Mencken: ‘The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.’

Worth fighting for.

Sensible policies for a better Britain. He has my vote ❌

So an espresso?

Thank you to Money20/20 for a fantastic event in Bangkok and an even bigger thank you for allowing me to make a donation to Save the Children International for reaching 17k thank you's!
 
#Money2020Asia last week was a huge success and I can't wait to visit again

The Coprophagic AI crisis buff.ly/4aSTiUI

'As the web becomes an anaerobic lagoon for botshit, the quantum of human-generated 'content' in any internet core sample is dwindling to homeopathic levels.'

I was merely worried about this, but now I am starting to panic.

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'is it still insider trading if you botch the timing, lose money, and get roasted for your idiocy on social media?'

My yet-another-day-trudging-around-in-London jam open.spotify.com/track/3XDkKF2P…

One for World Bollard Association™

Bogus QR codes are everywhere and fraud is rising. Should we move to a more secure infrastructure? You know, digital signatures and things?

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#QRcode #QRscams #CyberSecurity #Phishing #QRfraud #DigitalIdentity

New on Forbes: The ECB Warn That The IPhone Is “Incompatible With Digital Currency” buff.ly/4aStMPq

Apple’s proposed commitments to European Commission would not give third parties full access to the secure element (SE) in the iPhone, which the ECB needs for CBDC.

So apparently if someone knows / guesses the name of your S3 bucket - even if it's private (!) - they can just bankrupt you by sending infinite PUT requests and there is nothing you can do about it.
> requests get rejected
> but AWS still counts it as a write operation against

Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at World’s Busiest Airports on.wsj.com/3xUWvEx

'In December 2020, Clarke was arrested with around $9 million worth of gold on a private plane in Zanzibar'

Goodness me, have these people never heard of Bitcoin?

David Birch | Speakers | Money20/20 Europe buff.ly/3JISndP

Tired: Customers. Wired: Custobots.

Already looking forward to Money20/20 in Amsterdam

Or, “Craig Wright, My Part In His Downfall”.

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#Bitcoin #DigitalCurrency #Cryptocurrency

Monica Millares on Money20/20 Asia Day 3...

'The panel on Money in the Metaverse from David Birch and Victoria Richardson was absolutely amazing!'

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You are much too kind Monica, but thanks.

What do you think? Real or fake? Should I click on the link or not? Is it usually six years to send out a reminder Virgin Media 🐐 ?

Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation

- 9to5Mac 9to5mac.com/2024/04/26/sig…

Billions in Dirty Money Flies Under the Radar at World’s Busiest Airports on.wsj.com/3xUWvEx

Even money launderers are hooked on rewards... 'Alfalasi paid with his credit card and collected the air miles'.

I didn’t realise that the music business is so small