Feb24
40 Million Credit Cards — VI.
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Narrator: Back in the meeting.
A first woman stands in the background. A first man, a second man, a second woman, and a third man are seated at a round table.
Third man: So if we can withdraw any amount from a credit card info string--
Third man: --isn't that good for us?
First woman: Yes, if the sender never finds out.
The next panel shows only the second woman and the third man, in a closer view.
Off-panel voice: Otherwise, they make us return about twice as much.
Third man: Well, it does seem fair that the sender should get extra back for the inconvenience.
The next panel shows only the first woman in a close view.
First woman: The sender doesn't get extra back. The excess just vanishes.
Off-panel voice: And if we withdraw the right amount?
The next panel shows only the second man and the second woman.
Off-panel voice: About 3–4% vanishes. We get the rest about five days later.
Second woman: It takes five days and then there's some missing?
Off-panel voice: Nobody can explain where it goes.
The next panel shows the first woman, the first man, and the second man.
First man: 3–4% is too much to be like a bitcoin miner's fee.
Second man: Maybe they're on slow Internet links with packet loss.
First man: 3–4% packet loss is pretty severe.
The next and final panel shows everyone in essentially the same scene as in the first panel.
First woman: In a bizarro world I suppose they would want packet loss.
Second man: So maybe they are nuts and they designed it that way, and it seems normal to them.
Title: 40 Million Credit Cards -- VI.
A first woman stands in the background. A first man, a second man, a second woman, and a third man are seated at a round table.
Third man: So if we can withdraw any amount from a credit card info string--
Third man: --isn't that good for us?
First woman: Yes, if the sender never finds out.
The next panel shows only the second woman and the third man, in a closer view.
Off-panel voice: Otherwise, they make us return about twice as much.
Third man: Well, it does seem fair that the sender should get extra back for the inconvenience.
The next panel shows only the first woman in a close view.
First woman: The sender doesn't get extra back. The excess just vanishes.
Off-panel voice: And if we withdraw the right amount?
The next panel shows only the second man and the second woman.
Off-panel voice: About 3–4% vanishes. We get the rest about five days later.
Second woman: It takes five days and then there's some missing?
Off-panel voice: Nobody can explain where it goes.
The next panel shows the first woman, the first man, and the second man.
First man: 3–4% is too much to be like a bitcoin miner's fee.
Second man: Maybe they're on slow Internet links with packet loss.
First man: 3–4% packet loss is pretty severe.
The next and final panel shows everyone in essentially the same scene as in the first panel.
First woman: In a bizarro world I suppose they would want packet loss.
Second man: So maybe they are nuts and they designed it that way, and it seems normal to them.
Title: 40 Million Credit Cards -- VI.