https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=PenguinHackerHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:28:01 +0000What happens when you run out of banks, will you put your cashier’s check under a mattress? I’m old & get told what to do at banks all the time, but that’s no reason to change banks as it will just happen again at the new bank. My wife & I don’t have electronic banking & I wonder how long we’ll have tellers to help us. We’ve also had 2 branches close out from under us & force us to use less convenient ones nearby. We can’t change what’s happening in banking by running away, it will always catch up to us.

]]>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 03:36:58 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545650PenguinHackerhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545650https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545650Thank you for your reply, and so true. This is an electronic medium after all, and the smartphone, the greatest electronic device ever invented, makes participating in it so easy. Tonight I ate in a restaurant with a paper menu (I avoid QR menus because I’m old) but was able to send photos to my family & meet my wife for dessert by sending iMessages during dinner. I have over 50 years of film, DSLR, and iPhone photos and all are on my iPhone to look at any time I wish. Restricting yourself by not taking advantage of such devices is fine, but don’t pretend you’re not missing out on some of life’s greatest moments.

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