Our cheapest EV starts at $30k for a Nissan Leaf. No wonder I've been seeing more people riding around on e-scooters lately.
Only on Slashdot can you get modded down for pointing out that there are a lot of Walmart stores.
And that map is from like 6 years ago, so there's probably even more than what's shown. So my point still stands, if none of your grocery stores take credit cards, where out in BFE do you live that there isn't even a Walmart?
Instead, I would be happily loyal to a chain that had uniformly good quality (not luxury, just good - clean, working pool, no bedbugs, hot breakfast) and guaranteed the best price (and they will lower my price if they decide to lower the price to "fill rooms"). Done.
Yeah, the hotel industry is in a sorry state right now. Most are clearly neglecting maintenance and then jerk you around on price and amenities. Oh, and they are shrinking the rooms too!
Literally every hotel I've booked in both Marriott or Hilton chains has a cancellation policy including night before. Literally. Every. Single. One. I only have about 500 nights in a hotel since 2018 including plenty in several states in America. Is this some hyper localised trend where the writer lives or something?
I live in the US and often pay extra for my reservation to allow cancellations. Even when booking directly through the hotel's website. Marriott is the worst offender IMHO.
We're talking the same thing, I don't disagree with your overall point of the human condition but you are holding Bezos actions as virtuous and that's my disagreement. Maybe barely versus him doing nothing but from the outcome of what this company does it could be negative utility particularly because this is just another me-too bandwagon AI venture.
Basically we should t hold Bazos on any real esteem for this decision, he risks nothing, the success or failure of this venture will not affect him meaningfully nor is he really being altruistic at all either.
Yep. Whole society doing enshittification.
On the other hand, I wonder whether that slop will get any listeners.
We're sliding down the slippery slope.
A few states already did the age check thing with porn, and the SCOTUS ruled that was just fine by the 1A. Now comes the ID just to prove you're not a kid, in order to participate in social media.
It's never been about protecting kids, it's about being able to eliminate online anonymity.
People buying essentials on credit has been around for a very long time.
Longer than most think.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
-Sixteen Tons, Tennessee Ernie Ford
Are they a university for research and learning or a tax-haven for investments^W gambling.
"Harvard is a hedge fund with classrooms" - Scott Galloway
I think it's a good key indicator to include in evaluating the health of the lived economy (not the stock market). Here's what I watch:
1. Credit card delinquency (https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DRCCLACBS_
2. Sub-prime car loan delinquency (https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/12/a-record-number-of-americans-are-behind-on-their-auto-loans)
2. BNPL companies like Klarna not meeting earnings expectations from their PRIMARY business (as opposed to propping up the business with speculative investment). Incidentally, Klarna has an earnings call tomorrow.
A rock store eventually closed down; they were taking too much for granite.