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by xenophonf 4365 days ago
That actually makes sense. Paypal is subject to U.S. embargoes of Cuba, Iran, Syria, etc. Yeah, it's kind of stupid to just do a pattern match, but until we invent A.I. strong enough to figure out when "Buena Vista Social Club" means London and not Havana, it's probably smarter to dedicate scarce resources to handling exceptions to the pattern match.