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New comment by greyb in "Surprise, pay $1000"

greyb — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:19:33 +0000

They will usually refund you if you end up getting charged because you forgot to cancel. It isn't worth the headache of a chargeback.

Plus they have to pay a fee for chargebacks regardless of whether they think it's valid or not, so strong disincentive.

New comment by greyb in "Racket v9.2"

greyb — Sun, 31 May 2026 04:00:53 +0000

Racket is used across CS programs that have adopted the How to Design Programs book [1] (some schools do not use the original book, just the textbook for source material).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Design_Programs

New comment by greyb in "OpenClaw had a rough week"

greyb — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:42:47 +0000

This was miserably failing for me on a new install. Guess the reason why may have been less to do with my skill and more to do with being on a broken version (or some mix of it).

New comment by greyb in "My Google Workspace account suspension"

greyb — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:53:44 +0000

>I bought a Pixel phone. As per the sales terms, the phone came with one year of Gemini AI Pro service. Except, the redemption process to get the year of service didn't work for me. I contacted Google, they never fixed it or offered any solution. I simply didn't get the year of service I was promised.

I fixed this by deleting the subscription data for Google One (which also refunded me a prorated amount for my Google One plan), and then waiting a day.

New comment by greyb in "South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots"

greyb — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:01:30 +0000

Building solar panel installations in remote locations still requires linking that back to the main grid, and all the in-between infrastructure needed to transform and transmit that power. Building it in an urban location allows you to tap into the existing grid without much added public investment, similar to how some power grids will purchase power from homeowners as an added incentive for doing a home solar install.

CSOA Forte Prenestino (2023)

greyb — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:33:00 +0000

Article URL: https://thecommoner.org/csoa-forte-prenestino/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224427

Points: 2

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New comment by greyb in "IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world"

greyb — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:26:51 +0000

Meanwhile, there is a whole grey market built around this. People sell “CGNAT mobile proxies” that ride on carrier and ISP NAT, and the whole point is that they are a pain to block without nuking huge ISP ranges. So they get marketed as a convenient way to dodge shadowbans, spam filters, and basically any abuse defense that relies on IP reputation.

Proctorio Dismisses All Claims Against Critic Ian Linkletter, Lawsuit Now Closed

greyb — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 02:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://linkletter.org/update-33-the-lawsuit-is-over/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923329

Points: 2

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New comment by greyb in "Economists agree that the nightmare of hiring Generation Z is real"

greyb — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:55:14 +0000

Sources mentioned in the article.

[1] Powell's remarks: https://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCprescon...

[2] The kids are alright?: https://secure.ubs.com/global/en/wealthmanagement/insights/c...

New comment by greyb in "Ask HN: Has anyone else been unemployed for over two years?"

greyb — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 22:19:47 +0000

Can managers/directors of engineering even qualify for a TN under the recent renewed scrutiny?

New comment by greyb in "When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of "Content Jail""

greyb — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:50:04 +0000

This remembers of the Youtube channel TRNGL [1]. They got banned from posting for some reason, and their channel was about to be deleted within a few days. They had no following, so they instead looked for bypasses to put a video publicly. They found that while their uploading rights were disabled, they were able to use Creator Studio to record a webcam video begging for help since nobody was hearing their pleas. They have ~200k subscribers too.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@TRNGL

New comment by greyb in "The Sagrada Família takes its final shape"

greyb — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:45:31 +0000

>This is one of the most magnificent buildings I've seen in my life and everyone should go see it even if you're not religious.

On the flipside, I remember thinking it was a kitsch architectural icon and my family was bullying me into going to visit by dictating my plans while solo traveling.

When I went inside, I had a brief moment where I was struck by awe, and wondered if I should consider converting to Catholicism.

New comment by greyb in "DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors?"

greyb — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:17:57 +0000

It is possible. It's just not likely either.

New comment by greyb in "DeepSeek writes less secure code for groups China disfavors?"

greyb — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 20:17:24 +0000

Similar happened to me. It's ridiculous to make the claim that a business should be able to make avoidable errors that ruin lives and disrupt societies, and we should pretend that they are worthy of reconsideration without having learned or proven that they've learnt from such a credibility ending cowboy move.

New comment by greyb in "PureVPN IPv6 Leak"

greyb — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 16:29:07 +0000

There are many VPNs on TopCashback offering 100%+ cashback. I assumed most of them were trying to build up user numbers in order to sell or get acquired, since I can't logically understand why a VPN would pay so much for an affiliate bonus.

New comment by greyb in "Generative AI as Seniority-Biased Technological Change"

greyb — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:02:35 +0000

>Unique to the current moment is that there are simultaneously (1) high interest rates and a challenging economy (2) a narrative that AI adoption should enable cutting junior roles.

I'm not disputing your point, but I'm curious: given that the main headline measures that we tend to see about the US economy right now involve the labour market. How do you establish the counterfactual?

New comment by greyb in "The madness of SaaS chargebacks"

greyb — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:45:15 +0000

They're mostly just typical UI/UX or business consultancies trying to fit their way in the niche by offering vague advice and "data-driven analytics" services. I don't have a great deal of confidence that the average business analyst couldn't do better, but some companies don't trust their staff and need to pay someone to tell them otherwise.

New comment by greyb in "The madness of SaaS chargebacks"

greyb — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:41:45 +0000

Anecdotal, but every small business owner I've talked to have said it's because of the 1% difference in fees, even with OptBlue.

I've only had 1 business owner ever say it was due to chargebacks, a small tea shop in a Chinatown in Canada. They also don't take Mastercard for the same reason.

This is also why American Express launched the Cobalt card in Canada, which had a 5x multiplier for eats, drinks and groceries, and pushed it so hard for years on social media and bus shelters, despite eventually starting to disincentivize it (it was a loss leader/upgrade feeder product for Amex). They wanted to win merchants back with a new generation of hip, social media savvy Amex customers.

New comment by greyb in "The madness of SaaS chargebacks"

greyb — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:41:49 +0000

Haha, I'm amused you remember. I went back in my emails and it happened back in 2018. I was a not-so-eloquent college student back then. I appreciated that you both handled it with grace and kindness - sorry if I sounded irate at the time, and hope you're doing well these days. :)

New comment by greyb in "GPT-5-Codex"

greyb — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:38:21 +0000

They've said it's coming:

>For developers using Codex CLI via API key, we plan to make GPT‑5-Codex available in the API soon.