Interesting Links for 25-03-2021

[andrewducker]

Covid: Matt Hancock announces new health agency focusing on preventing future pandemics

(tags:UK pandemic thefuture )

America's gun violence rates, in 16 maps and charts

(tags:guns USA visualisation viaDanielDWilliam )

What is the latest Reddit drama all about

(tags:Child_abuse Reddit transgender censorship wtf )

Multiple Destroyers Were Swarmed By Mysterious 'Drones' Off California Over Numerous Nights

(tags:drone navy usa )

The majority of patients discharged after a Covid infection had not recovered after five months. Younger women got hit the worst

(tags:Pandemic Doom women )

A Letter to the Jewish Community from an Asian American Jew

(tags:Jews asia USA racism )

Study reveals how human brains grow larger than those of other apes

(tags:brain ape )

What Will It Take to Get a Cargo Ship Unstuck From the Suez?

(tags:trade shipping canal epicfail )

Big investors shun Deliveroo over workers' rights

(tags:rights delivery UK investment )

New Alan Turing £50 note design is revealed

(tags:AlanTuring money UK )

Nationwide tells 13,000 staff to 'work anywhere'

(tags:work homes office )

NHS staff in Scotland to be offered 4% pay rise

(tags:Scotland NHS pay )

Comments

Re: Alan Turing Bank Note

[calimac]

Seven years ago in Boston was my first encounter with a taxi that took credit cards. (Card reader attached to the back of the driver seat.) Considering the amount of fumbling hoping one had appropriate cash for the fee and a tip, I approved of this change. I've used a taxi since then, but I can't remember whether those were also with credit cards.

Re: Alan Turing Bank Note

[andrewducker]

I mostly use a card for it, but using their app (the Edinburgh black cab firm I use has their own app). I hadn't taken a taxi in so long that it had somehow lost my card details. So I quickly grabbed some cash out of my wallet.
I'm fairly sure they do take cards nowadays, but for some reason I've been assuming there's a surcharge. I'll have to remember to look next time!

Re: Alan Turing Bank Note

[calimac]

In our jurisdiction (I'm not sure whether this is a state or federal law), surcharges for card use are prohibited. However, there's nothing preventing the offer of a cash discount, and many do. The only difference is which price is given as the base.

Speaking of Alan Turing and the inconvenience of £50 bank notes, the US has put Ursula K. Le Guin on a postage stamp. It is, however, for an inconvenient value of postage.