I just lost my wallet on the way home from work
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Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work
#2See also ancient bash.org lore: http://bash.org/?814243
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#4Does Twitter not allow connection from the Tor network any more? What a depressing reality.
> 403 Forbidden: The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it.
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#5What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction?
Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
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#6What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction? Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
At the very least with european SEPA transfers and their predecessors, but I would have assumed pretty much all bank transfers where you send money support some way to put a message - how else would you map incoming transactions from previously unknown senders to what they're for?
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#7What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction? Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
In the Netherlands, for at least the last 35 years, transaction forms have a field "Description" where you can enter arbitrary text. Originally on paper, now electronically.
Is that in any way remarkable?!
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#8What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction? Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
"Reference", "memo", "note" - some referrer or reminder about the transaction in question. Invoice number, PO number, 'movie tickets' ... it's just a free-form text field.
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#9What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction? Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
At the very least with european SEPA transfers and their predecessors, but I would have assumed pretty much all bank transfers where you send money support some way to put a message - how else would you map incoming transactions from previously unknown senders to what they're for?
In the US, AFAIK the only metadata you get with a direct / ACH deposit is the sender's "name", usually the company name. I assume that you can't easily change this per transaction.
US banking infrastructure is decades behind the rest of the world in many areas.
You can include a memo on a paper check though.
Re: I just lost my wallet on the way home from work
#10What's a "reference"? You can enter arbitrary info during a transaction? Genuinely curious. Is this a UK thing or available everywhere?
In the Netherlands, for at least the last 35 years, transaction forms have a field "Description" where you can enter arbitrary text. Originally on paper, now electronically. Is that in any way remarkable?!
In the US, you pay $16 to send a wire and $16 to receive a wire. So, wires are not as common as in Europe.
On the other hand, ordering your bank to print a paper check, and send it through postal mail is free of charge.