This is the way. You have to have some amount of flexibility in your plans.

Yes, but it's frustrating that it's on the organizer to give everyone both something fun to do and the flexibility to flake. It feels like such thankless work to work so hard and get so little commitment back.

I have a fairly reliable friend group, but sometimes stuff just happens. One game we had someone get sick, and another person's car broke down. That's just life and it happens, but the game was very disrupted. Would be easier to pick activities that are more flexible to the number of people participating.

The person you’re replying to is saying that in the several years the technological means to impersonate people at scale has become widely available, and because of this financial institutions are having to strengthen their security measures to defend against fraud.

When last time employee of bank or public administration in developed world paid consequences for leaking private or biometric data, copies of documents or documents themselves?

Because now you have kiddos in customer service demanding things like deed of purchase of real estate or inheritance documents.

Well, that's why we've made 'em and put 'em there - we need accountability sinks!

Wrong, I am saying that you are already an impersonation of an impersonation and that's the only reason you have access to banking in the first place.

As a US citizen, I have to say that you are completely mistaken. The US is a privacy hellscape.

Last I checked the US isn't trying to force legal backdoors into encryption which puts it firmly above the EU.

Source: US citizen which gives me special knowledge

Because US already has it. Did everyone forgot about Snowden? They have the ability and they are actively using it for at least the past 12 years. There is a reason that every major cloud provider is building a European sovereign cloud now, because US services are not trusted.

They’re also responsible for the preservation of more human life and well being than any other organization.

It’s not a linguistic coincidence. The disease is named after the animal.

My washing machine has a timer. I do the wash when local electricity rates are near zero.

Yes, and you could imagine telling your utility: just kick off the laundry anytime in this time interval, in return for cheaper electricity.

You’ll still get some isolation since not all pathways share the same code. It’s not all or nothing.

There’s film of the whale being blown up. The best part is the sound of whale meat falling from the sky.

Is this a joke comment?

It's not a bubble sort. The article explains.

It’s almost like a global trade war would be bad for businesses.