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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:19PM (#46969956)
Rosie O'Donnell will expand into "her" ultimate shape on a Tuesday? Wow.
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @09:10PM (#46969909)
Spain just naturalized 500k illegals. Europe can't do good enough shit for the citizens. So ofc you have to tackle the evol US banking cartels. TOP priority.'

There are days i wish some FAB-5000 would land in Brussels, both to flatten all things EU-related and quite some of the trenched in Muslims too.

Yay, MORE 'AI' agents! Hint: There are already too many Artificial Indians!
Re: on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @06:37PM (#46968638)
You would wonder how many US healthcare businesses use customer service reps and other workers in PH.
You obviously don't live in the EU, UK.
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:08PM (#46966069)
Thanks! ANOTHER SANE voice of reason! Nothing tops the simplicity of using plastic, either via chip or NFC. Leave the friggen' phone at home!
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:06PM (#46966039)
This. A sane voice of reason in an insane, software-tech dork driven world.

Physical cards ftw!

Btw i love simply using cash in South America when getting a taxi, no stupid "apps", no tech nonsense. Just wait at a proper spot and hail.

Fucking hate software dorks turning simple web searches into a polluted, unrelated results list, thanks to their stupid, unimaginative & completely unrelated one-word "product" names.
Re:The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:04AM (#46961736)
ICE works :0
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:02AM (#46961694)
Annecdata. Not reliably feasible.
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @11:01AM (#46961665)
This is what these peeps advocating for an "EU-based payment system" don't get, as they typically don't travel worldwide. VISA + Master just work. Have a debit plus credit for one each. (And no, Google / Apple pay won't do it, everyone who calls themselves a "hacker" should know that you too often can't even pay for transport using a rooted phone).