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They can get rid of non billionaires next?

Printer driver?

The Octopus is the de facto transport pass in Hong Kong (well, it's started by the major transport companies) and commonly used in many shops, it's also used by some for building access.

Octopus takes an 1.5% cut, I'm not sure if it applies to the founding transport companies but I assume the money will flow back to them anyway.

Recently, some transport services started incorporating Chinese e-wallets like Alipay and WeChat Pay which utilizes QR codes, and the agony of seeing people (mainly Chinese tourists) repeatedly scan and fail at the gates blocking the whole queue during rush hours is quite depressing after years of smooth access.

Cheers.

What's the best alternative?

Right, some people don't realise malicious intent is not always required to cause damage.

People have started catastrophic wars over small miscalculations and misinformation.

This came up my mind too. Have read that a high altitude EMP bomb would cause havoc on modern infrastructure.

Not sure about the details though. Hope someone knowledge can chime in.

The theory of international trade is based on the principle of comparative advantages. So theoretically if Taiwan can produces chips the cheapest, including transport and other costs, they shall do just that.

The decline of globalisation is due to, IMO, risk aversion of having too much of your supply chain, especially for essential and/or not easily replaceable merchandise, tied to an antagonistic or potentially antagonistic partner.

In other words, some of these "other" costs have become too high to just buy certain things somewhere else and call it day.

Sounds like a lot of space wasted?

Only if they could?

Doing business in China ain't as independent as you think, am afraid.

So is there any way to further improve power efficiency? Alder Lake mobile seems to be a regression across the board in terms of battery life.

Phone companies don't let you apply for replacement esim through a website?

Both Pfizer and Moderna, at the minimum, have been developing, or already developed, a version of COVID vaccine targeting Omicron.