It used to be if you wanted the detailed news you had to pay for it, either a subscription or 25¢ for that day’s edition ($1 on Sunday). But it was really easy to get that day’s edition: just stick a quarter in the dispenser.

We need to find a way to make that work. I wouldn’t mind paying 50¢ or $1 for access to one day’s-worth of articles, but the payment processing fees eat away all the money on such small transactions. I also don’t necessarily want to set up an account for some random local newspaper on the other side of the country that I’m looking at this one time and might never look at again. It feels like these should be solvable problems, though.

Who’s out here deep frying crepes? American county/state fair vendors?

I don’t think this is even the first time I’ve seen someone do this

This is wild that someone can just buy a hydroelectric dam on Facebook Marketplace. I’ve read the first blog post and it looks like these guys brought together a unique set of skills to make it happen without needing big outside engineering support. Probably going to read through all of the posts.