They also induce demand and push up prices to the cap

I took an existing thing and put it inside another existing thing. That's a novel idea, right?

We could put card terminals in everything! Put card terminals in the fridge to pay for food?

I can't think how this is any better than just using the card you already saved on the account. Even from their point of view, this is an extra step in the payment process.

That's why all these microtransactions are in their own made-up currency.

She tried that but then it leaves a 5 year gap

Same here although i cycled. Was about a mile each way. Fairly low traffic. I imagine it's way more traffic now so that might be part of it.

Yeah my wife was the same. 2018-2023. Delayed a little over a year because they shut the labs for months and limited occupancy when it opened. Basically 3 years she hardly saw anyone.

Sometimes if I hit the voice typing on my phone, which I'm pretty sure is whisper, and then don't say anything, it just comes out with nonsense.

Just did this and also got...

Thanks for watching!

I hated when i had a long commute. There was a toll bridge on the way as well just to annoy me more. Wasn't allowed to work from home until covid hit and suddenly it's possible. Now 6 years later and I've never driven that commute again.

My wife went back several years after under grad for a phd. Biochem. It's probably had a negative effect on job prospects. Either over qualified or under experienced. She's currently making minimum wage doing care work. Never got a job where a phd was an advantage.

My bank has the inverse as well. If i open the app while on a call there's a huge banner across the top stating they are not calling me.

I remember talking to family in Australia from UK on the phone in 90s and it costing multiple £/min with noticeable delay.

We get $100 a month and most never come close. Mostly use it for typing boiler plate and code reviews. It's autocomplete to save some typing. It can't replace your thinking or you're going to have a bad time.

We make financial software handling millions of dollars a day. Accuracy is more important than speed. You'd think a bank would know that...

Our typical rainfall is 80mm/month. So we're talking an extra 16mm. We had 16mm in one afternoon a couple of weeks ago. It was very heavy rain, but hardly relentless.