Personalised pricing is exploitative. It's also inefficient, with resources wasted on both sides. Historically, it's the difference between posted prices in a store and haggling in a market square. There are good reasons why people prefer stores most of the time @pluralistichttps://pluralistic.net/2024/06/05/your-price-named/
Why you should never fill in the backstory from @pluralistic The best case for me was when the Doctor Who writers finally succumbed to the temptation to show the Time Lords on Gallifrey, who turned out to be about as exciting as the UK House of Lords
Nick Cater in the Oz is impressed by #nuclear power in Finland, which has built one new plant this century, and has none currently under construction or even in planning stages.
OTOH, Finland has 7GW of wind, and much more is planned https://www.both2nia.com/en/news/almost-7-gw-wind-power-finland
An important study showing that political polarisation is a US-specific phenomenon. Elsewhere in OECD, small increases in some countries, declines in others, including Australia. The result for Oz is certainly consistent with casual observation
Despite the best efforts of Murdoch press, culture wars never really took off here, and are now pretty much over. Immigration a big issue, as elsewhere, but doesn't break on simple party lines.
@pluralistic When I was a schoolkid, Honeywell had a stand at the local show/fair with a female appearing robot (actually a woman in a shiny bodysuit). The imposture was revealed after the show was over. Plus ca change
