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__float··on Stripe launched 10 years ago today
These fundraising platforms use Stripe Connect. It’s not a apples-to-apples comparison, because individual fundraisers are essentially their own Stripe accounts. What seems to be forbidden is fundraising under a single Stripe account for disparate purposes.
__float··on Stripe launched 10 years ago today
Przelewy24 and iDeal are supported on Stripe, too. (Among a variety of other payment methods not tied to a credit card.)
__float··on Zero-Trust RDP and SSH Access to VMs on Google Cloud
It looks like it's just the same WinForms - they don't seem to share any code.
__float··on Leaked voting machine BIOS passwords may implicate Q-friendly county clerk
So… you want the voting machines to be networked?

I really suspect you’re being intentionally difficult here, this is not such a simple problem as you suggest.

__float··on Square to acquire Afterpay for $29B
This story is about Square, not Stripe.
__float··on Air – Live reload when developing with Go
Is there a skaffold for borg that inspired this? Curious if there are any existing things you were inspired by, or particular pitfalls in alternatives you wanted to avoid!
__float··on How the Python import system works
Python imports aren't necessarily always importing Python source code -- they can be pyc (bytecode) files, or C API extensions, etc.

These are slightly more complicated than "load the script at this path".

There's probably a more detailed answer, in that historically, decisions were made that we're now stuck with. Python packages can and sometimes intentionally have import-time side effects, for example. They must be only run once, without relying on convention, or we break existing code.

__float··on An app for M1 Macs that plays the sound of a fan as CPU usage goes up
Seconded. I have 30+ tabs open (though in Firefox), alongside VS Code, Obsidian (a notes app, but with web views), Spotify (web views), and I don't frequently run into serious performance issues.

I do try to avoid Rosetta quite a bit though (right now I have no Intel processes in Activity Monitor).

Also check Messages.app hasn't run away with the CPU. Sometimes it seems to do that :(

__float··on Why we crave internet justice
Cars have a particular....lack of communication ability, compared to the internet.

Though a cute joke, I think there is something lost by reducing it to "people can be awful anywhere".

__float··on Code is Engineering, Types are Science
With a powerful type system, I think you tend to see examples of libraries that fall along a spectrum of how deep into the type system they're willing to go.

This is an example of the farther end, but "ideally" as a user of the library, the actual complexity would be hidden, and it "just works" for you.

__float··on Austin cyclists split on sharing bike lanes with pizza delivery robots
Why do you think they're ever illegally on the sidewalks in the first place? Probably because the road is, to them, more dangerous than them being on the sidewalk.

While there are imperfect operators of every mode of transportation, don't forget that also applies to drivers and pedestrians.

__float··on FoundationDB: A distributed, unbundled, transactional key value store [pdf]
This is similar to WiredTiger, and its role in MongoDB.
__float··on FoundationDB: A distributed, unbundled, transactional key value store [pdf]
https://apple.github.io/foundationdb/administration.html#rem...

What is this process describing, and how does it differ from what you were trying to do?

__float··on Stripe Payment Links
According to https://help.gumroad.com/article/260-your-payout-settings-pa..., it depends on Stripe's availability for ACH payouts.
__float··on Wasm3 compiles itself (using LLVM/Clang compiled to WASM)
Unfortunately, Flutter apps still seem to be lagging on the accessibility front. The Flutter web gallery[0] has many examples of beautiful apps, but something as "simple" (on the web) as being able to select text is absent.

For some use-cases, this is a nonstarter. (Sadly, not to as many as I'd like! But let's simply not regress, to start.)

[0] https://gallery.flutter.dev/

__float··on Setting up Starlink
I don't think it meant "ms" specifically, it meant in the range of 30-40 ms; the milliseconds was implied from the context.
__float··on GitHub Has a Permission Problem
Unauthenticated credit/debit transfers are a pretty uniquely American thing. Many other countries have bank transfers that require the customer to authorize it (either ahead of time, or synchronously during the transaction, as you describe) before the money moves.
__float··on NFTs Are a Dangerous Trap
> It would be geographically and culturally agnostic

Who's to say everyone is using the same NFTs for this? We already see a variety of different platforms for NFT art.

> It would eliminate the privacy and security risks of maintaining a central database of PII and associated valuable assets.

How are there now fewer privacy and security risks when the entire blockchain is completely public? Where's the privacy?

__float··on Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay
You are not using the same definition of "racism" that they are. "Prejudice + institutional power" is another framing where "racism against white people" is somewhat nonsensical. Why does that quote mean she's racist?
__float··on Shopify says remove Stripe billing or get booted from their app store
Unfortunately "the rules for their region" can be incredibly complex: selling online means you don't necessarily know (or care!) what your customers' region is.

It's complex; good luck if you decide to tackle it!!

__float··on New Model M Is an American-Made Keyboard That Puts a Spring Back in Your Typing
Low profile mechanical keyboards seem to be pretty slim pickings, still. https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k1-wireless-mecha... is one of the first I saw gain pretty wide popularity.
__float··on Global debt soars to 356% of GDP
Not related -- "The site's name is based on the Greek: ἄξιος (áxios), meaning "worthy"".

"Just" a Greek word, that's all.

__float··on Never use MongoDB (2013)
I have found myself enjoying using a document database as the online store, and then using a 'big data solution' (we use Presto) for any analytics queries later.

Traditional migrations for relational databases are really painful. Document databases make this much easier, and if you've faced the operational pain of needing to migrate a large database (for example, it's so easy to accidentally lock an entire table in Postgres), you might be pretty compelled.

(That said, I think the pendulum is swinging back away from document databases. So you're in luck ;))

__float··on Earnestness
That seems to be a bizarre conclusion, since churches are very often tax advantaged.

If these authors are able to write grant proposals and get funding, then clearly someone thinks they are producing something of value. You cannot see the value, so you declare there must not be any?

__float··on Poor evidence that Q-tips are harmful
"ear, nose and throat" -- common name to refer to otorhinolaryngology.

"American Academy of Otolaryngology"

__float··on Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard
and how does that necessitate the heavily armed raid of her home?
__float··on Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who built Covid-19 dashboard
We don't actually know that she used unauthorized access. (Innocent until proven guilty? Apparently not here!)

That aside, even if she did, is that reason to storm in with guns? The level of possible harm is incredibly out of proportion with the supposed crime.

__float··on How to Think for Yourself
If you think the concept of a safe space is at odds with being challenged then you are severely mistaken. When is the last time you were at a university? Your vaguely inflammatory comments suggest it’s been a while...
__float··on How to Think for Yourself
Perhaps “safe spaces” are a lofty goal to allow students to focus on intellectual exploration rather than devoting a lot of mental energy to the slow drip of “microaggressions”.

It sounds like you might be in one of the “niche conformists” pg describes.

__float··on ‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
> In an era of smartphones and viral videos, the fact that we don't have a single audio/video recording exposing the racism seems rather suspect. I'm not saying that is proof of anything. But something to consider.

Do you regularly record interactions with your coworkers, on the chance they may say something incriminating? I don't, and I expect most would not try to record things at work unless they go into a meeting expecting it to end poorly.

> The problem is the lack of qualified employees.

This sounds awfully similar to the argument made against women: qualified women just don't apply! Unfortunately, that is not actually true. http://isitapipelineproblem.com/

You seem to accept Coinbase/Brian Armstrong's words without question. Why do you feel that the Black employees' words must be critiqued to hell and back?

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