So you're depositing into some sort of kidney bank?

No, organs for transplant can't be stored that way. They can only exist outside of a functioning human body for a handful of hours; they measure the times in minutes.

Fresher kidneys are ideal, but I don’t think it’s quite this tight.

In my case my kidney went on a flight from Seattle to North Carolina overnight and wasn’t transplanted until morning.

If it were so important I would imagine they’d fly the recipient out to me (or vice versa) so that the surgery could be concurrent

Was yours a living donor or deceased donor? In my case, they brought several recipients of different organs together in the same hospital so that the transplants could be carried out quickly. This was a deceased donor case though, so they may have had a tighter window to meet.

I was the donor, not the recipient

What do you mean "planning"? They already are in some places, including Apple Stores themselves. But more often you see iPads in that role with a bigger screen for customers. Are they doing the same behavior? (I don't see why not).

For the moment they have an external payment / card terminal; other than the card reader itself, I don't see why an iphone wouldn't work as a formal payment terminal.

It already does.

Part of the new PCI standard called "Software based PIN entry on COTS" [1] which is also known generically as "PIN on glass".

Banks are now offering it to one-person trade companies etc [2].

[1] https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/new-faqs-on-software-b...

[2] https://www.westpac.com.au/business-banking/merchants-and-pa...

you fondly reminisced about a wonderful meal?

Some sort of a sideways space-elevator.

Space fountain working with containers! :)

Yeah, my dad is in the same situation. The companies that make this diabetes machinery will certify it for use pretty soon (probably) but not immediately.

often these disparities have to do with the iPad with a seemingly-same CPU having more RAM.

It’s a different hardware package too - id imagine the thermals differ significantly between the phone and the pad, and that you can drive the chip harder in the pad.

The "Journal" app is not in this immediate release.

A passenger on the plane has his family's tickets framed on the wall! https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/15765zq/40_years_...

Alexa has always worked better from across the room, but nowadays an Echo device will do very little aside from weather and timers without trying to sell you a subscription.

By the way—-

Alexa’s inability to just answer a question and go away is why my son didn’t get in trouble for knocking it off its table (and breaking the top), and why we didn’t replace it.