Oh _that’s_ what paracetamol is! I’ve seen it in British shows and presumed it was some different chemical altogether! I’m one of the 700M speakers who only know it by acetaminophen.
Readit Newsthekiptxt commented on Acetaminophen and Autism science.org/content/blog-... · Posted by u/KnuthIsGod
OP, please try to enjoy each upvote equally.
thekiptxt commented on I Lost $210 to a Stripe Dispute Despite Proof zarar.dev/how-i-lost-210-... · Posted by u/recroad
> The decision on who wins a dispute comes down to a judgment call by the bank in which Stripe unfortunately has no role or way of influencing. We are aware of how this resolution can impact you and your business, but as much as we wish we could do more in this scenario, this is the final outcome.
What about this could Stripe have done better? Eat the cost of any disputes or fraudulent charges that the bank judges not to be fraud?
thekiptxt commented on Ask HN: How to build site with payment, subscriptions, user login, registration · Posted by u/imvetri
Beware of buying some starter kit to do the job for you. You may end up spending more time massaging the starter kit to fit your use case vs. starting from scratch on your own.
You mention you work with frontend engineering and design, so I'll assume you will be more familiar with a Javascript stack.
The easiest way to get started these days is to use Supabase + Nextjs, using a free template like https://vercel.com/templates/next.js/subscription-starter (this is a very lightweight starter, not like the commercial ones)
Also, consider using LemonSqueezy instead of Stripe, read about what a "merchant of record" is and evaluate if you need it. It can save you a tax headache down the road.
Stripe just acquired LemonSqueezy
thekiptxt commented on Ask HN: Do you also marvel at the complexity of everyday objects? · Posted by u/parpfish
One of my recurring daydreams is that someone from a few hundred years ago is accompanying me in whatever mundane task I’m doing. When I’m driving, for example, I try to imagine what questions they’d have about what’s going on and how incredible they’d find it.
I think frequently about how European kings didn’t have the variety in spices that I do in my cabinet, or machines that could lower the temperature of a room.
You should not charge people just to access their own data. That's abusive.
Charge only for extreme usage, like poorly written sync programs, maybe, maybe for realtime synchronization.
Let them access their data so they are comfortable using your product more, and charge them for the value your product gives them.
Abusive? I know that HN has a very pro FOSS culture, which, with some users, seems to extend to the expectation that companies and products should exist out of the goodness of developers’ hearts. But charging willing users for an API that costs money to maintain is “abusive”?
thekiptxt commented on What's something difficult programmers make look easy? tomaszs2.medium.com/whats... · Posted by u/tomaszs
Similarly, I was tasked with counting every file in a folder and its subdirectories as a punishment at a job on campus as an undergrad.
I plonked out a Bash oneliner in a couple minutes and gave the result. My disgruntled superior had me do it again by hand.
Ah, you had the knowledge to solve the problem using bash, but had not the wisdom to sit on the answer and surf the web until a plausible amount of time had passed :)
I've always disliked that Bram calls Vim a "modal" editor. All this means is your keyboard and mouse actions do different things based on what "mode" of the editor you're in. All editors are "modal" editors. In VSCode for example, if you've focused the search box, pressing up loads the previous search, compared to if you've focused the code area, pressing up goes up a line.
Vim purports to be more efficient than other editors because it's a modal editor, but that's nonsense.
What makes you think that having the focus on the search box vs the code area in VSC constitutes a different mode in the same way as vim normal vs insert modes? You haven’t explained what you consider a mode to be.
I think there is something very clearly different in vim, as first time users must have it explained to them that typing `j` when their cursor is at the start of the code area will do very different things depending on the mode they’re in. It’s a paradigm not present in editors like VSCode. This difference is usefully characterized as “modal”.
thekiptxt commented on Amazon reaches 10k Rivian electric delivery vans in US techcrunch.com/2023/10/17... · Posted by u/geox
>wreckless vs. reckless
is there a name for homonyms that are antonyms?
I have seen "homophonic antonyms" to describe this, but this is a new one!
others: accepting/excepting; to raise/raze (a building)
Some are also homographic antonyms! e.g. dust -- remove dust OR add dust
thekiptxt commented on Show HN: Kali – Scheduling Assistant for iOS apps.apple.com/us/app/kal... · Posted by u/evansjp
What’s your target for percentage of ancillary appointments that are accepted? I’m intrigued by the idea, but in the screenshot it shows 2 use cases that don’t make much sense to me: do most people really schedule dry cleaning around a meeting? Would I really carve out time to pick up flowers for an airport pickup?
The suggestions could be nice, but if I find myself rejecting 90%+ then they would be a hassle…