The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity”

Re:The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity” by HWR_14 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @08:51PM (#36937714)

Can you (British equivalent of Venmo/Paypal) Scottish pounds to someone who receives them as English pounds?

I don't know why Britain doesn't just implement a national printing press.

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Re:The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity” by adamckay on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:03AM (#36940538)

There's no such thing as Scottish pounds or English pounds, the UK uses pound sterling (internationally abbreviated to GBP).

There are English banknotes and Scottish banknotes, but they're the same currency.

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Re:The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity” by HWR_14 on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:01PM (#36945570)

Sorry, it's so alien to me that you don't have a national printing press and instead rely on banks to do your money printing.

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Re:The Right to Lie and Google’s “Web Environment Integrity” by HWR_14 on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:35PM (#36947658)

But banknotes are literally issued by private banks? Why not have a national mint that covers all GBP?

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