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@mattl @robmyers @amanicdroid At the time in Edinburgh it was hard to find an ATM that would take my English debit card, so, y'know.

@mattl @robmyers @amanicdroid They withdrew it after a year. I think over time it could have been decent.

@mattl @robmyers @amanicdroid Slightly temperamental chip, but more importantly, you could only use it in two places on campus.

@robmyers @mattl @amanicdroid I made that joke in 1997 and nobody understood it :'( Mondex was piss-awful in actual use btw ;)

@chrisamccoy @vgr Both. The best was 15 Million Merits; hoping for more in that vein. Brooker is one of my heroes, and can be sharp as hell.

I'm really enjoying reading the @Urbit_ documentation, & I'd love to use the platform. It's good to see new ideas with a different approach.

Sadly, it's still a development framework. It'll save me time, but it's not an accessible heir to what Pioes did.

@fmanjoo Importantly: it happens in America *all the time*. This isn't a one-off.

@erinjo I think that one would apply to Spongebob Squarepants and basically nobody else.

@CKdotbiz I'll go find it! I've been a fan of Mel and Sue since high school. They used to have an amazing lunchtime talk show.

@kalanicraig @samplereality I think tiny tools loosely joined - rather than a monolithic app - are an important part of this idea.

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