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Comment Re:What's Cash? (Score 1) 294

I have had issues in the past where the travel agent goofed up and did not process payments to the Hotel I was staying at on time as they were supposed to.

In those cases having a credit card that you can present to the Hotel while the payment gets processed is quite invaluable.

Comment Re:Greeks surrender: no restructuring (Score 1) 485

Something they learned from after collapse of USSR. And they know how to live frugally and save for a rainy day. Another thing they learned from USSR days.

Oh do they? I think at least one of those countries only joined the Eurozone recently. We'll talk again in a decade to see how low their debt is once the money spigots open up. If Russia hasn't clawed them back again by then. Then your little political "Spring" will end as well.

Oh and I'm not Greek. You should also look at yourself in the mirror. There are plenty of demagogues around.

Tsipras should have just rejected the deal. It was coercive and made in bad faith.

Comment Re:dang straight (Score 1) 391

Hmmm... Well Web 2.0 did kill of a lot of businesses like book stores which used to employ a lot of people. The banking sector might be next. Do you really need all those brick and mortar buildings with people in them? Not to mention logistics. A lot of unemployed truck drivers if automated trucks come into play.

As for the 1930s... uh.... Perhaps decent automobiles. Synthetic rubber and nylon killed a lot of jobs from people harvesting rubber trees and taking care of silkworms and shit like that but I guess most of the jobs were not in the USA to begin with. Then there's ammonia fertilizer and tractors releasing people from farming I guess.

Comment Re:Working for a progressive company is a win (Score 1) 391

Not just the washing machine. Even water plumbing alone saves time by not needing to carry water from the river and fountains and shit like that every time you need water to drink or take a bath. Dishwasher. Same. The vacuum cleaner is more debatable since you actually need to attend to it. Unless its something like a Roomba. But those are less than perfect.

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