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Notable Stuff from the Visa-Mastercard Settlement Agreement

Here are a few items of note in the Visa and Mastercard Settlement Agreement filed today (yet to be approved by the court).

Main Takeaway. I think the equilibrium of costs and

Visa and Mastercard announced a merchant settlement today that has been a long time in the works (the origin case began 19 years ago in 2005). I won't repeat the specific provisions (check out Scott Wessman's feed for a great summary) but it's fascinating to think through how the

Beavers rule! 😀

I believe this means Boeing has selected a new CEO

I concur. It’s a shame we don’t teach this to our kids and offer it as an elective class. While we are at it revamp the college curricula. All the first year courses are a waste of time. Let them figure out their specialties on year 1 so they can train themselves in their career

Apple claiming their iPhones are water proof is complete BS. Try taking it for repair to any apple or non apple service centers for repairs. First question they ask - is this water damaged - if yes, they won’t even attempt to see what is wrong with it.

As an ex Java/Spring developer this makes me happy and a bit nostalgic.

Interesting talk on Netflix's current use of Java. infoq.com/presentations/…. 'Since about a year or so we have completely standardized on Spring Boot.' 'It is quite amazing...that that framework has been so stable and so well-evolved.'

$140k two year old Tesla Plaids are selling for 60k. This is as bad or probably worse than Maseratis (that are notorious for depreciating). Fazir Ali Jason Zaler Branden Flasch Peter

This is the next Lexus LFA... bye bye V10, hello electricity - BBC Top Gear Magazine apple.news/AvVY6EQS2TpikF…

Literally how bad the streaming quality is now. My fishbone antenna from 30 years ago had better quality. #paramountplus FAIL.

Thanks #ParamountPlus for shitty quality streaming. Never thought I’d miss the good old days of streaming Super Bowl using a comcast cable.

For all the new Tracy Chapman fans - check out another one of her outstanding tracks - Change.

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'it isn’t just displaying a single video feed of your eyes; it’s showing a bunch of videos of your eyes.'

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Worldwide Finance App Downloads in 2023:

#MobileBanking , digital #payments & #wallets most downloaded worldwide. Figures skewed by downloads in biggest markets #India , #China , #USA , #Brazil , #Indonesia .

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Re-watched John Wick 1-4 on a long plane ride. The first one was the best, and the quality started dropping as you move up. Still, the fight choreography is the best in recent times along with a matching background score. Ohad Michaeli James Wester Fazir Ali Clagett Brett King #TheFuturists #OptimalHumanity ✈️