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London Underground banned it, the banks will hate it, what do you think?
- alvarl 13y agoIsn't that a bit controversial?
- nekopa 13y agoI really wish we could shine a bright light on all the dodgy stuff banks do.
- kapowaz 13y ago> TfL tried to ban it Why would TfL specifically get involved? It's more likely this is an issue for the ASA, on account of it appearing to use the word ‘FUCK’, which is hardly controversial.
- dalore 13y agoLooks more like FYCK to me, and that is the same levenstein distance as FCUK which is everywhere.
- kapowaz 13y agoTransposition vs substitution; I'd say F*CK is more likely to suffer the ASA’s wrath than FCUK. But who knows, need more details to be sure of anything.
- dalore 13y agoYou would say transposition vs substitution but there a few different string metrics. I picked one of the most popular which treats substitution as the same as transposition. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance It shouldn't be hard to argue and force them to disclose what string metric they are using and what distance is the minimum if you're prepared to take them to court.
- dreen 13y agoYeah, as a person regularly sending money outside UK I felt this pain. Then, bitcoin appeared, thanks to which you can send money to many countries for free (or even with a small gain on exchange rate, if youre lucky).
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- dons 13y agoI saw the ad. Kudos for getting onto the tube.
- FridayWithJohn 13y agoHow did this reach the front page of hacker news!? This is nothing more than an advert for sending money overseas. Oh and for the marketing team running this blatant advert, here's a free tip that will help your SEO a bit, add a 301 redirection on your non-www site. You don't even redirect http://transferwise.com http://transferwise.com to http://www.transferwise.com http://www.transferwise.com