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feygeubdjvf
3y ago
i made a killing when i was 17 selling w32 POS software i developed in my bedroom with vb6(?) because i hit the time 1) everyone wanted the window look and 2) all the big players (with ascii art ux) were succumbing to flexLM pushing dongle
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feygeubdjvf
3y ago
the second this is popular worldwide, not an US curiosity, it won't be able to handle crime. first thing I'd start is a public camera collecting face metrics and images, and then associating them with the iphone radio (plent to ch
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feygeubdjvf
3y ago
that makes it even funnier if you know how the rest of the world operates. for the past decade most countries (china, india, brazil, eu, etc) have central bank issued APIs for instant payments. without being a client of visa, apple, etc...
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3y ago
> Chip + Signature is a dumb USian thing because merchants didn't want to change their readers to have a secure PIN pad. there's a write up on this that i cannot find. the reason was actually that some criminal organization wit
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feygeubdjvf
3y ago
corruption and anti worker sentiment on all levels. other answer is already underneath the framing that it exists and will try to justify it within the system. all benefits, specially the few one code in law, serve to create the illusion of