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Yeah, in Sweden too.
no we use cards for everything, even for just buying an icecream or something. most older people use cards too actually, but sometimes you can see one struggling with their coins and notes when buying groceries yes.
quite often we pay separate by cards, that is so common the personell even asks if that is how we like to pay. otherwise one pay using his card and we swish (tranfer money instantly using the swish app) him the money.
all those prefer swish payments instead of cash!
I’d say he’s correct, people under 60 that uses cash are considered, if not criminal, at least suspicious, like they have something to hide. Or simply wackos. I haven’t used cash for the last 15 years or so. Except for when I had carpenters at home who wanted to get paid in cash (to avoid taxes, so called black money).
Re:Claim: GPT-5-pro can prove new interesting mathematics on Sunday August 24, 2025 @03:02PM (#45006741)
I like the idea of letting AI try to formulate new math problems that are interesting, i.e. worthy research level. I guess we are still a number of iterations away till AI get there though..
Re:Unsafe and Unpredictable: My Volvo EX90 Experience on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @06:18PM (#44653629)
i agree on that emission-fraud. but, haha, you know there are loads of videos of your favorite blue colored ones doing the same salute? if that is what keeps you spinning you ran out of car brands long time ago...
Spot on!
Re:Show HN: I rewrote my Mac Electron app in Rust on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @01:27PM (#44118442)
As a C++ developer I shrug at those size numbers, but I’m glad you are a happy with Rust.
… and why are those subscription fees so obscene? I guess too many people have too much money…
Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 on Sunday May 25, 2025 @05:32PM (#44091366)
Some immigrants do a great job but way too many have no interest in integrating nor working, they are perfectly happy with getting money and social healthcare without giving anything back. They even get enough money to send to relatives not able to leave their shitty countries.
Re:Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 on Sunday May 25, 2025 @03:41PM (#44090417)
That’s what happens when nations like Denmark and Sweden with extensive social wellfare system, does not grow organically and instead allow people to invade their countries and let them use the system without giving anything back.
Re:That fractal that's been up on my wall for 12 years on Friday May 23, 2025 @01:05AM (#44070007)
Yeah, maybe it is. It would be cool to make it much bigger, frame it and put it on the wall. Or create a mosaic tiled artwork, similar to Knuth’s dragon curve wall.
Re:That fractal that's been up on my wall for 12 years on Thursday May 22, 2025 @05:55PM (#44067569)
Nice writeup! I was hoping to see a photo of the fractal on your wall.. Nice link to Knuth video that I somehow have missed.
Re:Show HN: I built a modern Goodreads alternative on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:44PM (#43233565)
What was the name of the site again?? Other than that, ehh small detail, it seems pretty ok.
Re:100 Or so Books that shaped a Century of Science on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:08PM (#42936271)
So few of the greatest books that shaped a Century of Science...
Re:MQTT turns 25 on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @03:25PM (#41917768)
There is a very nice MQTT client C++ implementation that works great on embedded devices too. As it so happens, it is right now under formal review for inclusion into Boost. It is called async-mqtt5 and can be found at: https://github.com/mireo/async-mqtt5/