"So the cashier will call you by name" means they don't care if it's your real name, just react when they call it.

Some of it really is absolutely useless.

Some of it actually provides real value.

Some of it seems to provide value, but actually makes things worse.

Time will tell the proportions.

We used centimeter cubes when I was a kid. Actual plastic cubes. We could use it to add length, we could use it to add volume.

For an illustration of using them for adding lengths, a 2D certainly is fine. They know what the cubes looks like, and a 3D version would just add lines they would have to ignore. Unnecessary complexity.

As an adult who knows how basic addition and basic length measurement works, I would agree with you. The cubes are simplified to squares, that's the correct name.

But for these kids that doesn't know the difference of the terms and don't need it yet, it's another simplification to avoid unnecessary complexity.

Yeah, it's phrased in a weird way.

He is saying that when cars were becoming popular, lots of people insisted that horses were better. Over time, basically everyone realized that cars are better.

Now electric cars are becoming popular, although lots of people insists that ICE cars are better.

He is saying that over time, people against electric cars will change their mind, just like the horse-people did.

It's enough for email, chats, banking and other essentials.

I would say it's not enough to stream a movie, which seems fair to me if you spent all the data you have for the period.

The countries I know of where employers have decent vacation etc and don't hate the employers, all have strong unions.

If unions doesn't work, then maybe you are doing it wrong.

This alone is enough for me, to consider Windows a bad choise.

I've said that line so many times.

I do NOT want my thermostats to phone home. I don't see any value of that.

But they are connected to MY smart home system (Hone Assistant), and THAT is accessible from the internet.

I get the remote monitoring and control that I want, and they don't get any of my data. Perfect!

Most of them, probably. It's a new requirement in EU to get 5/5 stars safety rating.

That's also why it's specifically 5 features - that's the bare minimum.

You are arguably being insulted and neglected.

Here is in Denmark they are at 100%, because that's our law. As far as I know (as a consumer), it works just fine.

All soda bottles and cans can be returned in (almost?) any store that sells them. When we buy, a small deposit is added. When we return the container, we get the deposit back.

The deposit is adjusted every now and then to keep it small enough to not significantly affect customers buying power, but big enough that most people want the money back.

There's two kinds of money: Enough money, and more than enough money.

If you don't have enough money, that's all that matters. A nicer day at work means very little.

Once you have enough money, more money matters very little. Now it's about enjoying work etc.