It comes down to what makes a "good" tool. Good for what? Good for whom? In this case it seem Google thinks adding certain restrictions makes this tool "better." In some other cases someone else may argue the opposite. Besides, maybe it's not just a "tool." Maybe it's a "platform," or a "commercial operation" with profit motives, or a "public/community service" with benevolent interests.

Thank Quebec. Probably a good idea. Visa requirements should not have been lifted but industry here complained loudly and to no end about the requirement when it was in place earlier.

I agree with @Doctor-Phibes that most people earning (or having) that kind of money (for example: net worth = USD$100MM+) "are not going to suffer in any meaningful way." But, it is all relative. Someone told me that the definition of rich is someone who has more/makes more than you do. I think that mostly, people on this forum board are doing "okay". In the eyes of a lot of people, they would think that the people on here are quite rich.

I just filed my taxes. They required my Photo ID #…

Another fun one which I just started to play is called "strands". A word search in a grid where every letter is used and all words are related to the given clue. Took me a bit to understand exactly how to play, but fun It is part of the same section of games as "connections" and "wordle"

@George-K His vaccine hesitancy, and I'm not talking about COVID, put him into the "whacko" column. Same here. A genuine nutter. The latest revelation confirms it.

@George-K Funny song I will have to try and find the movie.

Democrats

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/ken-buck-leaving-congress/ Ken Buck will resign from Congress, not intending to finish his term.

@Doctor-Phibes

https://x.com/nypost/status/1767513973975302441?s=20

Definitely an ass man.

Hester, a businessman from West Yorkshire….. Oh, nice..

@Mik ... about oil and gas extraction in Joe Biden's America, also see https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/268038

Pure power politics. LBJ smiled.

I think they play that on the men's side, too.