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Mwalimu to [email protected] • 11 months ago

Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

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Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say

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Cash provides essential fallback when digital payments break down, Payment Choice Alliance points out
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    Totally. My petrol station allowed me to pay in seashells while everyone else were just standing around complaining, was kinda nice

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      Sand dollars?

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    • Possibly linux
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      I…

      I have so many questions

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