The news here is Tim Berners-Lee apparently hasn't used his invention in the past 5 years. Everyone who has knows it's dying.

Apparently Aldi started accepting credit cards around 2017

And I have noticed no benefit. WTF are they actually committing? More antisocial shit? More rearranging of the UI? More user hostile stuff? It may just be time to leave the fucking Internet forever. Everyone and everything just fucking sucks.

They already exist for Visa. There is Traditional, Signature, and Infinite.

Hey great. Wonderful news. Yes, I will admit that the Democrats are a MUCH better deal than the Republicans.... but

Your measurements are relative. I do consider the relative, but first and most important, I check the absolute. The absolute contains Democrats fully owned by wealthy people who vote for laws that further enslave the mind and body of humans.

Is it better to vote for a Democrat than a Republican? You betcha. Is it okay to vote for a Democrat because they are a Democrat? Absolutely not.

I will vote for absolutely zero people with an R next to their name. Unfortunately, I will be voting for absolutely zero people with a D next to their name either. I would vote for a few people with a D next to their name, but they are not eligible to receive my voted. I would love to vote for AOC or Jasmine Crockett. Are either really capable of running a competent government? Doubtful, but their voices are better than the rest of the Democrats... and FAR FAR superior to anything the Republicans have said. They have gone full genocidal maniac at this point. WTF is up with Trump begging the Supreme Court to not force his administration to make SNAP payments? Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick. The Supreme Court agreed in less than 24 hours. I am personally not affected yet, but I see a LOT of death in the near future as people start getting desperate.

Think about it for a minute: They are forgoing FREE work by humans, to PAY a machine to do it. Something doesn't add up here. Why are they willing to throw money away to make an inferior product?

Most importantly, why would anyone volunteer to help Mozilla ever again?

Truly psychopathic and sociopathic at the same time. Money has fucked up Mozilla.

Yes, it's a double edged sword. By exuding rewards cards they will reduce their expenses, and at the same time exclude individuals with high credit scores. Businesses will need to think carefully about what is best for them. However, I fear most will do the simplest thing, and cut costs.

Most likely businesses that want to be viewed as upscale will continue to accept those cards. Businesses that want to be low cost (Aldi is the most extreme case, as they don't accept cards currently) will not.

I would, but they keep running over people that they can't see... so it is kind of my problem to worry about.

Who cares? The people that invested unwisely get wiped out and the people who didn't carry on as if nothing ever happened. Gambling is the gambler's problem, not mine.

I am continuously flummoxed by people like you thinking that you or your opinion matters. The only thing that matters as far as people in your position are concerned are what the masses do as a whole. As a whole, the masses prefer cheap shit regardless of external costs because the masses are unable to put 2 and 2 together to get 4.

YOU DON"T MATTER. The only thing that matters is what can be manipulated. None of our leaders are leading. They are taking. From you. So I guess you matter a little bit.

Republicans have guaranteed that nobody wants to vote for them ever again. Look at the most recent elections: Democrats swept almost every single race with historic levels of votes.

I am certain the Republicans will die as a party in the next few years; however, that just means that the top Democrats will be just as fully corrupt as the Republicans are now. Where do you think all of that 'campaign' money will go and with what strings attached?

Deeper change is needed.

Sure, as long as you are willing to ignore all the terrible things the Democrats have supported or championed over the years. They are bought and paid for at the top.

The Democrats are headed by people of the same cloth that the Republicans are part of. Proof: How Bernie Sanders was treated in 2016 and how Mamdani (sp?) was treated recently. I can name half a dozen top Democrats off the top of my head who tried to kill Sanders and Mamdani's campaigns. That is NOT a party for everyone else due to its own corruption.

Yeah, I will grant that on the surface, the Democrats are a better choice than the Republicans; however, Democrats are still not a viable party.

It is not that simple, which makes your statement untrue as well.

Hospitals are mandated by law to treat anyone for emergency treatment. Some of those folks are illegals, and some percentage of those folks will not be able to pay. The government pays those bills through the same mechanism that also pays for the indigent and poor; therefore, the GOP claim is not entirely without merit... but, it is still bullshit, as the Democrats are NOT fighting for illegal aliens to be able to use medical care for free, but that is a side effect due to other laws.

I hope we use our incredible spying apparatus to hunt down every single mother fucker associated with MAGA at a high level and charge them with treason. And then, destroy that fucking apparatus that they built.

Huh? Of course we are winning. You just have the wrong definition for 'we'.