of the US and Europe where women have less rights, there's definitely a bias towards men taking the initiative. There's also a bias in some Asian countries where social roles of submission are enforced. For this reason, I think it is entirely cultural. Viriditas (talk) 21:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I assume your last sentence is directed at the OP. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]