I’m Canadian now but kept my Hungarian SIM, still paying it to this day after seven years. It’s 9EUR/mo for some paltry amount of data, but mostly just using it for online services that require a Hungarian or European phone number for MFA. I just bought extra data that counted as EU wide roaming data when I last visited.

However the options for my wife were very limited as a non-EU traveller. I think it was €30 or something for ~5GB of data usable in Hungary only and limited to ten days (we stayed for 14) and added as an eSIM with the help of an app/website. It was not transferable to other EU member states, and this was one of the best deals we could find that did not require us to go to a physical store location. This included us checking offers for prepaid SIMs from the major providers (Vodafone / -Mobil / Yettel)

It’d need to be a system that automates itself instead of needing surveillance. Something that simply disincentivizes corruption.

A government could be good. In theory:

• one year terms for elected individuals in public offices
• no second term
• getting elected is a random draw (akin to jury duty) based on the individuals’ capabilities
• authority limited in scope within city states

I’m sure there’s other ideas regarding this.

Extended layover. Not going to buy a SIM for a day in Lisbon.

In what cases is it not of a person’s own doing? Barring medical conditions that would make them exempt (such as hypothyroidism or antidepressants).

If this would happen, would Houston and Austin be like West Berlin back in the days? Exclaves of the USA?

If this happened due to suddenly everyone being able to read each others thoughts unfiltered and without the ability to block others out from your own, it would be amazing. However power corrupts and I don’t think there is an utopian situation where abuse would not happen in a society where information is given up voluntarily.

Wigs are a very specialized industry. I had a friend whos husband immigrated to Canada via Express entry being a wig maker specializing in natural, hair based wigs, that’s how high in demand the profession is. The guy was supplying multiple province’s patients with wigs.

I’d imagine that such a business would not have to stay open for long hours during the day or even multiple days per week due to most orders actually coming in through phone from healthcare providers or those affected.

Where I live, we have a helium balloon party store nearby. It’s open two hours a day from 10:00-noon, except on Saturday it’s 10:00-13:00. The guy’s business is booming, you can see people lining up for their orders and picking them up during that window. The store is so specialized but affordable compared to their big box competitors like party city etc, it’s hard to beat.

I beg to differ.

wefwef/Voyager

I’ve stopped using reddit, unless I need to search for historic content related to some tech gadget or something. And then only on desktop/laptop.

I’ve subbed to audible and kindle unlimited and been happier since.