Quakers were

Are. They’re still around. Still a relatively big minority Christian group in the UK.

Still everyone’s favourite Christian denomination. Cool bunch.

Local/national banks with their bankcards and payment platforms

I don’t know what it’s like where you’re from, but here in the UK all banks use Visa, MasterCard or Amex for their bank cards.

The only mass scaled alternative

The only mass scaled alternative with an identical look and feel. There are plenty of alternatives if you don’t need it to look like leather. Like the infinite variety of fabrics.

Agreed. My mum’s car and my boss’s car have leather seats and I hate it. Both of my cars (and almost every other car I’ve ever driven in) have fabric seats, and they’re infinitely more comfortable. And I presume considerably cheaper.

Do we have site of any Lemmy instances that defederate from us? It’ll be interesting to see if many do.

Not that that’s a solution, as UK users can join any Lemmy instance (and non-UK users can join feddit.uk), but I can see some going for it as a quick fix.

How the fuck do you know my PIN number?!

If only the biggest problem was messages starting “I asked ChatGPT and this is what it said:”

A far bigger problem is people using AI to draft text and then posting it as their own. On social media like this, I can’t count the number of comments I’ve encountered midway through an otherwise normal discussion thread, and only clocked 2 paragraphs in that I’m reading a chat bot’s response. I feel like I’ve had time and braincells stolen from me in the deception for the moments spent reading and attempting to derive meaning from it.

And just this week I received an application from someone wanting work in my office which was very clearly AI generated. Obviously that person will not be offered any work. If you can’t be bothered to write your own “why I want to work here” cover letter, then I can’t be bothered to work with you.

Unfortunately it’s a combination lock, and the code is written on a post-it stuck on the front of the drawer.

Don’t forget Tizen too; MeeGo’s other bastard offspring.

I think Tizen is still around?

Last time I heard a deal talked about in serious terms (which was some years ago), I believe the plan was for a “permanent loan” to Greece in exchange for a rotating selection of loans in return. Greece has a pretty impressive collection of ancient artifacts, and it would give British museum-goers a chance to see them.