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ijonas

35 karma · joined October 6, 2013

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/ijonas; my proof: https://keybase.io/ijonas/sigs/T9Ml3M5uo1VJeXSMy30xKwqZSTi5MKjrappUbSFAt-U ]
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ijonas··on How we secure Monzo's banking platform
I had a similar experience, not crypto-related.

My employer paid me a couple of grand in expenses, which I quickly moved to another account. That triggered an account freeze.

I asked the customer service rep for "why" - couldn't tell me. They then asked me for payslips to prove my story. I told them feck off because they could see the monthly entries marked "Salary" from the same source.

I escalated the matter and it took several hours before my account was unfrozen.

Lesson: only keep a minimum amount of money in UK bank accounts.

ijonas··on Web3 is centralized
Bitcoiners.
ijonas··on Resignation
TLDR
ijonas··on [dead]
Sharing my Raspberry Pi-based satoshi-stacking script. It wakes up at 5am each day and buys me some Bitcoin before I wake up.
ijonas··on The EU is set to declare war on encryption
cf. https://www.eteknix.com/david-cameron-declares-war-encryptio...
ijonas··on France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
Very simple. Facebook is a company. You can legislate laws that determine what companies are allowed to do and what they are not allowed to do. Particularly if it concerns financial instruments.

A "ban" doesn't need to be technological.

ijonas··on ORMs Are Backwards
ORMs are for suckers. DB Drivers are for suckers. I interact directly with the port 3306. ;-)
ijonas··on Rats 'wrongly blamed' for 1900 Glasgow plague outbreak
This means the rats will seek an official apology from the current government and possibly financial restitution.
ijonas··on A Japanese Pen Maker Anticipated the Fountain-Pen Renaissance
+1 to the Lamy 2000. It’s a glorious timeless classic. It’s like a Porsche, useable as an everyday workhorse.
ijonas··on A Japanese Pen Maker Anticipated the Fountain-Pen Renaissance
I’ve got both and they’re both excellent workhorses. I use Lamy mostly with Twsbi as alternatives for different inks.

Paper is a bigger issue with fountain pens. Avoid Moleskine, choose Rhodia.