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@Metrorailinfo @wmata Car 3171 on the Orange Line to Vienna is a #hotcar

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@Metrorailinfo why is there a 15-minute gap with no westbound Orange or Silver Line trains? Not a great way to start my evening commute.

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@niubi @nytimes Any chance you are related to Barry Bishop?

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@patio11 I would like to hear what you think will happen as a result of the Visa & Mastercard settlement announced this week. What kinds of businesses will refuse to accept premium credit cards? Will issuers cut back on rewards programs?

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@IsaacKing314 @rolanberrypie @patio11 But how to prevent a malicious actor from confirming/harvesting account holder names by entering random account numbers and canceling transactions before completing them? I am not sure a rate limiter would be a good enough solution.

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@rolanberrypie @patio11 I doubt American banks would want to require name-matching if it meant they would have to spend a lot of time adjudicating minor spelling or punctuation mistakes. A payment intended for Andersens Landscaping LLC made out to “Anderson’s Landscapping, Inc.” is probably legit.

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@patio11 I live in a different city from you and I also got Spanish-language Lowe’s ads on that same episode of Money Stuff.

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@patio11 Not quite following—do you mean this causes a situation where some assets are delivered via ACATS and the receiving broker has no idea to whom they belong? Or that they know which client, but are not sure if the assets go to your IRA vs. your taxable account?

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@niubi @eosnos Mr. Ranine himself! Pity that his eyes are closed in the picture.

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@woodbo52 @WinsomeSears @winwithwinsome Maybe. Some Democrats voted for the final bill after the Lt. Gov. defeated the Sen. Surovell’s attempt to keep the definition out of the code.

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@penipulation @WinsomeSears @macaulayporter The Lt. Governor’s vote was in favor of adding the definition of antisemitism to the code.

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@Rapunzal49 @WinsomeSears Democratic Senator Surovell wanted to keep the definition out of the code. The Lt. Governor’s vote was in favor of adding the definition to the code. Her tweet was hard to parse so I don’t blame you for misunderstanding!

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@patio11 - things that investors in fintech businesses tend to overlook when doing due diligence

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@patio11 - how (or whether) PayPal/Venmo can comply with IRS requirements to report transactions over $600 without needlessly enraging tons of innocent consumers

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@patio11 “Digital Prophet” 😜

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@patio11 Now that 10 years have passed, can you share the funny hypothetical story that you excised from that post because it was too close to reality?

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@niubi @EricNewcomer I am surprised their funding lasted this long.

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@matthewstoller @niubi The Zhang Xiao Quan incident

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@AdamMinter @DoctorSyntax Reminds me of how the security guards in Chinese banks are often more helpful than the tellers when it comes to procedures and filling out forms.