You could let users import their own Google api key...

I have grown up seeing my parents write physical paper cheques.

It's basic life goods and everything is still signed for, tracked and registered. Besides, banks love to collect interest.

To this very day I have several (older) relatives that use paper checks sent via snail mail to pay all their bills.

Check out Llama, Alpaca, Langchain, Dalai.

Would be strange not to use the Bing crawlers for that.

It's possible a separate company (even if cozy) would not have direct access to Bing's infra.

Feels like arpanet atm, so give it some time. https://online.jefferson.edu/business/internet-history-timel...

Just to add some more context, these were used back in the day at chill areas of hacker conferences.

Back then wifi (if available) was not very reliable, and battery tech less advanced. People carried network cables and extension cords in their backpack.

I presume there is some selection bias to take into account here.

Isn't there always some? It's impossible to create a comment that has any nuance without being selective of the feeling that I wish to convey.

Isn't this comparable to the guy in the Ferrari being mad at other drivers because he's in the same traffic jam as the rest or us?

I get where he's coming from, but that doesn't make it reasonable. And certainly not a scam by Ferrari.

I struggle with that comparison, but it sounds like the sports car guy feels that his conspicuous wealth should elevate him above the rules meant for everyone else. To the extent that he shouldn’t even have to ask for it out loud, because his car is art and yours is a commodity that makes no statement on the scarcity of beauty.

If NFTs exist to make an artistic statement, then it’s not the same as a one-off art car. It’s a statement on conspicuously raising the ecological and conceptual cost for the same vulgar image that any scrolling rube can enjoy.

An NFT really could represent season tickets for some assigned seats in a sports arena, or (unfortunately) the order on a list of organ transplant recipients. But instead of problems of scarcity, NFT represents FOMO. And the most-confident adherents are definitely speculating on riding the wave.

Does anyone have an idea of what the retail price might be?

It depends on the qr-code scanner you have on your phone. The one on my android shows a button 'connect to this network'.

In regards to security, you are completely correct. But this is to be used in cases where one would put a paper with the password on the wall, think of coffee shops. Saves some typing. Or you can put a card on your coffee table to help out your house guests.