GP's view doesn't matter. What does matter is the bank's view, and banks tend to be as cautious as they can be.

obviously I meant what in GPs view it is in bank's eyes.

> If he had an eSIM it would have quickly solved the problem for him.

Except many carriers have you jump through hoops to activate an eSIM on a new device. Here in the comments one person has to receive a new QR over snail mail.

Indeed I became aware thanks to this thread!

For me it was 10 mins through my provider's app (and I was also doing it internationally)

> For me it was 10 mins through my provider's app (and I was also doing it internationally)

What verification processes did you have to go through?

If it's simple username/password, that could mean that your number could be trivially hijacked by a determined enough attacker.

Reminds me of "stack ranking" in performance reviews.

The purpose of normalized grades is to habituate future workers to this so that by the time they find it in the real world they don't resist.

It's part of reproducing the labor-captial relationship.

It also helps to avoid populist teachers that give everyone a A+++ to avoid students complains, and also idiots that give everyone a C because only God is A and only the teacher is B.

(We don't use that method here, we use other method to try to avoid both problems.)

Where is the incentive for test makers in academia to accommodate this outcome? It sounds nice but I don’t think jaded professors or overworked, inexperienced, and stressed TAs have a reason to do this. It sounds nice but it doesn’t actually seem connected.

Southern France is also called le Midi!

BTW, Ukrainian shares the same logic, but it also calls the north "midnight" (північ). Meanwhile, Armenian calls the east and west "sun exit" and "sun entrance" (արևելք, արևմուտք) respectively.

Nope, the biggest station is actually Midi/Zuid.

I'd agree with you on this, but abusing emergency medical services like this is a step too far.

Here's just one example of planes doing exactly that. https://dailynewshungary.com/wizz-air-tirana-podgorica-fligh...

Can you share which cities these two are?

Stockholm (SL Bus/Train via Märsta 47kr vs. Arlanda Express 340 SEK)

Vienna (S-Bahn S7 4.40 EUR vs. City Airport Train 24.90 EUR)

While with the Stockholm one, the public transport option is cheap but a little bit more complicated (there are convenient medium priced options too), the Vienna one is really just branding and a non-obvious exit to the train station.

Ah, Stockholm. Been there as a student, went to Uppsala the day I was flying from Arlanda, and the only trains to the airport were the insanely expensive Arlanda Expresses. Had to take the normal train to Märsta, then walk the five kilometers to the airport. Fun times.

London for sure. All three of the Stanstead, Gatwick and Heathrow Express services are an absolute rip off compared with the alternatives that don’t take much longer.

Many people use them out of ignorance, expense accounts or they have the disposable income not to care.

On the other hand, Russian trains are absurdly slow when conpared to Europe. The flagship "high-speed" service barely does 200 km/h.

That's true, but at this point I would prefer slow but steady over being disembarked at random *dorf or standstill in a middle of nowhere with zero signal and no clue when we'll get back on track.

The OP, judging by their site, lives in Germany. A lot of comments here are coming from Europeans (including Brits BTW). So, pray tell, why did you feel the need to get all defensive and blame the Murricans?