Yes, if. That said, it's entirely possible to do this right. Head office bags the money in front of the driver, who scans a barcode indicating he's agreeing to the amount in the now-sealed bag. Recipient scans the barcode confirming the package is sealed when handed to them. Plus the company only assigns drivers who have established they are capable. It's a stupid service and the company involved is stupid so you're probably right, but it doesn't have to be that way.

And... this would enhance my *browsing* experience how?

In Scotland, it's the Model S Tartan, btw.

(Or it should be anyway. :-) )

Um... Aren't the younger generations more prone to using electronic payments *rather* than cash?

Gen Z and the Future of Payments: Cards, Cash, and the Shift to Digital

2024 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice (article has nice graph of payment types 2016-2023)

Google: younger generations cash vs electronic payment

Well it did top a chart - the Digital Download (IE purchase for $0.99) Chart, with.... 3,000 sales. As Rick says, "So it cost $3,000 to get the #1 spot."

Were the lyrics generated by AI? Were they tweaked or modified by a person? Is any of the music "real" or all generated by AI? I can't seem to find specifics on any of that.

Here's a YouTube link for those who don't pay for Spotify.

Song starts out kinda flat but the vocals really build at the end.

I recently bought a Steam Deck, and I must say this is one of the best gaming devices / consoles I've ever owned. From the ability to switch straight over to a (very nice) Linux desktop, to a refined game store that just works, it seems to do a LOT of things right. The dual touchpads are awesome for mouse navigation in the linux desktop, even if they are hardly used in games.

It's totally unlocked / open platform (which is why I have several thousand games on there from about 20 different consoles - even Amiga games). And of course I have a bunch of modern games on there too.

A number of games run through Proton on the deck, and so all of this is ground Valve has already broken - it's just offering it with more powerful hardware which requires a non-portable form factor (for better cooling and greater power requirements).

All transactions will be done using $Trumpcoin -- two birds, one scam - I mean, stone - and all that. :-)

Several articles have noted that pennies will remain exchangeable for the foreseeable future and legal currency forever. So people in the U.S. should be able to use them up / get rid of them (through payments) eventually.

The Treasury and trade/retail groups are looking at guidelines and/or legislation for a national standard on transaction rounding. The latter to protect themselves from potential state lawsuits from rounding short-changes (last paragraph below).

US Mint to strike last penny as Trump’s phaseout rattles retailers

Joke's on them, I'll just put my outgoing mail in boxes. :-)

Just to nit-pick... (a) Ryanair doesn't have any flights in the U.S. (according to Google) and (b) there are procedures available to fly within the U.S. w/o a Real ID, and other forms of ID are also acceptable (also listed on page below), like a valid passport or DOD ID.

Acceptable Identification at the TSA Checkpoint

I'd be more surprised if it was some other kind of flare from the Sun.

Immediately kicking people out of their in-progress reservations doesn't seem like winding down. No mentions of compensation for any inconvenience Sonder imposed on their now-former guests either.

Guessing you really can't ClickFix it. :-)