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Is the zero reserve ratio requirement what you are referring to here? Thus allowing banks working directly with the Fed to have zero "real" dollars in existence for customer deposits?

I believe this is not true for all banks, but surely is shocking that this measure is in place, as it is unclear what holds those primary banks from lending to any extent they wish. I must be missing something.

I canceled my subscription explicitly based on just how poor the app is. conversation view is just the tip of the issues here. its very slow and buggy for me. for many years basically unchanged.

Coinbase Card 6 years ago

Meh. The point of crypto is to bypass the present rails of commerce. Not to add yet another layer and middleman / middleware to the mix that adds fees and overhead.

May I ask - why the downvote? I know it was a blip, but still, a reminder for a moment that most of life relies on them. And some of my data is not replicated else ware... that is changing.

First it's more expensive for you. Second you have unrecyclable plastic waste. Third what could once be composted now gets thrown into anaerobic landfill.

1 - not if I take time/effort into account, or having someone prepare it for me 2 - How much less efficient is this than a coffee can/bag and filters? 3 - how much coffee is really composted anyway? how much of that is used productively?

There is no real argument for keurig cups other than convenience.

This is true at anything that one purchases - you outsource the effort for a fee. All single serve items are the same or worse as the keurig in terms of waste that makes things easy.

Should people be able to choose to generate such waste for something so trivial?

Yes.

If Keurig is not responsible for the mountains of damage done, and the consumers are not responsible, then where does the buck stop?

Customers vote with their dollars. They are not to blame for the waste - but not free of responsibility. Want to make change? Stand up for what you believe and get others to join you. Don't make anyone do anything by force (regulation).