Yes, it was mainly a short term liquidity problem. So as long as the purchasing bank has the ability to cover things in the short term, then it's all good. There's still a risk that things hit the fan, but a larger bank would be able to weather a larger run on their deposits.

Wait for them to replace things that were old but sturdy with literally the cheapest possible replacement (that's worse in every way except now it's painted gray) and act like that's an upgrade.

As it turns out, paying people to pick up and deliver food to one person at a time is expensive when you live in the US and even the smallest order requires several miles of driving. Obviously the miscellaneous fees are misleading but the plan from day one was to raise prices in order to actually become profitable.

I'd assume it was mainly to their hand (mostly burns and a little shrapnel) because they were holding it when they plugged it in. The element of surprise probably did the most damage here because they probably had their hand around the entire thing and not treating it as if it was a bomb.

Never plug random USB sticks into your computer. This is also a common attack vector for malware. I've never seen this used for actual bombs but there are also usb killers that send high voltage to your device and damage it.

What's stopping shooters from barricading the only entrance/exit to the shelter, lobbing a grenade through the drop ceiling, or simply collapsing the shelter on the children inside?

Dollar stores like this are part of the trap that keeps people impoverished. They offer stuff that is a little bit cheaper, but way worse quality or quantity. So many items are actually cheaper at a grocery store, but of course many Americans live in food deserts where they can't get transportation to a real store. Dollar stores tend to be understaffed, so even in the unlikely situation that the managers aren't being malicious, there aren't enough people to watch the register and clean up the shelves. Stores that have "price mistakes" like this should be ordered to honor the lowest price advertised and pay 10x what they scammed in fines.

It's not like they have high standards for content quality, so this should be a good fit.

Can't they just shut off the breakers, or some other manual override? I can't imagine there's an actual physical problem forcing the lights on. If I had to guess, I'd say doing so voids a warranty or some terms or service and some random administrator doesn't want to do that, instead wasting thousands of dollars a month.

The last thing I want in a search engine is ChatGPT. It only gives you one answer that is a mix of other answers found online. There's no guarantee that it's coherent or correct and you can't even check a different search result to get a second answer. This may be of some use if it could actually give correct answers all of the time, or at least not confidently say an incorrect answer.

For those who live in India: is there a good chance of the Supreme Court legalizing this? Given PM Modi's stance I'd have to say no but I'd love to be surprised here.