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Spain has been a world reference in high speed. And the doubt is whether we are dying of success

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Saturation. That is, according to the Government, the reason why Spanish high speed does not stop accumulating delays and breakdowns. At least, that’s what is suggested. The increase in frequencies, new competitors and the same ways. Those are, for the government, the reason why Spanish trains have been forgetting a year. 289 trains. In the 90s, “6 trains a day, by direction, today through the Torrejón de Velasco point of the Madrid-Sevilla high speed, 289 trains circulated.” With these words Óscar Puente, Minister of Transportationof those who point out that in the 90s there were no problems of delays that today exist in the high railway speed of our country. “If there was an incidence in the infrastructure or the train, the impact was minimal. The time it took another to pass allowed to solve the problem. Today when there is an incidence you have 25 trains in both ways in a radius of one hour. Therefore the effects are greater. The controversy. The bridge response tweet comes to an interpellation in which a user indicated that In the 90s you could take a train without fear of delays. The answer also coincides with a new fault in the high -speed line of the Andalusian corridor where 261 passengers had to be evicted from a train because a car caught fire Last Saturday, August 30. This caused delays throughout the afternoon. However, the fire was not the only cause of delays. That same morninga breakdown in the infrastructure was also causing delays in the trains because it was showing a false obstacle sign on the road. Although before restoring the service it was already known that this obstacle did not exist, the machinists had to stop to comply with the protocol. A summer to forget in Andalusia. The events of September 30 have been the last of this summer but, much less, the only ones. In early July, A train was stopped 13 hours On the roads and their passengers they did not receive assistance from emergency services throughout the night. Days later, another problem with A catenary in Toledo It caused significant delays in the same high -speed line. He even had to stop passing through one of the tunnels of the Malaga line by leaks in one of the facilitieswhat had caused detachments. And Adif? The first of those incidents It seemed to come from an ouigo train which was disconnected from some security systems. This caused the chain stop of four other trains that circulated in the same area. One of those operated by Renfe, overloaded by the stop, ended up suffering a small fire of his systems, being completely arrested. The problem affected More than 16,000 passengers and From Adif they pointed to the French company as the cause of the problem. Ouigo, meanwhile, returned the accusation saying that Adif did not maintain the facilities correctly. A few days later (and after the adif notice that the critical points of the infrastructure was going to review) that Second problem in La Sagra (Toledo) who stopped the trains again. More traffic volume … The truth is that the volume of traffic in the high Spanish speed has shot in recent years. To give only one example, the day of the fault that left a train for 13 hours 30 trains between Madrid and Andalusia had to circulate. Yes it is true that 30 years ago, that volume of traffic was unthinkable. To the traffic of Renfe we ​​must add the entrance of Ouigo and Iryo into the Spanish railways which, without a doubt, has stressed the tracks. If there are more trains, there are more possibilities of suffering a delay but there are also more possibilities that such delay affects a greater number of trains. To get an idea, in 1992 (with the inauguration of the first high -speed line) 1.3 million passengers traveled between Madrid and Seville. In 2024, that figure was 5 million passengers. Another 5 million passengers were recorded in the corridor to Malaga. And throughout Spain almost 40 million passengers moved in this type of trains, According to CNMC data. … but an insufficient investment. In ELECONOMIST They point out that Adif’s investment in infrastructure is greater than ever. In 2025 just over 681 million euros will be allocated while in 2015 it was 465.5 million euros. However, they point out that taking into account their heritage, Adifs spends 16% less than a decade ago. Keep in mind that in that decade, in addition, the Spanish railways have gone from some 31 million passengers To touch the 40 million and the number of trains has multiplied with the entrance of Ouigo and Iroyo. Everything indicates that the investment in the facilities is insufficient and, above all, it is late if we take into account the increase in the number of travelers. In 2021 investments were guaranteed until 2025 worth 21,000 million euros in Adif But this game It is not dedicated entirely to maintenance of the tracks. That is, it seems that “emergency” maintenance is being carried out in too stressed lines for the expense that had been made in them. Photo | Tim Adams In Xataka | He vibrated so much that “the Water of the Váter came out.” Renfe has a problem in Catalonia and the AVE of Lleida is only the last example

We are running out of a key material to build roads and homes. And the guilt has the war in Ukraine

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In the middle of the month of May a photo seemed to have sneaked between the “normality” of some remote roads from Teruel. The constant coming and going of loaded trucks up to clay He had the answer to thousands of kilometers, in the epicenter of the war in Ukraine. The shortage of the material because of the conflict had found a solution in southern Europe. But now it is, perhaps, more dangerous. We are running out of TNT. From the boom to the agency. I told it a few hours ago The New York Times. For more than a century, Trinitrotoluene (TNT) was a pillar of the American military and civil industry, with millions of tons produced for The two world wars and the second half of the twentieth century. Cheap and abundant (it cost just 50 cents per pound), it became key input for projectiles, pumps and the construction of roads, infrastructure and homes. The problem? That its production generated highly toxic waste, which led to the closing of the last national plant In the eighties. Since then, Washington became dependent on foreign suppliers, mainly in China, Russia, Poland and Ukraine, which assumed the environmental costs of their manufacture. The impact of war. The Russian invasion in 2022 transformed that scheme. The United States stopped recycling explosives of obsolete arsenals, by deciding allocate your production to kyiv. At the same time, Russia and China They cut Exports to the West, leaving the American industry without access to its usual sources. Thus, the European conflict triggered a World TNT scarcity with direct consequences for arms production and, very important, also for civil sectors such as mining and construction. Effects. The lack of TNT Threat with slowing down Infrastructure projects, from roads and bridges to the supply of cement and basic materials. He underlined the Times that the usual procedure in quarries (where minimal loads of TNT detonate ammonium nitrate mixtures with other compounds) has been affected by the reduction of supplies. The use of drones, 3D scanners and digital calculations allows more precise and safe explosions, capable of moving More than 100,000 tons of rock in a single shot, but without TNT the processes lose efficacy, which raises costs and threatens the availability of raw materials. The United States response. Given the shortage, Congress approved the construction of a new TNT plant in Kentucky, with a Budget of 435 million of dollars. It is planned to start operating in 2028, but, and very important, it will only produce for military use, without supplying the civil sector. No doubt, this reflects a clear priority: ensure the autonomy of the military-industrial complex against external dependence, although leaving without immediate solution the problem of extractive and construction industries. In parallel, the pentagon works in Diversify suppliers and increase the internal production of other explosives and propellant. Alternatives and scenarios. At present, the industry seeks substitutes such as The Petn (Tetranitrate Pentaeritritol), which is already manufactured in three US facilities, although its capacity is limited and it is not clear if it can be climbed quickly. Meanwhile, the country’s army has given signs of having assured Additional TNT sources out of Poland, although Without revealing details. In any case, the situation raises a strategic dilemma: the dependence on obsolete material but irreplaceable in many processes, whose absence threatens both the war capacity and the stability of basic sectors of the economy. TNT’s scarcity exposes, one more timehow a distant war can disrupt critical supply chains and force industrial powers to rethink their energy, technological and military security. Image | Operational Command “West” In Xataka | Ukraine has entered a phase so deranged with the drones that his drones are knocking themselves to themselves In Xataka | Someone has taken a look at Russia’s satellite images and has discovered something: it is running out of tanks

Wetaca doubles benefits thanks to the classic digital world trick: hooking to a subscription

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602,000 euros of net profit in 2024, twice as much as the previous year. Wetaca has achieved what seemed impossible in the competitive world of food at home: grow in sales (23%) and improve margins at the same time, according to their 2024 accounts that he collects Five days. The turn. The company, founded by former Masterchef Efrén Álvarez consistent, has ceased to be a company that sells Tápers to become one that you subscribe. The automatic subscription model, launched in 2021generate weekly orders that are sent unless the client modifies or cancels them. You no longer have to remember to ask: the menus arrive alone. This apparently subtle change has changed the business. The recurrence has become the Holy Grail of Wetaca, which has invested more than 1.1 million euros in marketing to capture subscribers, twice as much as in 2023. In perspective. The prepared food sector lives a paradox: Dark Kitchens They left their best moment behind and the aggregators of Delivery They have a complicated profitability, but Wetaca is thriving with a model that seemed to have a difficult fit with the current offer. Centralized cuisine in Villaverde. Tápers that are sent cold. Menus that last a week in the fridge. Model that asks for a conscious and planned purchase, not impulsive. The difference is in the economic equation. Without RIDERS No commissions to platforms, without the pressure of delivering in half an hour. Only efficient production and customers that automatically repeat each week. And now what. With 94 employees and a debt of 5.2 million (1.5 in the short term), Wetaca will need subscriptions to continue flowing. The commitment to new machinery seeks precisely that: producing more maintaining the margins that have cost them so much to achieve. Between bambalins. The founders Álvarez and Casal maintain 71% of the company, while Cabiedes & Partners control almost 20%. This concentrated shareholding structure has allowed them to bet on the long term instead of pursuing growth at any price, the curse of so many delivery startups. The subscription model not only allows them to sell more: that model is a prediction machine demand, optimize production and reduce waste. When you know how many tápers you will cook every week, everything becomes more efficient. In Xataka | Glovo officially abandons the model that made her famous: all her riders will be used before the end of the year Outstanding image | Wetaca

The US pursues the AGI as if it were the Holy Grail. In China they are more pragmatic and are applying AI to plant tomatoes

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The long AI career continues its course, and although it seemed that the United States had taken the lead, China has managed to recover the lost terrain and stand up to the Big Tech. The funny thing is that The approaches of these two countries are totally differentand that makes great losers and winners here. In short and long term. US for the AGI. The North American country has a very different strategy from that of China in regards to artificial intelligence. Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in search of that holy grail called AGI (General artificial intelligence). China, more pragmatic. On the other, China, which has adopted a different and much more pagmatic strategy. Rather pursue great objectives that a priori are far from being achieved, the Chinese government, led by Xi Jinping, is prioritizing The development of AI practical applications that are above all efficient and have limited implementation and, if it can be, low. Promises, promises. The difference between both visions is huge but highlights the mentality with which both countries face their efforts. The US companies that work in the US believe that the AGI is close despite Some experts They are clear that The generative AI is not the way. The Manhattan Project of the IA. That seems to give equal to visionary theorists looking for that AGI, because according to them, this mile military advantage that can suppose. For certain sectors politicians in the US the development of an AGI It is comparable What the Manhattan project was and the construction of the atomic bomb during World War II. But as they explain Some expertsthat project was not the three years of work, but rather supported studies and research that had been running for three decades in an US that at that time looked in the long term. China wants to be useful today. That way of contemplating the career of AI contrasts with that of China. Its leader, Xi Jinping, has not shown special interest in AGI, and its approach is much more pragmatic: he seeks to focus AI on applications for practical purposes. That has led to the Models of the AI ​​developed in China are already taking advantage of everyday tasks. Practical applications. For example, they point out In The Wall Street Journalhttps: //www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-hasthe qualification of access exams to high school, the improvement of weather forecasts, or assistance to agriculture with methods to optimize crop rotation. It should be noted that the US also uses AI in these areas, at least in the form of projects such as Google Weather Lab either Alphafold 3 For the development of medications with AI. Chinese government support. Although there are efforts by both countries for that practical approach, the difference here is that in China there is a very fortune government support. Beijing is investing significantly in that vision with a Investment fund of 8,400 million dollars To support new startups, and both local governments and Chinese state banks have launched their own investment programs. And open models. Another of the key points that differentiate both strategies is that of the closed and owner of the models of the large US companies and Open and open source vision of Chinese models. These open models allow to be downloaded and freely modified, and also reduce the cost of implementing this technology for companies that want to adapt it to their needs. The trade war conditions everything. It is also true that commercial restrictions imposed by the US condition the Chips development and AI software in China. That has caused the Asian giant to have adopted a curious tactic: to let the US assume the enormous costs of exploring new paths to develop AI, and then follow its steps as quickly as possible but without having to face those strong economic investments. Risk aversion. Although Xi Jinping may raise a strategy that the AGI pursues, experts say it will only do it when I see that you have enough guarantees of succeeding. Kendra Schaefer, from the trivium Chinese consultant, explained How the Communist Party does not want to be threatened by an AGI that condition its future. According to her, the Chinese government is “one of the most reluctant governments to the planet’s risk.” Outstanding image | Xataka with Midjourney In Xataka | China has declared the war on private school: why he predicted the prolific “tutorials”

They also share mental illnesses, according to science

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“Two that sleep in a mattress, become the same condition,” is a quite heard Spanish saying with its many variations and the reality is that they are right. Or at least in the part of mental illnesses. This has been determined A great scientific study that has made it clear that couples share psychiatric disorders. A matter of probability. A team of researchers has discovered that people with a psychiatric disorder are more likely to marry someone who suffers from the same pathology as with someone who does not have it. A pattern, previously observed in Nordic countries, which has now been confirmed to a larger scale with data from Taiwan, Denmark or Sweden with different cultural contexts, which has been reflected in a study published in Nature Human Behaviour. What was analyzed. The study analyzed data of more than 14.8 million people in Taiwan, Denmark and Sweden, examining the prevalence of nine psychiatric disorders in pairs: schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depressionanxiety, attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder (TOC), substance consumption disorder and nervous anorexia. Clear results. When one of the couple’s members was diagnosed with one of these conditions, the other had a significantly greater probability of being diagnosed with it or with another psychiatric condition. According to Chun Chieh Fan, co -author of the study and researcher of genetics and populations in the Laureate Institute for Brain Research in Tulsa, Oklahoma, “the main result is that the pattern is maintained through countries, cultures and of course, generations.” The trend is to share diagnosis. Another relevant point of this study is that the observation revealed that, for most disorders, the possibilities that couples share a diagnosis increased slightly with each decade from the 30s to 90, especially in disorders related to substance consumption. However, some cultural differences were found. For example, in Taiwan, married couples were more likely to share a diagnosis of TOC than couples in Nordic countries. What’s behind the trend. The first theory that arises in this case is the attraction for similarity. In this case, people could be attracted to those who look like them, surely because they are the ones who can better understand a suffering that is shared. But it also points to the possibility that a shared environment could make couples become more similar with time. Or even that the stigma associated with psychiatric disorders causes the options to be reduced by a person. The environment also contributes. Other experts, such as Jan Fullerton, a psychiatric geneticist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, add that social and environmental stress factors could contribute to a new diagnosis in a previously not affected couple, especially if they already had milder and non -diagnosed symptoms. There are genetic implications. Since genetics plays a role in the development of psychiatric disorders, the tendency to choose a couple with similar psychiatric symptoms increases the risk that these disorders appear in future generations. In fact, the study found that the children of parents who share the same disorder have twice as probabilities to develop the same condition compared to children who only have an affected parent. Images | Brooke Cagle In Xataka | Today couples get less and later. Now we know that they also form much more resistant marriages

What North Korea is a global threat by land, sea and air

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It happened a few hours ago. Kim Jong Un revealed A plan to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile of solid fuelthus showing the advances of your arms program just before traveling to Beijing to meet with Xi Jinping and Putin in the framework of the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Because North Korea has gone from being a possible threat To confirm as a challenge to international order. The new axis and an impulse. The weekend, The Washington Post dissected the latest advances by Pyongyang. Since 2021, when Kim Jong a presented a five -year plan to develop nuclear capabilities of great powers, North Korea has made unexpected advances thanks to a favorable international context and the direct support of Russia. We have gone counting. The war in Ukraine opened a Cooperation channel Strategic: Pyongyang He provided artillery and troops to a moscow eager for ammunition, I have already received Technological transfermilitary assistance and economic support. This turn reduces North Korean dependence of the United States as an interlocutor and reinforces Kim’s ability to challenge the West with a more diverse and modern arsenal. Progress in eyelets and deterrence. One of the recent milestones has been the presentation of the HWASAN-31a miniaturized tactical eye that reflects progress in the adaptation of nuclear weapons to missiles. Although it has not yet been tested in detonation or atmospheric reentry, its mere existence suggests that Pyongyang advances towards a more flexible and difficult arsenal to neutralize. At the same time, Kim maintains the ambition of completing the development of a bomb high -power hydrogensupported by continued production of highly enriched uranium, which reinforces the threat of an increasingly varied repertoire of weapons. Missiles, satellites and saturation. In the last four years North Korea has tried Intercontinental Balistic missiles with reach to American continental territory, in addition to tactical missiles for Japan and South Korea. After several failed attempts, he managed to put a Military Recognition Satellitea long -distance strategic objective. The current challenge lies in the development of multiple reentry vehicles (MIRV), which would allow a single missile transport several heads nuclear towards different targets, complicating the American antimile defense. An essay in 2024, although failed in its propulsion phase, confirms the seriousness of the project and anticipates more evidence in the immediate future. Nuclear and hypersonic submarines. It We also count. The regime has shown the structure of what it states will be its first submarine of nuclear propulsiona technology reserved for a small world club. Although experts believe that it is far from operability, the Russian experience in this field could accelerate the deadlines, as already happened with India in the 1980s. At the same time, Pyongyang has tried hypersonic missiles and a new generation planning vehicle, The Hwasong-16bwith an alleged flight of 930 miles at speeds superior to Mach 12. Although doubts persist about the veracity of this data, the continuous effort suggests that North Korea wants to enter the most advanced technological career of contemporary weapons. Drones and the lesson of Ukraine. The use of drones has become A plan pillar North Korean. Pyongyang has deployed recognition models and is producing armed devices capable of launching GPS guided bombs. His direct learning of war in Ukraine, together With Russian cooperation In manufacturing of geran drones (Derivatives of the Iranians Shahed), has allowed a qualitative leap. Russian instructors They train to North Korean pilots, consolidating a new dimension of the Technological Alliance. The slowness of Seoul to develop an equivalent strategy reinforces The tactical advantage of Kim in the Korean Peninsula. Satellite image that shows the Operational Base of SinPung Dong missiles in North Korea on August 12 The magnitude of the program. Had a few hours ago The CNN that the discovery of the secret missile base of Sinpung-Donglocated just 27 kilometers from the border with China, confirms the existence of strategic facilities that Pyongyang has never declared and that are part of a hidden network of between 15 and 20 complexes of storage and deployment of ballistic missiles. The report The Center for Strategic and International Studies warns that from there they could deploy to nine intercontinental nuclear capacity missiles with their respective mobile pitchers, configuring a direct threat not only for East Asia, but also for much of the United States continental territory. Location and base size. Raised in a mountainous valley and crossed by a stream, the base occupies an area of 22 square kilometerswhich makes it more extensive than, for example, the JFK International Airport in New York. The first evidence of its construction date back to 2004, and satellite images point out that it has been fully operational since 2014. Since then, it has remained in good condition, with continuous extensions that reflect the modernization of North Korean Arsenal. The site also gives a Geopolitical advantage: By being so close to the Chinese territory, any military operation against the base entails the risk of triggering an incident with Beijing, a strategic calculation that reinforces the deterrent value of the complex. So that. Although it is not known with certainty what type of missiles are stored in Sinpung-Dong, analysts consider it likely to be The Hwasong-15 or Hwasong-18both intercontinental and with nuclear capacity. The complex would also be equipped with Mobile transport units And launch, capable of leaving the enclosure in crisis situations, meeting with nuclear eyelets and executing shots from previously prepared scattered positions. This operation scheme increases the survival of arsenal and the difficulty of neutralizing it with a preventive attack. Camouflaged infrastructure. There are more, since The study details The existence of control stalls, warehouses, command buildings and small homes inside the complex, some of them camouflaged under thick trees and thickets, invisible in most satellite images except in winter. In other words, this degree of concealment seems to reveal a dispersion and deception strategy that seeks to guarantee the operational continuity of the program. The base fits what experts call The “missile … Read more

What is and how your “practice” option works to help you learn languages

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Let’s explain what it is The new function Practice of Google translatorwith which the app aims to compete with Duolingo and other tools to learn languages. It is a new evolutionary leap fed by artificial intelligence, and that gradually comes to some users. We are going to start the article explaining what this tool is to know its concept. Then, we will explain in a simple way the basis of its operation. What is the way Practice of Google Translate The Google translator is an application with several functions. The main one is that you write one thing and the app translates it into other languages, but over time functions have been added such as translating the text of an image or translating a conversation between two different languages. Practice is a new function that is beginning to arrive To the application. It is a button inside the app, just like using the camera or entering the conversation mode. And its goal is to help you practice a language. This option allows you practice a language with real language and daily usejust what you would need to establish a conversation with someone. Of course, the application will not teach you from scratch, and you will need to have a basic knowledge of the language to start perfecting it. Although in the future they will add the possibility of learning from scratch. The Google translator It will generate personalized lessons with artificial intelligence depending on the needs you have. Come on, you tell him what context you want to learn, and lessons will be shown to practice the language. The function of Practice It has not yet reached all usersand will do it little by little for the next few weeks and months. The normal thing is that you do not have it yet, so if you are looking forward to trying it you will have to look every time the app is updated. How to use this mode The first thing you have to do is enter the application of the Google translator, and configure it to translate texts of the language you want. For example, if you want to practice English, configure the app to be the language from which you make a Spanish translation. Now, click on the button Practice that will appear below at all if you have the function activated. This will take you to a screen where You must say what motivates you to learn The language. Here, you will have to say What is your goalif you want to learn the language to travel, to work or chat with friends or family. This will cause lessons to adapt to this context. After writing this, click on Start practice. This will take you to a screen where you will see Several cards with recommended situations optionseach of them with a different practice. It can be a practice of confirming keys of a reservation, or another situation based on the needs you have set up before. Choose the card you want and click on the button Practice. When you press on the practice button on one of the options, you will go to the lesson. Here, you will see that Each lesson has several exercisesbeing able to listen and understanding what you tell you or saying something with your voice in a conversation. If you get stuck, the app will offer clues when you don’t know what to say. In the exercises we talk, the Google translator will recognize what you say, even if you pronounce things slowly or clumsy. There are also other exercises from other styles, such as Recognize words in phrases you hearand much more. And if there is something that does not convince you, you can generate the exercises again. Captures | Eduardo Marín In Xataka Basics | Best translator: 22 tools to translate texts, websites, pdfs, conversations or photographs

Crocs’s is one of the most epic stories in industry

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Crocs has managed to strain rubber closures In catwalkshave collaborated with luxury brands and some are sold for authentic barbarities. No one seems to care about the obvious: they are very ugly. Comfortable? Definitely. Nice? Not even. This is the story of how a brand of shoes designed for navigators has become a global fashion phenomenon. The beginnings: a fishermen shoe Founded in 2002, the company began selling the Crocs Beach. They are the classic crocs that we all know; of rubber, soft and non -slip, perfect for navigators. Their comfort made other workers begin to use themmainly who spent many hours standing (I bought some when I was cashier in a store). The thing could have stayed there and the Crocs would continue to be comfortable footwear to work. We know that it was not so. In 2006, Crocs went over and managed to raise 208 million dollars, The largest initial public offer of a footwear company to date. The same year, They bought Jibbitz for 10 million dollarsthe company that created the first ornaments that are placed in the holes of the clogs. The crocs They began to be known worldwide And they left the workplace to sneak into everyday life. Joy lasted little and The financial crisis of 2008 hit the company strongly, getting to be On the verge of bankruptcy. In the following years, the company had to close many stores and reduce its catalog to survive. The culprits that the crocs become cool The cheapest of these costs 795 euros. Image: Balenciaga The change did not happen overnight, but perhaps the turning point It was marked by designer Christopher Kane in 2016when He put on his models with Crocs at London Fashion Week. They were not normal crocs, they had marbled colors and were decorated with crystals. But they were still Crocs, and on a catwalk. What seemed like a punctual provocation was only the beginning. A year later, the controversial firm Balenciaga said “hold me the cubata” and left in Paris fashion week with some 10 centimeter platform crocs. Suddenly crocs was daring, it was cool. It was putting comfort above all. We have seen it with Other fashions like Labubu: the Celebrities They played a key role in the massive acceptance of the crocs. The celebrities They started going out with their crocs And many launched collaborations. The first was Drew Barrymore in 2018shortly after Post Malone followedthat exhausted all pairs in a single day. There have been many more since then: Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny, SZA … Suddenly Crocs was daring, it was cool. It was putting comfort above all. Much more than comfort: a form of expression Collaboration with Animal Crossing. Image: Crocs Carrying crocs became An act of rebellion. Yes, they are ugly clogs, and what? In This great article They speak of the human need to differentiate ourselves from the mass and the crocs offered just that: to be the rare, the one who does not fit the rest. Collaborations with brands or celebrities were a great impulse, but Crocs’s success goes much further. Jibbitz’s purchase was a master play when introducing The customization component: Not only do you buy your product, you also do it with those little pins. Not only is they very comfortable, they are a form of expression. Not only is they very comfortable, they are a form of expression. To collaborations with artists or designers, others such as the newly announced with Nintendo and his game are added Crossing animalthat of Barbie or that of Pokémon To name just some examples. This is how CROCS establishes an emotional connection and loyalty to its customers. The shoe that resurfaced from its ashes That Crocs were on the verge of bankruptcy makes its history more epic if possible. In 2020, already recovered from the coup, 1,390 million dollars entered, which is not bad, but it was nothing compared to what was coming. Pandemia pIt was rotated that a more informal lifestyle was adopted and In 2021 Crocs had explosive growthreaching 2,310 million dollars of income, or what is the same: a growth of 67%. They did not stop there and in 2022 they rose to 3,550 million, 53% more. In 2023 the trend stabilized with 3,960 million and in 2024 they have installed above the 4,000 million dollars. Another key growth factor is the diversification of its catalog. When we think of crocs, we all have the classic model in the mind, but in recent years the brand’s catalog has grown a lot and, although they maintain the essence of the original, they have managed to expand their audience and reach more public, thus increasing their sales. And let’s not forget another key factor: the profit margin. According to the latest results, The margin amounts to 61.7%. That is, for every 100 dollars they earn, they stay 61.7. Not bad. The most expensive crocs for sale in stockx. Crocs not only managed to survive, he managed to prosper until he became a footwear brand accepted by all; From the general public to the one who seeks the most exclusive. Today, resale stores such as stockx have extra rare pairs that They are sold for more than 1,000 eurossome even for more than 2,000. But without a doubt the greatest achievement of Crocs is that it has become a fashion icon without changing its design. In any case, it has been the fashion industry that has been adapted to them. That is the magic of these ugly clogs: being the discordant note, a GLitch in a world they do not belong. Cover image | Melike B, Pexels In Xataka | Labubu Humanity Bags are being small. So its creator already knows how to sell even more

The most important of the day in technology in a single mail

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An email, five news and the most relevant readings of the day. Welcome to the New Newsletter Daily Xatakawhere every afternoon we will send you a complete compilation of everything that has happened within the technological and scientific news of the day. The summary that will allow you to close the informed day. The bulletin will be prepared by a servant, María Gonzálezand other editors of Xatakapreparing a handmade selection, with love, humans for humans. Without noise, without filling, that you have enough with yours. Simple, direct and at the foot, promised. To subscribe, you can do it directly from Our replacement profile introducing your email. You can see there too yesterday’s edition To get an idea of ​​what you are going to find every day. And, of course, You can get us Any suggestion of what would be useful that we include that we still do not. This newsletter adds to our weekly newsletter, which will continue to exist and without changes and in which we offer you every Sunday a complete summary of the week. If an email a day is too much, you can also subscribe to this one from The form that is on our cover. Link | Xataka in replaceck (daily newsletter)

The bride and groom have always aspired to share their lives under the same roof. Until the Til and Latin Couples arrived

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The schedule was very clear: a certain age one was looking for a relationship, lived a more or less long courtship and then (with a ‘yes I want’ through) The couple was going to live together. Today it is no longer about the bride and groom to cohabit before getting married (Many never do), but there are directly couples who do not even consider sharing. They do it starting from such a curious as challenging question for the fee: Do you have the love to bring yes or yes to coexistence? Is it true that ‘Casado, Casa wants’? What happened? Than couples They are changing. It is no novelty. Times change and with them society does, Demographybirth, labor opportunities, vital projects, the way of relating and concepts until not so much immovable as marriage or home. The INE is a good reflection of that transformation. Throughout the last years he has registered the increase of de facto couples and Unipersonal homesthe growing weight of those who They do not live With their ‘loves’ or The descent In the number of links, a phenomenon that arrives accompanied by a delay In weddings. Today the Spaniards married on average with 39.6 years. And the Spanish with 36.9. Three letters: Til. The term may not sound you, but reflects the reality of many Spanish relations (and other countries). Til are the acronym for Together in Life (“Together in life”), a label that serves to identify those couples that establish a mutual bond and commitment, form a common vital project, make future plans … but do not sleep under the same roof. The first is millimetrically adjusted to the traditional couple pattern. The second, no. Til couples break the fee in a fundamental aspect: coexistence. “The classic coexistence models are redefining and what a few decades ago could be seen as an exception, now socially accepted,” Explain Ana Domínguez, couples therapist, Welife. “Now they call it Til, but it is true that in consultation we see couples who, for different reasons, do not live together but maintain an affective bond and a deep level of commitment.” What characterizes them? The details may vary depending on the source that is consulted, but usually the TIL couples are characterized by two key features: the first is that their members do not share a roof; The second, that this lack of coexistence is not the result of a weaker level of commitment than those who wake up, eat and do their routine in the same house. In fact, often, the lack of prolonged coexistence is not even the result of a decision or a vital plan, but rather a ‘quo’ status established by couples to adapt to certain conditions or needs. And of course that lack of coexistence does not mean that the couple makes decisions for the team in team. “These types of couples do not choose non -coexistence as a permanent form, but assume it as a transitory or inevitable situation, maintaining a strong emotional connection, mutual support and joint planning of the future,” insists The expert. There is link and there is commitment, but there is a common roof. Different yes, simple no. Domínguez acknowledges that, as well as coexistence entails their challenges for couples, til relations face their own challenges, such as “the lack of shared daily life.” “Coexistence allows routines, small gestures and day to day, strengthens the connection. By not living together, those spontaneous moments are lost,” The therapist reflects. In fact, to compensate him encouraged to create rituals that can be kept at a distance. Of course, not everything is challenges. “When they are together, these couples spend quality time and are dedicated to enjoying each other without the disagreements of coexistence undergoing the relationship,” They point to The world From the Center for Psychology Mess Sana, which warns: “When this model of coexistence is not a free choice or born of fear and reserves, the relationship does not last long.” Another key term: Lat. To understand the phenomenon well we must become familiar with another concept: lat, acronym for Living Apart Together, “Living separate, but together.” The difference Between the til and lat relationships it is subtle and not all The definitions They draw it equally, but it is still important and above all it helps us to understand how relationships are being diversified. Both realities share a common feature, the lack of coexistence, but they differ in the vital approach of its members. There is who says That in Latin couples the commitment is more flexible, but its main characteristic is that the two parties live with an autonomy to which they do not consider renouncing. Without that, of course, suppose the couple having to break. Coexistence is simply not sought, even if there is nothing external that prevents it. “We look forward to it”. As an example is always understood that a definition is good to take an eye to the report What a few weeks ago dedicated The Sydney Morning Herald To Latin Couples, relations formed by people who have decided that a romance does not have to derive yes or yes in coexistence. Among others, its author chatted with Judy Wolff and Alex Ruschanov, who have been without cohabitation for about three decades, except in the occasions in which they have had to take care of each other by convalescences. “Every time we meet is like an event. It’s something we expect with illusion and something beautiful.” Both are around 70 years. She is a retired library. He a former merchant who shortly before knowing her, about 30 years ago, has just divorced and lived with two children who still went to school. “I remember telling Alex: ‘Look, you’re dating with me, not with my children.’ I wanted that to be apart,” He tells him. She had also shared a roof with an ex -partner for more than a decade, an experience that came out without wanting to repeat. Love = coexistence? That is … Read more

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