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From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Banning Social Media For Under-16s
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 19:27:21 +1000
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Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>> Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
>>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> MightyMouse <squeak!@cheesefactory.com> wrote:

>>>>> and so we march ever onward towards microchip implants

>>>> Fantasy

>>> Saves carrying a Opal card for public transport

>> Makes a lot more sense to use your smartphone so you can
>> track your public transport and see how close it is etc

> I get a statement as old age pensioner it is cheap

I wasnt talking about any statement, I was talking
about actually using the public transport and
checking if the vehicle or train is running late etc.

> Also can login to see where I've been and cost

Another good reason for a smartphone instead of a chip embedded in your  
hand,

> For me to go to shopping mall it's $1.12 return the busdrops me  outside  
> of Woolworth, Cole's, Aldi

Mine is $2.50 for use all day and it drops me next to
Woolys bit its a short work to Coles but a big hike to
Aldi but I get the stuff delivered from Coles for just
$2 and that is a lot less hassle than using the bus

> Usually shop online Woolworth's

I usw Coles because its only $2 per delivery but Woolys stupidly wants $16

> and top up with a bus trip

I dont bother with top ups, not silly enough to run out

> (10 minutes  each way)

Same here, but it can be an hour wait if I miss the quick return bus

> The timetable for bus and train is on mobile in real time,

You dont get real time with a chip in your hand

> stops  outside 500 metres outside house

Mine isnt even that

>>> <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/sydney-bio-hacker-has-opal-travel-card-implanted-into-hand/8656174>
>>>        https://tinyurl.com/4mvprzuj
>>> Sydney man has Opal card implanted into hand to make catching public
>>> transport easier

>> More fool him

> Like doing your own tattoos on your eyelids

Not stupid enough to ever do tattoos