I can also see a domino effect happening if one or a few cities start to use this. If a city/group of cities becomes drastically safer after implementing this, it could pressure those that don't have it to opt in as well.
As a native Delawarean who now lives in Boston, I'm hoping this will improve the variety of Dogfish beers offered in the area. I miss being able to see all of their products in one liquor store.
I agree. Especially in a cave where frantic movements could kick up sediment and block visibility. Definitely a pragmatic move but probably the right choice.
That sounds like a highly uncommon scenario. I cashiered full time for nearly 3 years during college at a busy convenience store and encountered people paying with large sums of change < 5 times. Doesn't seem like a good reason to ban an entire payment method.
Also worked for some large financial firms, and can confirm that there is a disconnect between Excel models created by traders and IT. One interesting development was the acquisition of ClearFactr by Goldman [1]. Seems like they hope it will centralize some of these models into one sytem, making them accessible across the firm (Excel sheets can even be imported).
GS has had a centralized risk/pricing system for over 20 years now that is pretty powerful [2]. Fun fact: GS was able to calculate their total exposure to the Lehman collapse 12 hours after it happened using this.