Subj : Re: German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux
To   : Ed Vance
From : Nodoka Hanamura
Date : Wed Apr 10 2024 06:42:51

On 09 Apr 2024, Ed Vance said the following...

 EV> I heard a family member in another State tell me of a (I think)
 EV> restaurant that does not accept cash.
 EV> 
 EV> I couldn't eat there, Coins and Green Back Dollars are what I'm use to.
 EV> Checks too.

Yeah, Checks are more or less dead except for utilities and intra-personal payments. Hell, most places won't even bother with ACH because of the risk of it bouncing.. and god forbid ChexSystems get wind of a bounced check, then there goes your chances of opening a bank account anywhere.

I personally am preferrential to debit cards, and using things like NFC payment with my phone - primarily because I do not trust myself with cash, and would rather limit my physical attack surface for people who wish to rob me. Though I wouldn't be caught dead using crypto for anything outside of a speculative way to make money.. and even then I only plan to do so when it drops again.. and hope it climbs back up bigger than it is now.

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