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Cheques being phased out in Australia by 2030
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: nctnico on October 09, 2023, 09:25:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 05:31:53 pm ---My father, who had a DSc (i.e. >>PhD) in two phase flow and fluid dynamics, never really got to grips with the internet and web.
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Having a PhD or higher doesn't mean you are actually smart >:D
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A DSc in a highly technical subject[1] does imply a technical competance. My father was the kind of person that would try new things because he hadn't done them before, e.g. make a suit from a roll of cloth, just for the fun of it.
[1] one of his last published papers was predicting what would happen if a PWR suffered a catastrophic LOCA (loss of coolant accident) where the bottom was blown out of the reactor. Fukushima was quarter of a century in the future, and more or less confirmed the predictions)
coppice:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 05:31:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 04:51:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 02:20:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 02:13:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 01:31:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 09:11:19 am ---I hope you guys can still pay in salt or silver coins. I mean, do the bad government want to get rid of directly exchanging donkeys for goods? Can you still use seashells though, right?
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Clearly you are young. I presume you are going to avoid becoming old.
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Clearly I was born in a soviet occupied country, where cheque usage was 0.00% and if you tried using it after 1989 everyone just assumed that you want to scam them.
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You are avoiding the point. We noticed.
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Wait, your point is that old people cannot learn how to use anything else? That went totally over my head. Why?
Because I'm coming from a country, where nobody is using cheque, and we somehow manage.
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Don't be a twat!
As you will find - if you are lucky - the older you get the more difficult it is to take on radically new concepts.
My father, who had a DSc (i.e. >>PhD) in two phase flow and fluid dynamics, never really got to grips with the internet and web.
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I think you are the one being a twat. Everyone's IQ and ability to grasp new things falls with age, but falls at very different rates, and from different starting points. Most people struggle while still at high school. Some people grasp most new things with little effort when they are 90. The problem is not age. Its people who started out with the short straw in life, and will NEVER grasp anything moderately complex without massive reinforcement. Modern society really has no place where they can thrive.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: coppice on October 09, 2023, 09:33:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 05:31:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 04:51:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 02:20:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 02:13:10 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on October 09, 2023, 01:31:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: tszaboo on October 09, 2023, 09:11:19 am ---I hope you guys can still pay in salt or silver coins. I mean, do the bad government want to get rid of directly exchanging donkeys for goods? Can you still use seashells though, right?
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Clearly you are young. I presume you are going to avoid becoming old.
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Clearly I was born in a soviet occupied country, where cheque usage was 0.00% and if you tried using it after 1989 everyone just assumed that you want to scam them.
--- End quote ---
You are avoiding the point. We noticed.
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Wait, your point is that old people cannot learn how to use anything else? That went totally over my head. Why?
Because I'm coming from a country, where nobody is using cheque, and we somehow manage.
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Don't be a twat!
As you will find - if you are lucky - the older you get the more difficult it is to take on radically new concepts.
My father, who had a DSc (i.e. >>PhD) in two phase flow and fluid dynamics, never really got to grips with the internet and web.
--- End quote ---
I think you are the one being a twat. Everyone's IQ and ability to grasp new things falls with age, but falls at very different rates, and from different starting points. Most people struggle while still at high school. Some people grasp most new things with little effort when they are 90. The problem is not age. Its people who started out with the short straw in life, and will NEVER grasp anything moderately complex without massive reinforcement. Modern society really has no place where they can thrive.
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So what is the logical consequence of that statement? Logan's Run?
"The race does not always go to the fastest, but that's the way to bet"
SiliconWizard:
It certainly deserves a discussion, just like the phasing out of cash, which is also planned.
Now discussing is nice, considering different point of views is important, but who here thinks we actually have any say about it? Just curious.
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on October 09, 2023, 09:40:26 pm ---It certainly deserves a discussion, just like the phasing out of cash, which is also planned.
Now discussing is nice, considering different point of views is important, but who here thinks we actually have any say about it? Just curious.
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There is some evidence that if enough people complain to their MP (i.e. elected representative) then they will take notice and take action.
Doesn't always work :(
But phasing out cash is an interesting topic. Screw those that can't get a bank account and cards; they don't count.
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