#Networks

A thread of payment ecosystem1. There are generally 5 players to a transaction: The card issuing bank, merchant acquirer/payment gateway, the merchant’s bank, payment card processor and the payment network
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It is a great question about what lawmakers can do re: COVID. For me it has been an interesting first hand look at executive power in a time of public
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students are demanding refunds and acting like "customers" because significant parts of the education sector have insisted on treating education like a business and students as "customers" for YEARS now
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why is history, as a discipline, relatively theory averse compared to other disciplines it seems like the aversion is worst in Anglophone historiography, so I'm tempted to blame the English
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A big factor that led to Nickelodeon's more strict scheduling and handling of shows towards the mid-2010's was when Disney Channel became the #1 kids network in 2012.This ended Nick's
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Curious why Ethereum is gaining ground? Ethereum currently is seeing exponential from two simultaneous growth curves and there are three growing in the wings. Long thread below The first
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Anyone following the US primary election knows that we had our first presidential candidate of Hindu faith. She was mercilessly attacked with propaganda throughout the primary. One of the media
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I found my father when I was in my late 20s and he took me home to Sioux Lookout. It was the first time I had been home since leaving
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Think that I am starting to get over this fling with Twitter now! Will speak less, and observe more – too much noise anyway. More respect for those who do
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Here are some things you may not know about Chris Wallace, the Fox News anchor who will moderate the presidential debatehttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-09-28/who-is-chris-wallace-presidential-debate-moderator-
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A fleet of Chinese fishing vessels was identified operating in int’l waters on the border of the EEZ around the uniquely biodiverse Galápagos Islands. @austinjbrush and Irina Bukharin took a
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I thought (naively) that one of the roles of a VC was to ‘do’ politics, both in the sense of being well-networked with politicians and community/industry leaders, using those networks
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A random thought: Offensive security testing has a genuinely important role. But right now pentesting & red teaming are typically being (mis)used by organizations, and the way they're being misused
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I was quoted earlier in the Washington Post story on pandemic pods. I’m quoted saying, “Most parents will act in the interest of their child and you can’t tell them
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.@GYamey The immediate term supply bottlenecks of single use reactors bags, filters, culture media etc. for India based Vx manufacturers will get resolved over the next few weeks. But for
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Lmao, latinos "cancelling" Philippine BLs because a small, independent production company asked people to report hardsubbed re-uploads. Okay. Thrive in your entitlement while small companies actually lose their livelihood. tsaka
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