Ugh 10 people probably read this who became reform voters

Not content with just trying to decimate the sciences, Trump can go after the arts next.

Trying to be fair, Donald Trump is so surrounded by sycophants who ritualistically praise his every move or fear excommunication, it is really hard to tell whether a tweet is that, or a legitimately reasoned opinion with some historical consistency which is not an endorsement

My 2 cents

I don’t think it is strange, I think a payment system is a natural monopoly of sorts. The customer experience is generally improved if we all agree on one system. I don’t think you’d want a dozen providers connecting your electricity with wires all over the road, and I don’t think we want dozens of payment systems with patchwork compatibility.

2-3 systems feels about right, for redundancy if there are technical issues on one, but limiting how many cards we use.

It’s a remarkable achievement of our time that we can carry a single piece of plastic almost anywhere in the world and be connected to a vast payment system in any currency, and it’s incredibly reliable.

But given it’s a natural monopoly, it definitely needs regulation of pricing, and it also needs viable plans if shit hits the fan and international cooperation isn’t on the menu anymore.

I’ve also been trying to use it semi regularly and providing feedback on their search results. I appreciate their post about true keyword searches still being valuable (ie search engines becoming “answer engines”).

It does feel worth supporting, but yeah. Some results are rough. Like you look up an official government publication and I can only get the Hindustan times or a weird forum.

It also doesn’t seem to want to find PDFs which is very unhelpful when looking for documents.

They seem to be inconsistent in saying where the stuff is made. It says designed on the Isle of White, and I found one garment that said Morroco, while another says made in “an environmentally sustainable factory”.

True, I wasn’t actually too worried about posting (the rules would probably say), but it did seem like most of the posts were EU centric.