though I have got the auto driver trying to charge me extra for being a foreigner

lol I go with locals usually so it works out for me. But someone has told me I am so obviously American in the way I manage eye contact with people.

India has dual pricing too. But their currencies are also much cheaper than the dollar and the euro so makes sense for them to make it cheaper for locals. The dollar is the reserve currency of the world.

so jealous

yup.

"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"

"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"

I’d also recommend reading Richard Roeper’s @ebertvoices.bsky.social review of RENTAL FAMILY where he writes:

“This is a beautiful and contemplative film, with lovely messaging and a couple of sly twists.”

The one thing I will say - it achieves what it sets out to do.

Maybe. It is really well made and incredibly bleak. I could not emotionally connect to it however as it just spent too much time on its villains which were not my cup of tea.

this

oh wow. glad she is okay.

saw high noon and man from the west to round out the theme. High noon specifically as a rebuttal on the necessity of violence is an interesting juxtaposition.

that is gorgeous. I really should too