US banking likewise. it’s why so much crypto action is centred on the US - the benefits (such as they are) are more appealing when you’re working in a system that charges 2-3% credit card interchange… (View Post)

Never mind Sainsburies, I’ve seen US people go into raptures over Aldi! The US has weird blind spots when it comes to modern tech. Their washing machines are crap - can’t spin fast enough to get much… (View Post)

Moscow is the centre of the Russian Empire that stays rich by extracting wealth from the rest of Russia. It’s entirely unsurprising that it appears wealthy - it is! Meanwhile vast swathes of Russia d… (View Post)

We appear to have spent something like 160% of the cost of the full HS2 to get 20% of the benefit. The bits of the network that were dropped were actually the cheapest parts to build, having vastly o… (View Post)

“Caused by renewable energy” is disingenuous & simplistic. This stuff is perfectly solvable - technologies exist today to compensate for the lack of reactive power offered by solar & wind inv… (View Post)