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New comment by deaux in "Stripe's Payment APIs: the first 10 years (2020)"

deaux — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:19:05 +0000

It has lots of competitors. They bought out LemonSqueezy exactly because it was a competitor that quickly gained a lot of mindshare.

Polar.sh is another one.

The thing you're talking about with Paddle is just checking you're not selling offline, physical stuff.

New comment by zrn900 in "Stripe's Payment APIs: the first 10 years (2020)"

zrn900 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:03:06 +0000

Stripe is trialing a MoR solution (managed payments) right now.

New comment by lucrbvi in "Stripe's Payment APIs: the first 10 years (2020)"

lucrbvi — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:17:11 +0000

Mollie might be a direct competitor

New comment by SV_BubbleTime in "AI assistance when contributing to the Linux kernel"

SV_BubbleTime — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:58:59 +0000

Scroll down, some nerds have no chill.

New comment by bfirsh in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

bfirsh — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:30:12 +0000

I got the idea of writing an emulator in JavaScript in the pre-Chrome era, circa 2007. I remember searching around trying to find whether somebody had done it before. It seemed not, and somebody on a forum declared “that’s not possible”.

To me, it was obviously possible, and I was determined to prove them wrong.

Anyway, this now exists because of that: https://github.com/bfirsh/jsnes

New comment by jasomill in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

jasomill — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:45:26 +0000

I thought the same thing about running macOS Ventura on pre-AVX2 Macs until this[1] showed up.

[1] https://github.com/acidanthera/CryptexFixup

New comment by userbinator in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

userbinator — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:02:15 +0000

Reminds me of the old saying "don't interrupt the one doing it, to tell him it can't be done."

New comment by xeonax in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

xeonax — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:46:58 +0000

Its a great motivator, happened with me too, I once asked a question about getting the original camera on custom rom and got this as a response [1]. This lead to 2 year long project [2] and an awesome time full of learnings and collaboration

[1] https://xdaforums.com/t/how-do-i-port-pocos-miui-camera-to-c...

[2] https://xdaforums.com/t/anxcamera-closed-on-xda-only-16th-fe...

New comment by 0xc133 in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

0xc133 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:25:14 +0000

I’ve never seen someone go to so much effort just to prove a random Redditor wrong, but I am impressed.

New comment by talkfold in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

talkfold — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:00:17 +0000

The "zero percent" guy definitely opened a browser tab to check after the post went live.

New comment by ex-aws-dude in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

ex-aws-dude — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:52:34 +0000

HN is not as bad but I think a lot of internet commenters do this because it gives them a little hit of superiority

Plus the internet basically equates cynicism with intelligence

There is somehow no concept of "ignorant cynicism"

New comment by bluedino in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

bluedino — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:10:09 +0000

Wasn't the old Linux joke, don't ask "how do I do X with Linux" (because you'd get ridiculed for not reading the docs) but instead, just state "X isn't possible with Linux" and then someone would show you how it's done?

New comment by wpm in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

wpm — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:02:09 +0000

I have a project on my desk that started as a response to a line in the Adafruit docs for their RP2040 based MacroPad

     It is not possible to add BLE or WiFi at this time to the MacroPad.

Oh yeah, really? There is a port hanging off the side that can be reconfigured for UART, are you sure Adafruit, what if I add an ESP32?

New comment by krylon in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

krylon — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:58:37 +0000

I had the same reaction.

New comment by bsimpson in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

bsimpson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:50:24 +0000

> Readers with a keen eye might notice some issues:

> - Everything is magenta.

was fun too

New comment by addybojangles in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

addybojangles — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:47:31 +0000

So much has happened in the tech world because someone wrote at one point, "You can't do that"

My favorite part of our online world.

New comment by MomsAVoxell in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

MomsAVoxell — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:43:01 +0000

The missile knows at all times where it is, by knowing at all times where it isn’t.

New comment by glenstein in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

glenstein — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:03:55 +0000

I almost think such projects are worth it just to immortalize comments like these. There's a whole psychology of wrongness that centers on declaring that not-quite-impossible things will definitely never happen, because it feels like principled skepticism.

New comment by nancyminusone in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

nancyminusone — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:52:12 +0000

Gotta love that particular Redditors follow up comment:

>Go ahead and downvote me. I am correct on every single thing I said

New comment by mobiledev2014 in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"

mobiledev2014 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:39:24 +0000

  I see things like this and remind myself that I have free will.

What a compliment for an artist- I hope somebody says something like this to me some day