Its partially a diversion

He also does this so his insiders can make a killing on trading.

Yeah I was always impressed by that in the UK, but also a bit confused on what the incentive is for banks to build out their networks.

The high out-of-network fees in Canada cause the banks to compete on this... banks with more ATMs in an area will get more customers. As a result we have bank ATMs everywhere.

Out of network ATM withdrawals in Canada cost around $7 if you don't have a premium banking plan... with $3.50 being charged by your bank, and $3.50 by the ATM owner bank.

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2025-09-...

Just FYI you're describing exactly what people with bowel cancer go through, a colostomy bag.

Norway has entered the chat

Agree, this whole study sounds very strange.

It is also very strange that it is SPECIFICALLY recommending a strange new sweetener that is very uncommon.

Funded by either that sweetener, or the sugar industry, most likely.

Treating image search, finance search, travel search, and news search as different "products" is a false flag by DuckDuckGo and others.

When I search for a topic - let's say NVidia - all I care about is are the results accurate, relevant, and actionable.

If they aren't then over time I will go and use a different tool.

Having to go to different places for different kinds of search is just ridiculously anti-consumer and short-sighted - especially in this age of AI. If a ruling like that happened, then Perplexity would just totally eat Googles lunch, not because their results were better but simply because users wouldn't have to go to multiple places.

Seattle gets its fair share of fog and heavy rain all winter long

Meanwhile, Denver will get snow

I don't know how many times one has to say it...

Opinion-based surveys"
  are irrelevant when one has 150 years of actual statistics.

The population in developed economies shrinks - regardless of employment rates. There is ZERO correlation of employment rates to fertility rates. There is STRONG correlation of human development index to fertility rates.

The entire world is on track to be below replacement fertility before 2050. Note that every year that passes, that estimate is revised DOWNWARD. It used to be the 2080s as recent as 2023.

That isn't data... It's a silly lifestyle piece.

Go look at *actual global fertility charts* for the past 150 years.

Look up literally any study on this topic since the beginning of time.

Sounds good in theory - except that when the population pyramid (ie, more young people than old) collapses, it leads to major unrest in society as no one is there to support the elderly who can't work.

Unless we can backfill the economy with robotics, we are all screwed.

People - especially Millenials and GenZ - like to use this argument all the time. "Why would I want to have kids in this economy".

The problem is, there is ZERO DATA TO BACK THIS UP.

Repeat after me: The MORE AFFLUENT a society becomes, the LESS CHILDREN they have. We have hundreds of years of data to back this up. The reasons have to do with

- Increased choice for women in what they do
- Increased options for leisure time
- Decreased concern about "extending the blood line"

Up here in the great white north, where we are not ruled by an orange potato, we continue to be able to enjoy cheap online shopping with anything coming in under $50 being tax and duty free.