Re:What is the cost of a cashless society?
by phist_mcgee on Friday August 05, 2022 @04:52AM
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"Essentials"
Much of the western world is near-digital at this point.
I handwrite things so rarely these days that my handwriting has reverted back to year 6 level.
Re:What is the cost of a cashless society?
by mdp2021 on Friday August 05, 2022 @05:00AM
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> Much of the western world [...] // I ... so rarely these days that ... reverted back to year 6 level
Don't blame it on the "West". I have rights to blame my rage on the "west". There are no rights to blame what you are not forced to (in this case, e.g. that you abandoned doing math and solving through state-of-the-art "wits hand stick and surface").
Nonetheless, we were talking about signatures.
> «Essentials»
With «essentials» of course I meant something that you carry around because you know you may need it owing to the environment - not a absolute personal need (as in "I will take notes"), but a relative contextual need (as in "either I bring mine or I will have to share").
Bring your own pen. It is presumed that you bring around a few essentials.
Edit: on the other hand (pun unintended), some operations of electronic money transfer here require people signing on tablets through pens that are of common use and will more hardly be replaced by an owned item.