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@robkhenderson Current hotelier here. Unfortunately this has to do with banks and how they process chargebacks. A guest can claim their cc details were stolen / they weren’t aware of charges and almost 100% get their money back. A physical copy of the cc guarantees they cannot. Happened to us

A situation that has happened to me more times than I care to admit. Arriving in a city for a speaking engagement after a 7 hour flight. Me “Checking in for Rob Henderson” Hotel staff “Okay just need an ID and credit card” Me “Sure. There should be a credit card on file there.” Hotel staff “Ah yes I see there is. But there’s no note here authorizing us to charge this card.” Me “You have the card there on file. Can we just use that one?” Hotel staff “Unfortunately we require a note confirming we can authorize the charge.” Me “I have the email of the person who represents the organization paying for the hotel, where they specify that the room should be covered. Can I show you this email?” Hotel staff “Sure! But we would still require them to complete and submit a credit card authorization form.” Me “You have the card there on file. Can you charge it? I know there’s no note but the person literally gave you the credit card information, why do you need a note too...sorry, can I speak with the manager (my inner karen awakens)? Hotel staff “There’s no manager on duty.” Me “Okay (karen dies on the vine).” Smash cut to me pulling out my own credit card to cover the stay. Why do we put credit cards on file for hotels then? What’s the point of this? Either use the card on file or don’t. But why is it we can book a flight on an app, get through the airport security with a face scan, and then you arrive at a hotel and they need a notarized blood oath signed in triplicate? For most people I get that this is trivial who cares. But for anyone whose company or a third party covers travel, hotel check-in remains the final frontier. Why hasn’t this caught up with the rest of modern life?

@Cloudbeds is your Google sign in currently down? We are not able to log in

@Indy_Trckstr @KBryanW @PrestonPysh Then listen to him

@KBryanW @PrestonPysh Haha, I wish. Really want this guy to grok it. He’s one of the smartest people I know plus a great friend

One of my closet normie friends is still anti #Bitcoin. He’s an engineer with a masters degree and just can’t see the use case. I sent him @PrestonPysh’s BTC138. He closed with “At the end of the day it's a TON of electricity used in mining just to manage a ledger.” Help?

@UniverseIce The battery, the quality of the hardware, the overall design and its compatibility with other Apple devices (iPad, Mac). Software is ok, photos are definite worse, but overall, it’s very fast and battery lasts 2 days

Users who switched from Samsung to iPhone, Please talk about the reason,Why did you choose iPhone ?

@paulg Singapore

Have there been any cases in the last 100 years of dictatorships that people were eager to immigrate to instead of emigrate from? Or are authoritarian governments and immigration inherently incompatible?

@GreekAnalyst I use Revolut, N26 and Wise. Wise is my favorite and the closest to what you're looking for. Revolut is mostly an e-wallet. Wise has simple UI and amazing customer service. Revolut has been struggling with support lately. Open an account with all of them and see which 1 u like

Top fintech / neobank solutions for couple moving from SF to Greece? Reply below.

@MKBHD @hankgreen For example, if you want to launch a fashion brand ad on TT would you like your video to play before or after a creator's video that mocks fashion? 13/13

@MKBHD @hankgreen P.S. The notion that Tiktok or advertisers don't care where their ads gets placed on TT is wrong. The fact that advertisers have embedded ads in YT videos doesn't mean they are more concerned than TT where ads play in between videos. 12/13

YouTube is a total anomaly in how well it treats creators, which has made it a MASSIVE engine in the creator economy and a magnet for creators TikTok has a very rare opportunity to match it, but they're kinda blowing it A+ VIDEO, @HankGreen on this: youtu.be/jAZapFzpP64

@JonahLupton Biotech, Green Energy, Alternative proteins. Fintech as a 4th but not least

If you could only invest in 3 sectors/industries for the next 5 years, which ones would you pick?