Other countries tend to follow the US lead on environmental issues. Even Jamaica just banned single-use plastic bags, plastic straws, and Styrofoam containers.
Complaining about bans on plastic bags and straws is a distraction from real issues like mass surveillance/privacy rights, planned obsolescence/e-waste, poor quality education, and a generally authoritarian bent in the US. No one wants to bring back lead paint, carbon tet cleaning products, DDT, or PCB-based transformer oil -- environmental laws aren't evil.
What if I'm not carrying a phone or its battery is dead? Email should be an option -- it also allows me to collect business receipts in one convenient place.
Yep, some of the things the US does in Latin America are fucking awful. It's a shame that the Americans involved in the following incident weren't arrested in Honduras, put on trial, and hanged from a short rope...
Taken out of context -- the Border Patrol talking head stated that walls work in urbanized areas where they can be patrolled easily, not that building a wall through rural/desert areas would be terribly useful.
Also, sentences for murder tend to be longer than a year, so the number of people in prison for murder at any given time doesn't reflect the annual murder rate with any degree of accuracy.
i can't speak to the murder statistics, but most fentanyl comes by ship from China these days. Most heroin that comes from "down South" probably comes in trucks or by ship, commingled with legitimate cargo.
Do you really want to fly when air traffic controllers are working without pay and probably even more stressed out than usual? That's how mistakes happen and mistakes get people killed.
Notice I'm not weeping for the "papers please" TSA jobsworths, but things like air traffic control, FAA inspections, FDA inspections, Dept of Ag, are actually useful and desirable.
AFAIK, the "wall" is supposed to be built outside of official border crossing points. "Official" border crossings have used x-ray or similar scanners since at least 2012; they probably check for radiation too.
I'm not actually in favor of a wall, but Nauseating Nancy Pelosi seems to be discussing an entirely different issue. What's the long-term solution? Fix the broken immigration system, issue an amount of guest-worker permits that's sufficient to meet demand for immigration.
If we're going to build a "wall" along the border, I'm not sure that either a wall or high-tech will do much. Anyone willing to cross a hundred miles of desert isn't going to be fazed by another obstacle that's surmountable. Want to patrol the more rugged parts of the border? First build a road or track along it, then use Border Patrol mounted on horseback combined with drones with IR cameras. The terrain is such that mounted troops are actually more effective than motor vehicles or walls.
You have a cash register anyway, probably with Internet connection to accept cards. Adding the ability to send an email is software -- it doesn't really contribute to e-waste.
spam5A82DF01@gmail.com. Or just use a catch-all at your domain and type t43t2gr3g3@domain.com. Any receipts and spam resulting from them get directed to a "toilet" account.
It wouldn't actually help that much. For cash sales of small items that aren't returnable, they still wouldn't be logged in the register, or would be rung up as a cheap item.
How about a third option for the privacy conscious? Display a QR code and a alphanumeric locator code on screen along with the store name, URL, total, and timestamp. A photo of this screen is the receipt. Entering the alpha locator into the store's site would bring up an itemized receipt able to be printed. The QR code itself could be used for returns and exchanges.
What's the problem? Assuming they can accept credit cards or ATM cards, they likely have an Internet connection that can be used to email receipts as well. If anything, it's less labor since the receipt roll doesn't have to be changed as often, and there's less wear-and-tear to the printers.
I was just in Florida, which isn't exactly liberal. They gave us paper straws with a drink because the plastic ones are banned by law (not sure if it's statewide or only local/county law). Nothing wrong with offering people a more environmentally friendly alternative by default, especially if the functionality is the same.
RTFA - paper receipts will still be legal, just not given by default. If you don't have a smartphone but have an e-receipt, you could probably still print it out (with some sort of QR code for authentication) to make a return.
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Other countries tend to follow the US lead on environmental issues. Even Jamaica just banned single-use plastic bags, plastic straws, and Styrofoam containers.
Complaining about bans on plastic bags and straws is a distraction from real issues like mass surveillance/privacy rights, planned obsolescence/e-waste, poor quality education, and a generally authoritarian bent in the US. No one wants to bring back lead paint, carbon tet cleaning products, DDT, or PCB-based transformer oil -- environmental laws aren't evil.
Don't auction them off. Just charge $10 per scooter to the scooter company for relocating them to a more appropriate parking location.
Regardless of the legal/Constitutional issues, fact is that ATC workers are going unpaid for now. This is not a good thing.
What if I'm not carrying a phone or its battery is dead? Email should be an option -- it also allows me to collect business receipts in one convenient place.
Air Traffic Control is a Federal/FAA service, and the workers are going unpaid now.
You're assuming that I'm bothered by illegal immigration ... frankly, I'm not, and there are plenty of other issues that are more pressing in the US.
My email is dontspam34EA550C@yahoo.com. So easy to create a burner account for receipts and other people who want to spam you.
Yep, some of the things the US does in Latin America are fucking awful. It's a shame that the Americans involved in the following incident weren't arrested in Honduras, put on trial, and hanged from a short rope...
https://www.theguardian.com/wo...
Taken out of context -- the Border Patrol talking head stated that walls work in urbanized areas where they can be patrolled easily, not that building a wall through rural/desert areas would be terribly useful.
You sound like an authoritarian coward -- go move to North Korea and come back brain-dead... oh wait! you already are!
Also, sentences for murder tend to be longer than a year, so the number of people in prison for murder at any given time doesn't reflect the annual murder rate with any degree of accuracy.
i can't speak to the murder statistics, but most fentanyl comes by ship from China these days. Most heroin that comes from "down South" probably comes in trucks or by ship, commingled with legitimate cargo.
The mainstream wings of BOTH parties in the US are authoritarian assholes.
Do you really want to fly when air traffic controllers are working without pay and probably even more stressed out than usual? That's how mistakes happen and mistakes get people killed.
Notice I'm not weeping for the "papers please" TSA jobsworths, but things like air traffic control, FAA inspections, FDA inspections, Dept of Ag, are actually useful and desirable.
AFAIK, the "wall" is supposed to be built outside of official border crossing points. "Official" border crossings have used x-ray or similar scanners since at least 2012; they probably check for radiation too.
https://www.cnet.com/news/dhs-...
I'm not actually in favor of a wall, but Nauseating Nancy Pelosi seems to be discussing an entirely different issue. What's the long-term solution? Fix the broken immigration system, issue an amount of guest-worker permits that's sufficient to meet demand for immigration.
If we're going to build a "wall" along the border, I'm not sure that either a wall or high-tech will do much. Anyone willing to cross a hundred miles of desert isn't going to be fazed by another obstacle that's surmountable. Want to patrol the more rugged parts of the border? First build a road or track along it, then use Border Patrol mounted on horseback combined with drones with IR cameras. The terrain is such that mounted troops are actually more effective than motor vehicles or walls.
The guy proposing the law is from San Francisco -- the locals tend to be fairly anti-corporate, even if the place is infested with techbros recently.
You have a cash register anyway, probably with Internet connection to accept cards. Adding the ability to send an email is software -- it doesn't really contribute to e-waste.
spam5A82DF01@gmail.com. Or just use a catch-all at your domain and type t43t2gr3g3@domain.com. Any receipts and spam resulting from them get directed to a "toilet" account.
It wouldn't actually help that much. For cash sales of small items that aren't returnable, they still wouldn't be logged in the register, or would be rung up as a cheap item.
How about a third option for the privacy conscious? Display a QR code and a alphanumeric locator code on screen along with the store name, URL, total, and timestamp. A photo of this screen is the receipt. Entering the alpha locator into the store's site would bring up an itemized receipt able to be printed. The QR code itself could be used for returns and exchanges.
What's the problem? Assuming they can accept credit cards or ATM cards, they likely have an Internet connection that can be used to email receipts as well. If anything, it's less labor since the receipt roll doesn't have to be changed as often, and there's less wear-and-tear to the printers.
I was just in Florida, which isn't exactly liberal. They gave us paper straws with a drink because the plastic ones are banned by law (not sure if it's statewide or only local/county law). Nothing wrong with offering people a more environmentally friendly alternative by default, especially if the functionality is the same.
RTFA - paper receipts will still be legal, just not given by default. If you don't have a smartphone but have an e-receipt, you could probably still print it out (with some sort of QR code for authentication) to make a return.
You can still get a paper receipt if you ask, and you don't actually need a phone to have a receipt emailed to you.