I can make a bank to bank transfer that clears in an hour to any bank account in my country from my phone and there's no additional fee. I haven't seen a cheque in 35 years. Our banks don't accept them as a form of payment, just as we can longer take a horse and cart to the mall.

NASA and the US government don't have exclusive rights to going to the moon. If the US government somehow ban them from launching they could just as easily launch from a different country out of the reach of the US.

I know that employee protection laws in the USA are dystopian, but can a company force you to resign? Wouldn't they need to fire you instead?

You mean "everyone in one particular country", surely?

And from what I understand your taxes don't even pay for healthcare. That's so dystopian.

They can't be forced, though they can be banned from certain countries. ByteDance could say "fine, we won't operate in the countries that ban us".

$55? Why are you getting petrol when your tank is already nearly full? /s

This is begging to be exploited. Imagine someone being able to wirelessly "update" your phone to a hacked version.

I'm of the opinion that people that have amassed that amount of money are evil. He's like Smaug sitting on his hoard.

What they call "linear TV" I've heard called "broadcast TV". A certain show is on at a certain time and unless you have a device that records it, if you miss it you miss it. That's the way it was when I was bought up. My country no longer has a VHF terrestrial TV broadcast. The only broadcast platforms we have are by Satellite. I haven't watched "broadcast TV" since I ditched Sky about 6 years ago.

I don't like running, I had my ACL reconstructed a couple of years ago and running hard worries me. I do love cycling though so that's my go to for cardio. Whether mountain biking or using the awesome FulGaz app on an indoor trainer I can't get enough of it. I spend my day developing software and wondering where my next ride will be.

I have a single Sonos speaker and it works ok in that the sound quality is good enough for me. I only use Deezer which suits my needs. My gripe is that the iOS app connectivity to the speaker is terrible. From an Android tablet it's fine. I'm fed up with the wifi dropping and songs just stopping or skipping to the next song. No other device in that part of the house has connectivity issues. They're also very expensive for what they are. $369 for the small "Sonos One"? No thanks.

Having no brakes seems a bit dangerous.

Where I live it costs about $14 to see the movie in a theatre and $40 for the "pass" to watch it on Disney+.

30,000 cases *per day*!! What the hell are they doing up there in dystopia land?. If we have a single new case in the community it's all over the news and cities go into lock down. And because of this we've enjoyed very few restrictions on our lives since the pandemic started. I love living in New Zealand.