A public credit card processor option might help, since competition amongst large private processors isn’t able to keep fees low. Retailers and citizens could compare fees between public and private processors, see the difference when a processor doesn’t give cashback nor perks to fancy card owners.
Nationalising or replacing all private processors isn’t going to happen any time soon. Adding a public option seems more realistic.
Accepting cash costs the retailer nothing. Accepting a debit card issued by a large bank costs it 0.05 percent, plus some change […], and a fancy rewards card as much as 4 percent.
Why the hell would retailers accept to pay 4% transaction fees? That’s very high. Unless banks or card processors are diluting fees so that retailers just see average rates?
In any case, pressure from retailers against high-fee cards could help.
Carbon capture doesn’t really help meet climate goal. Burning less and less fossil fuels does.
Yay GNU Taler is very promising, but I fear banks prefer proprietary systems.
It may become widely used if there’s strong customer demand for GNU Taler, or regulation requiring an open electronic wallet. Most banks would probably be dragging their feet.
Adding a second ISP can provide resiliency and ensure a critical infrastructure stays connected even when 1 ISP fails.
I would be surprised if the White House didn’t already have such resiliency.
My speculation is they just want to avoid red tape and circumvent the restriction and strict access control applied to existing connections.
DM aren’t end-to-end encrypted, so they aren’t a good way to send private messages.
I’m using a different instances, but I’d rather admin just turn them off for the time being.
Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women already is a safe and effective way to avoid HIV transmission to the baby. It’s part of standard treatment guidelines https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1701216324003748
So the guy has genetically engineered babies as a potentially risky and certainlycontroversial solution for a problem that already has a safe and non-controversia solution.
Was there any doubt that compost is useful for farming?
The article’s headline and introduction suggest it’s far from a real agreement.
Putin suggests U.S. ceasefire idea for Ukraine needs serious reworking
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia supported a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, but sought a number of clarifications and conditions that appeared to rule out a quick end to the fighting.
This report explains F-35 have no remote control nor kill switch, but depend on US companies for maintenance and parts.
Source : https://interestingengineering.com/military/f35-kill-switch-reports-debunked
Even if an F-35 operator disconnected from the larger Joint Strike Fighter program’s supply chains can keep some number of its jets flying for a period of time through spares on hand and cannibalization, those aircraft would have extremely degraded capabilities.
Source : https://www.twz.com/air/you-dont-need-a-kill-switch-to-hobble-exported-f-35s
Trump and Putin seem to like each other.
On n’a pas vu ce taux depuis… à peine 6 mois.
China’s economy is providing equipment and materials to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. I guess one’s war is another one’s prosperity.
BlueSky is US-based and not really decentralised. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky
Prefer Mastodon and other fediverse services.
This is a good occasion to go alcohol-free during holiday.
Or at least refrain from ordering alcohol at bars, restaurants, and only buy it from stores when it’s a clearly labeled bottle (contents/ingredients, origin, producer) that you will open and pour yourself.
Information on Queer Trans Project from different sources :
Supporting non-profit to support LGBTQ+ is a good thing, but it’s also a good habit to do due diligence before giving.
Ça serait judicieux à plusieurs niveaux, oui. Beaucoup de trajets en train nécessitent une correspondance à Paris, donc même en vivant en dehors de la région on dépends des gares parisiennes.
Le réseau de voie ferré manque de résilience à cet endroit si on n’est pas capable de dévier une portion des trains sur d’autres voies.
Ça n’est pas forcément judicieux d’investir pour des itinéraires de secours pour chaque ligne du pays, mais là ça semble être un goulot d’étranglement.
That person’s solidarity with a colleague is remarkable and probably worth sharing, but indeed doesn’t look like a meme.
Yet I see why one would accept such post in a science-focused community. It’s hard to ignore all the attacks on science by US politicians.