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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. i'm the bookmark of "Hump the Bundle" 
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Feb 27, 2015 15:56
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also i'm the busty short haired teen
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Feb 27, 2015 15:57
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at least I wish I was the busty short-haired teen 
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Feb 27, 2015 15:59
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:at least I wish I was the busty short-haired teen man boobs are still busty Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. "cookies"
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Feb 27, 2015 16:09
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:09
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Sentient Data posted:Oh, my sweet innocent child. That card setup? That's not just for one-off little things, huge companies use it for their payroll as well (in many states in lieu of offering checks at all, just their prepaid card or direct deposit). I'm talking major drug store chains, retail places, and I've heard lately that even Disney with its ~60k employees has moved to it for their lower rungs. The cards are complete poo poo, there's no way to directly transfer your balance or write checks/cheques, and they're totally riddled with fees (of which I'd bet employers receive a cut). Just check out some of the more obvious fees jesus christ
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Feb 27, 2015 16:21
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americans can use venmo now which is effectively effortless but i think what bank of england is saying in that image is that people can transfer directly, as in ~~no middlemen~~ like bank of england, venmo, western union. idk what difference that actually makes though
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Feb 27, 2015 16:30
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Muscle Tracer posted:idk what difference that actually makes though *no fees
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Feb 27, 2015 16:33
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My apartment still only accepts checks and money orders but lol if I'm going to be assed to hand-write a check every month. My bank's solution to this is that I set up an "on-line bill pay" account for them, and my bank literally prints a check and mails it to them once a month.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:48
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:My apartment still only accepts checks and money orders but lol if I'm going to be assed to hand-write a check every month. i've had the check get lost in the mail this way before, it sucks
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Feb 27, 2015 16:50
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ruby idiot railed posted:i've had the check get lost in the mail this way before, it sucks
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Feb 27, 2015 16:54
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my complex won't let you set up two names for the online pay thing which is bullshit because my roommate and i split it and now i have to write her a check once a month to cover my half of rent/electric/cable i just ordered a box of checks, it will last me until the end of time.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:56
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:My apartment still only accepts checks and money orders but lol if I'm going to be assed to hand-write a check every month. mine used to treat it like a cashier's check and take the funds immediately when it issued the check now they don't do that so i guess it would be marginally less lovely if it got lost in the mail
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Feb 27, 2015 16:58
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Muscle Tracer posted:americans can use venmo now which is effectively effortless about that... http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/02/26/why-would-anyone-in-her-right-mind-use-venmo/ http://www.businessinsider.com/venmo-is-not-nearly-as-secure-as-you-might-think-2015-2 http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/safety_net/2015/02/venmo_security_it_s_not_as_strong_as_the_company_wants_you_to_think.html http://theweek.com/speedreads/541339/should-beware-sending-money-venmo
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Feb 27, 2015 16:58
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ruby idiot railed posted:i've had the check get lost in the mail this way before, it sucks Yeah, I have the bank send it like 5 days before the first of the month, it should get there 2-3 days early, and I have until the 4th to pay just in case. My apartment manager is nice enough to phone me up on day 4 if it still hasn't arrived at which point I cut her a physical check from my checkbook which I have only ever used to pay her with ever.
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Feb 27, 2015 16:59
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Literally The Worst posted:
Those checks have an address on them and you will move before you get through the first checkbook.
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Feb 27, 2015 17:12
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oh cool 44 new posts, i wonder what happ...
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Feb 27, 2015 17:17
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slogsdon posted:you know you can do online transfers with western union now right As someone who works in AML at an institution which used to have a service by which someone could exit funds to a Moneygram, you can do online transfers but they raise eyebrows almost as reliably as evidence of bitcoin-related bank transfers does. Turns out using the service advertising itself as "great for emergencies and third world remittances" on a daily basis becomes pretty questionable pretty fast. The rural parts of this country are full of people who don't know anything about fraud and will happily take those "I made 8975 an hour" blog comments seriously, and end up being a patsy for Vietnamese skimmer rings who use them as fronts to launder money from the stolen cards, like those "we buy stuff for you and you give us bitcoin" services but with actual money.
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Feb 27, 2015 17:20
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Snapchat A Titty posted:better gear up for laughchain studies all publications are peer-to-peer reviewed
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Feb 27, 2015 17:23
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:
Naturally, the UK will adopt bitcoin so that a handful of spergs in the USA and China have all the nation's wealth, and not just start up the Epound or whatever.
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Feb 27, 2015 17:46
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Malloreon posted:about that... you can set it to private with trivial ease but yes, people are idiots. a stunning discovery
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Feb 27, 2015 17:46
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Poopy Palpy posted:Those checks have an address on them and you will move before you get through the first checkbook. ive moved twice since my first set of checks and haven't had any problem using them
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Feb 27, 2015 18:02
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theflyingexecutive posted:oh cool 44 new posts, i wonder what happ... at least its not a cash/card derail
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Feb 27, 2015 18:07
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FAUXTON posted:As someone who works in AML at an institution which used to have a service by which someone could exit funds to a Moneygram, you can do online transfers but they raise eyebrows almost as reliably as evidence of bitcoin-related bank transfers does. Turns out using the service advertising itself as "great for emergencies and third world remittances" on a daily basis becomes pretty questionable pretty fast. The rural parts of this country are full of people who don't know anything about fraud and will happily take those "I made 8975 an hour" blog comments seriously, and end up being a patsy for Vietnamese skimmer rings who use them as fronts to launder money from the stolen cards, like those "we buy stuff for you and you give us bitcoin" services but with actual money. who the gently caress legitimately uses western union on a daily basis?
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Feb 27, 2015 18:07
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Muscle Tracer posted:you can set it to private with trivial ease how is setting it to private going to stop the glaring security issues?
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Feb 27, 2015 18:08
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Muscle Tracer posted:you can set it to private with trivial ease i've never heard of venmo until just now, am I finally out of touch?
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Feb 27, 2015 18:09
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:i've never heard of venmo until just now, am I finally out of touch? I guess it's popular in some places. I work in a college campus in a town full of universities and have never heard anyone say anything about "venmo me". I've heard a few people talk bout bitcoins though
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Feb 27, 2015 18:14
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:My apartment still only accepts checks and money orders but lol if I'm going to be assed to hand-write a check every month. I did this for my rent too. after a few months it switched automatically from the printed check to the pure electronic version, so I bet they send out propaganda along with the check to shame people into joining the future
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Feb 27, 2015 18:15
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:i've never heard of venmo until just now, am I finally out of touch? then you were spared months of looking at ads of a bored looking guy advertising it
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Feb 27, 2015 18:17
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theflyingexecutive posted:then you were spared months of looking at ads of a bored looking guy advertising it Were these TV ads? Guess it's not targeting my market cuz I have the TV on the law and order SVU 24/7 channel while I'm doing other things and I've never seen a commercial for it. If it's web ads then lol I haven't seen a web ad in like a decade.
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Feb 27, 2015 18:19
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Feb 27, 2015 18:21
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Poopy Palpy posted:Those checks have an address on them and you will move before you get through the first checkbook. I literally only give them to my roommate so I give precisely no fucks.
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Feb 27, 2015 18:21
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:i've never heard of venmo until just now, am I finally out of touch?
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Feb 27, 2015 18:22
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:i'm the bookmark of "Hump the Bundle"  lol
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Feb 27, 2015 18:28
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yeah these were everywhere in the nyc subway a few months ago. I didn't know venmo had become a huge thing, just stopped seeing the ads and figured it had gone the way of most tech startups
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Feb 27, 2015 18:29
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re: companies paying people with those lovely debit cards - i started my education at a community college where most students were getting some kind of government financial aid. the default option to get your financial aid was this higher one for education card that had even more rapacious fees than the greendot payroll card described earlier. the opt-out process was ludicrous. free market at work sorry for continuing the derail in bitcoin news, paypal cancelled Mega's account and now kim dotcom is promoting bitcoin payments: https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/571182813937971200 with predictable results: quote:ChangeTip @ChangeTip 12h12 hours ago
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Feb 27, 2015 18:33
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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:Here's how I use my Bitcoins in Russia. i like the bookmarks
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Feb 27, 2015 18:35
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Muscle Tracer posted:you can set it to private with trivial ease  Venmo was for a while the way bitcoiners paid each other after hooking up through localbitcoins until someone started ripping off all the bitcoiners in the NYC area by using stolen cards and when bitcoiners tried complaining to Venmo they were like "well the conditions explicitly say we don't allow merchant activity and you are selling bitcoins so not only are you not getting the money we're going to freeze your account and the accounts of anyone you live with."The best thing was when someone was griping on social media about how they let someone use stolen cards as though cards worked that way anywhere. If they aren't declining they aren't declining. If they were reported stolen then they wouldn't be able to use them, it isn't like a merchant can make a stolen card not decline as stolen. I investigate similar activity with a different company and have heard similar arguments from bitcoiners there, though Venmo is reportedly EXTREMELY proactive in freezing bitcoiner accounts permanently.
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Feb 27, 2015 18:45
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so unlike other startups, venmo is proactively trying not to blatantly break the law and engage in criminal conspiracy? cool.
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Feb 27, 2015 18:47
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duTrieux. posted:so unlike other startups, venmo is proactively trying not to blatantly break the law and engage in criminal conspiracy? Eh, I've heard they grew a little faster than their AML/AF measures could scale and got into some regulatory hot water a while back but managed to right the ship after getting bought by ebay/paypal because they were able to leverage their much larger resources.
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