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10,126 karma · joined April 9, 2007

San Francisco, CA. Checkout.com. Ex: Ingenico ePayments, Veem, Bold Financial Technologies, Eventbrite, PayPal, American Express. Projects: Cheeko B Pet Boutique, Canine Ties, MessageDesk.net, Pricetack.com, RunwayPOS.com.
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pbreit··on Cybertruck's Many Recalls
Could not disagree more. They are the freshest looking vehicles on the road.
pbreit··on Cybertruck's Many Recalls
Are these "recalls" just simple over the air software updates? Just because car people are not used to this doesn't make it necessarily bad. Obviously no bugs are better than some bugs. But people here tend to know how software development works.
pbreit··on SpaceX Super Heavy splashes down in the gulf, canceling chopsticks landing
Yes.
pbreit··on HTML Form Validation is underused
The biggest, easiest to implement underutilization is:

"Using specific type attribute values, such as "email", "number", or "url""

These can significantly improve user experience on mobile by triggering the optimal keyboard.

pbreit··on New iMac with M4
Seems strange that iMacs remain ~20% more expensive than MacBooks.
pbreit··on New Architecture is here
Premature by 17+ years? He was and remains completely wrong.
pbreit··on New Architecture is here
Could someone suggest a good CRUD starter kit?
pbreit··on Show HN: Kotlin Money
Are integers still a preferred method for working with and storing monetary amounts or can we go back to decimals now that most languages handle decimals decently? Monetary amounts pretty much always need to eventually be presented to humans so handling them as integers is quite a pain.
pbreit··on Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047
Even if I agreed in general I would not be sure about this case.
pbreit··on California bans legacy admissions at private universities
Seems strange the government can enforce such a thing on private organizations.

How would they even determine? Would need to prove that a legacy is clearly underwhelming.

If I ran an organization, I'd probably prefer the ability to accept family members and donors.

pbreit··on Apple TV+ Pivoting Movie Strategy Amid Disappointing Performance
Is Apple TV+ at all necessary? Always seemed to me a lousy idea for Apple to pursue. There are plenty of good options that have already watered down all the efforts. The great unbundling has resulted in the great re-bundling. Apple should focus on the hardware & software needed to deliver and consume the content.

Edit: I guess this pullback is only from releasing theatrically to streaming.

pbreit··on Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047
Bills that could kill major new industries need to be reactive, if at all. This was a terrible bill. Thank you, Governor.
pbreit··on DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
The parties who need fast money movement the most are criminals.
pbreit··on Fraud, so much fraud
I would say peer review is guaranteed to have major problems either with researchers writing what their peers will approve and reviewers being afraid to diverge from the party lines.
pbreit··on Will plants grow on the moon?
Well, then there’s the beaming back to Earth. Maybe that’s easy…I wasn’t sure. Thx for the snark, tho.
pbreit··on Will plants grow on the moon?
Sending humans to mars is difficult.
pbreit··on Will plants grow on the moon?
Maybe he did, but not recently.

He posted this several days ago: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1837908705683059166

pbreit··on Will plants grow on the moon?
Seems like solar could easily supply?
pbreit··on Will plants grow on the moon?
Could SpaceX make a Starlink that revolves around the moon and could transmit imagery back to Earth?
pbreit··on The best $4 ever spent
We are in progress of putting a basketball hoop at the end of our dead-end street and are unfortunately concerned that there are a handful of residents who probably don't want it. I swing back and forth on who I think "the bad guys" are. But I know the kids will love it and it will keep them off their phones.
pbreit··on Refactoring Python with Tree-sitter and Jedi
I'm wondering if this would be fairly easy to do with AI?
pbreit··on Fraud, so much fraud
As long as it's all peer reviewed!!
pbreit··on Legalizing Sports Gambling Was a Mistake
Is there a viable way to limit the amounts but still make it enjoyable? I guess the issue is that $10, $100, $1,000 or $10,000 would be different for everyone. I myself only need $10 or $100 on something to "make it interesting".
pbreit··on Moving Bricks: Money-laundering practices in the online scam industry
Is the issue the stealing or the laundering?
pbreit··on Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts
Being blocked by like "pmarca" forever is kind of silly.
pbreit··on Twitter/X will let people you've blocked see your posts
There's a lot of unnecessary blocking.

An example of blockers losing value: Tesla bears were chronic blockers, even passing around blocklists. Nowadays Tesla bears seem to have lost all relevance.

pbreit··on DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
I'm speaking from 25 years of first-hand experience. The money doesn't need to move instantly at 99% of POS scenarios, just the understanding that the money will eventually move.
pbreit··on Why I still blog after 15 years
I cannot believe that Dave Winer is still at it after 30 years: http://scripting.com
pbreit··on DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
No one cars about the speed in most payments. FedNow is as complicated as ACH and has even fewer protections.
pbreit··on DOJ accuses Visa of monopoly that affects price of 'nearly everything’
Except that US commerce dwarfs pretty much all other countries. Visa & Mastercard arguably play a major role in such dominance.
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