"Hours and hours of content have been minted by highly-educated, prestigiously-credentialed people, consternating about the policy implications of Sam Altman’s speculative fan fiction" (doriantaylor.com)

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[-] VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

handwritten cheques—an archaic system for transferring money that I want to underscore I believe is nevertheless perfectly ordinary and fine—and will no doubt be with us until money itself is somehow abolished.

Well, in the US. As a consumer in Europe (at least the countries I've lived in), getting a cheque book from your bank is in most cases impossible, and I'd say that's probably for the better.

Still, fun article.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago

Surprised to see Natwest will still send you a chequebook, though it takes a phone call.

[-] adrienne@awful.systems 2 points 3 months ago

In Canada the banks look at you funny but will issue chequebooks if you ask. (Source: am an American immigrant to Canada, refuse to sign up for our apartment management company's auto-rent-payment thingy. Rent is the only thing we use them for.)

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