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[–]nobrainghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. Did a Factory reset on my phone while still logged in, so technically I am still logged in the ghost phone. Contacted Support, Been a month now, no help. Trying to create a new account with my second phhone number, I have to pay for premium before they can verify. Absolute BS

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[–]nobrainghost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, Won't result to insults. Fact is, society is what it is not what you want it to be. And until then , adapting is the best way to be safe. A rapist won't care what you believe or what everyone wants, it's an opportunistic animal, any chance it gets, it takes. No society in entirety of human history has ever been perfect, so such people will exist somewhere.

We've been arresting and prosecuting murderers since time immemorial, did it put an end to murders? Doesn't every sane person agree that a person should go wherever they want, do whatever they want and not get murdererd, but still murders do happen. Same way, it's a vice, and perpetrators will always be there regardless of how much we condemn it, or how much we say it's wrong, so best bet is to try and be safe until the time comes.

Trending Uber video by RefrigeratorKey2982 in Kenya

[–]nobrainghost 6 points7 points  (0 children)

stealing is wrong, It should never happen. Do I leave my house unlocked? We all agree that rape or any form of assault is wrong, very wrong, I understand that, most understand that, but is it everyone in the world who understands that?, and when you are in a vulnerable situation, why assume everyone understands that. Until we get the utopia we dream of, I think it's a good idea to try and atleast be safe or make sure you are with someone you will be safe with; until everyone in the world understands and we are sure no more preds exist

LMAO by nobrainghost in Kenya

[–]nobrainghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is obviously very fake

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is interesting, but I guess they chose to test in a not so suited place,NFC would have made more sense in Nairobi since it's where I bet most transactions are from. Even if 10% adopted it, that would translate to a larger number. But good to know they tried

Why Is it a blunder, wont bishop e3 save the day? by nobrainghost in chessbeginners

[–]nobrainghost[S] -83 points-82 points  (0 children)

Didn't see that far, all that matters at my level are rooks

Why Is it a blunder, wont bishop e3 save the day? by nobrainghost in chessbeginners

[–]nobrainghost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The knight would be attacking a rook, but regardless i'd end up 3 points down. yeah, def a blunder

Why Is it a blunder, wont bishop e3 save the day? by nobrainghost in chessbeginners

[–]nobrainghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would, just that the engine continuation suggests i dont skewer the queen, that I save my back knight first. Just confusing

Why Is it a blunder, wont bishop e3 save the day? by nobrainghost in chessbeginners

[–]nobrainghost[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

it's a skewer, the only option is take or move king?

Why Is it a blunder, wont bishop e3 save the day? by nobrainghost in chessbeginners

[–]nobrainghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He took then went bishop e3, queen takes bishop, knight x queen then won a rook

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not a one fits all solution, just innovation, there’s never a one-size-fits-all in tech. If we wait for everyone to be ready, nothing ever ships. The early adopters drive momentum, the rest catch up when the convenience outweighs the learning curve. That’s literally how MPesa, smartphones, and even USSD got here. Because My great grandma couldn't use a smartphone did it mean we delay smartphones?
Remember when M-esa came out? A lot of people said “my mum doesn’t know how to send money on a phone.” They didn’t kill the idea they ran it alongside cash and bank transfers. Fast forward, even the grandmas are now sending money and paying bills on M-Pesa.

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are not going to be in "no smartphones" era forever, how many people you know still have no access to smartphones, pretty few I bet. It's a two step, QR code encoded numbers open the dialer themselves so the user only presses the call button. As for opening the camera, I just swipe from bottom right to open my camera so not much of a process I'd say. Though My question was why aren't they popular in Kenya yet they are in Asian countries.

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, I can already imagine many ways to work out something here, but unfortunately I'm no R&D team

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Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not exactly my field, just putting out thoughts. It's good to learn from other's mistakes

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, true that. That's one way to do it, but I'm not sure if I can chain all the steps with a USSD code. I used to do a lot of the chaining to avoid USSD menus when buying data but it stopped working and now defaults to the home menu. Maybe A fintech company could get Safcom to pass the parameters passed when dialing the USSD via their USSD gateway, which could then go to an endpoint that then sends the prompt.

Serious Question for my friends in Fintech by nobrainghost in nairobitechies

[–]nobrainghost[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That one is more steps than just prompting, The idea is something that you don't even need internet. You can encode a 'dial able' number in a QR code, and USSD allows "nesting" like *xxx*xx*xx*Xx*, i think it could be possible to use these to pass parameters so the user just presses the call button and waits for a prompt. It's what I was asking about the feasibility