Sounds like a virtuous cycle to me

But what if your hard to explain kinks damn near kill you?

While increasing energy efficiency and available space, both of which can be used for extending EV range (by adding more batteries that deplete more slowly) - one of the biggest EV issues right now.

Or you could just fit a mini party bus inside a hatchback, whichever you prefer.

To your point though, one of the othe big EV issues is cost (both purchase and maintenance) - even if a large chunk of it is artificial. Wonder what the price tag and lifespan on these things will be.

Of course what could have happened is that that cut was way bigger then the usual Apple Pay deal.

Didn’t know they were so generous with the terms. But I meant the fees they charge merchants. At least that’s how the business usually works if I’m not mistaken. Biggest cut of the merchant fee goes to the issuer bank, a smidge to the payment network, and a smalish portion to the merchant bank. Apple usually takes a portion of the issuer bank’s cut (in this case GS)

My man heard of CJK input methods and thought they were a study guide. Then threw in English and French to confuse the enemy. Props to you dude! That said, you’re a walking i18n nightmare.

That could be true, I don’t know honestly.

But then it’s an issue of bad fee structures, or rather overestimating defaulter numbers. It’s not like the amount of money you make from fees reduces as your interest earnings go up, so - if this is indeed the cause - the only thing I can conclude is that to meet their total projected earnings they assumed people would default en masse. Bad long term business and slim margins if you ask me.

At the same time I have a hard time not drawing a parallel between this and GS Marcus. Apple had nothing to do with the latter and both went under (effectively), with both being forays into regular consumer services for GS.

Then again I’m just an armchair general. What do I know.

That’s just mismanagement and inflated input costs. The average cc company is happy either way. Idk what it is with Goldman but they mucked up consumer banking too.

True, but the business still pays them plenty. It’s not so much that they lose money, it’s they they earn less.

I’ve only really spent 2 minutes looking at the man’s wikipedia page to check for any obvious clues but I couldn’t find any.

Sauce for him being a fascist please? Because that’s a pretty heavy accusation to throw at someone, living or dead.

The trouble with that is that it shows a certain amount of respect

You know, you may have just changed my mind

That pun requires more tiki torches and a bit of inbreeding

Given his theories I’m convinced the man had some sort of food/gainer fetish he didn’t know how to deal with

Hey, we’ve all been there, I know I have. Proud of you ❤️

We actually found one: a good [blank]. I get where you might be coming from, but you’re better than this. I really believe that.

Low interest is subjective (it can be, but is hard to quantify succinctly). I’d argue including it is more biased than not.

I’m out of the loop here, had no clue that was a thing - sauce?