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archon810on Stripe adds yet another additional $15 dispute fee, unless you use their AI

In addition to the existing $15 fee every time someone files a dispute, @stripe will now start charging an additional $15 fee for countering the dispute, which you only get back if you win.

Banks constantly claw back legitimate transactions no matter what evidence you show them, so now they'll take $30 instead of $15¹.

This is highway robbery.

¹ - unless you use Stripe's Smart Disputes AI, which isn't out yet

Full text of their email from today in the tweet. Or here if you prefer Nitter https://lightbrd.com/ArtemR/status/1902446906640605657

archon810on 'Dogequest' Site Claims to Dox Tesla Owners Across the U.S.

Only the Cybertruck is like that.

archon810on The DuckDB Local UI

I love HN. Random comments about some service out there and replies are like "I am the founder" or "I wrote that".

archon810on Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance

We need this in the US. Otherwise, once laws like this https://apnews.com/article/utah-app-store-age-verification-7... go into effect, 3rd party app stores, like apkmirror.com, etc. are going to need to pull out of the US unless there's a service like that in the country. It's starting with Utah, but many states and even the feds are planning similar laws.

archon810on Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance

The new laws, such as the one that just passed in Utah, require kids to get the consent of their parents to install apps. So now add that complexity to the flow.

https://apnews.com/article/utah-app-store-age-verification-7...

https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/SB0142.html

archon810on Framework's first desktop is a strange–but unique–mini ITX gaming PC

Every time I consider one of your laptops, I see that there are no options for dedicated page up, page down, home, and end keys and those are deal breakers for me. I always end up with a Lenovo instead.

Would you consider adding keyboard options that include these keys?

archon810on Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass

If by many hours you mean probably 30 minutes in ChatGPT, then yes.

archon810on 'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised

https://www.apkmirror.com/faq/#Security_What_measures_do_you...

archon810on DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes

Are you in the private sector or government?

archon810on DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data

Nice username. I thought HN was broken for a second.

archon810on DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data

That's not bad. I wonder how many companies would not be able to recover from such an event in days / weeks / ever.

archon810on 'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfairly penalised

If you're on Android, apkmirror.com or another similar site is a good and safe solution.

archon810on I found a backdoor into my bed

He'll say that DOGE is not part of the government but a private endeavor by Elon Musk.

Also: citation needed. A quick Google says it's not illegal as long as the government entity confirms it in writing.

archon810on I found a backdoor into my bed

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43139381

Gardyn

archon810on Cloudflare R2 Incident on February 6, 2025

The training was done by AI. In fact, the intern is also AI.

archon810on Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history

FWIW, this is Mark Maunder, CEO of Defiant / Wordfence. I wouldn't write him off as some random guy on the internet.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmaunder

archon810on Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history

You're not replying to the original poster. It's a different commenter.

archon810on Effective AI code suggestions: less is more

I'm intrigued by Qodo after discovering then through this blog post.

Does anyone have experience using its free tier, say, with Github?

archon810on Facebook ban on discussing Linux?

On another note, Sourceforge just removes the malware flag, but did they actually check anything or just went with the provided explanation without any concrete details? If I hijacked some software and got caught, I'd act nonchalantly like this as well and hope it'll blow over without anyone noticing.

archon810on GitHub Copilot is now available for free

I just tried Continue and it was death by 1000 paper cuts. And by that I mean 1000 accept/reject blocks.

And at some point I asked to change a pretty large file in some way. It started processing, very very slowly and I couldn't figure out a way to stop it. Had to restart VS Code as it still kept changing the file 10 minutes later.

Copilot was also very slow when I tried it yesterday but at least there was a clear way to stop it.

archon810on GitHub Copilot is now available for free

Can Cursor actually update the files? Because I've seen many examples and complaints, most recently from my developer, that it says it's changing the files, but nothing actually changes, and when pressed, says it can't actually change files.

I've found numerous threads about this issue on their forums too.

archon810on ChatGPT Pro

Have you tried NotebookLM for something like this?

archon810on Show HN: App that asks ‘why?’ every time you unlock your phone

NoPhone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoPhone

archon810on Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

My guess is he's treating them as collectibles. If he can afford another, different yacht from the ones he already owns, he buys it. It's a passion.

archon810on Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update

I also own a Deck OLED and I have to disagree on the polish. When I first got it, there were so many little issues with compatibility, crashes, and straight up freezes, I even considered returning it. It got better since, but if you try to use anything but Steam games, it's death by 1000 papercuts.

archon810on MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

Yeah, given OP's post, I didn't think this user's comment had a happy ending. That's great.

archon810on Scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Plus the worst case seems to have been a minor fever.

archon810on Notepad++ is 21 years old

Lifelong Total Commander user here as well. They're one of those few remaining legacy companies that haven't switched to subscriptions or jacked up prices, and continously release updates at their own pace without any drama.

In fact, I think it's just one guy - Christian Ghisler. Kudos to you, sir.

archon810on FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect

Lina Khan is a national treasure.

archon810on Crokinole

This is a hilarious way to provide spoilers without spoiler tag support.