Is there any better source on this?
Daily Star UK is a questionable source. MSN publishes articles from many bad sources such as this one, so when I stumble upon a link to MSN, I typically search for a better second source.
It's great to see people working to make polluters and their financiers pay. Best of luck!
Alternatives like actual cash, proof-of-stake cryptocurrency, or even EMV.
Most alternatives aren't completely anonymous payment methods, but Monero's anonymity isn't worth wasting so much resources.
Monero has a disproportionally large energy usage and footprint on the environment. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0152-7
Please consider less wasteful alternatives. Every bit help, it's about keeping earth safe for human life.
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.
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.
Yay!