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Yup Alepo & thus ISIS. What a world: where a regex match can kill your business.
by davidwritesbugs 4y ago
Yup Alepo & thus ISIS. What a world: where a regex match can kill your business.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoMore accurately, I suspect it's Aleppo and thus Syria, which is under sanctions by the US and European countries.
- Natsu 4y agoYeah, this is almost certainly some AML provision that has gone amuck, but they'd rather inconvenience you in a silly way to prove that they were "doing their job" than to get themselves shut down due to sanctions.
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- fundad 4y agoAren’t there towns in the US and elsewhere named for towns in other countries? This xenophobia is an albatross.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoThe people of Aleppo, Pennsylvania must have a lot of fun.
- raverbashing 4y agoIt's the dream of box ticking auditors everywhere
- charlieyu1 4y agoMy friend had an account with Isis in the username because she learnt about the Egyptian god in video games. She was panic about that a few years later
- vladvasiliu 4y agoIt seems to be a "popular baby name" of Egyptian origin, according to this: https://adoption.com/baby-names/origin/egyptian https://adoption.com/baby-names/origin/egyptian (second page).
- throwayyy479087 4y agoThere was a hookah bar named ISIS in Astoria, Queens. It was named after the owners first love - sweet story: https://qns.com/2016/08/isis-hookah-lounge-in-astoria-changes-its-name-to-attract-more-business-owner-says/ https://qns.com/2016/08/isis-hookah-lounge-in-astoria-change...
- mynameisvlad 4y agoThat was the original name for what eventually became Google Wallet. It was launched as Isis, then promptly rebranded to Softcard before eventually being bought by Google.
- flangola7 4y agoAlso an elite spy agency
- sltkr 4y agoI wouldn't say “elite”.