Hacker News: pauldprice

New comment by pauldprice in "Stripe Instant Bank Payments"

pauldprice — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:02:21 +0000

It sounds great at first blush, but the fees are much higher than ACH Direct. Who is planning to keep this turned on (they just emailed us to say it will be auto enabled), and why?

Stripe Instant Bank Payments

pauldprice — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 01:02:21 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.stripe.com/payments/link/instant-bank-payments

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43827726

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by pauldprice in "Infinite Craft"

pauldprice — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:22:28 +0000

Very fun, and silly. I created a "snot serpent" by combining a "sea serpent" and a "snot ball". Works for me...

New comment by pauldprice in "Discontinuation of QuickBooks in India"

pauldprice — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:27 +0000

The reasons given in Intuits blog and other links doesn't provide any substantive detail about why they are making this decision. Is anyone aware of the real reason for discontinuing QB in India?

Discontinuation of QuickBooks in India

pauldprice — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:27 +0000

Article URL: https://blogs.intuit.com/2023/03/22/discontinuation-of-quickbooks-in-india/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35341228

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by pauldprice in "Ghost boat with GPS leads father-son duo to man overboard"

pauldprice — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 19:49:22 +0000

If I were an SEO manager, Garmin would be the dream job. They get so much excellent content with real, meaningful stories to tell. This article is pure SEO gold.

New comment by pauldprice in "Ask HN: People with ADHD, how do you focus for reading books?"

pauldprice — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 22:04:10 +0000

Audio books at 2x or greater speed. If the narrator is too slow, my mind wanders with each pause between words and during long, drawn out syllables. High speed forces me to concentrate.

New comment by pauldprice in "Firearms by the Numbers"

pauldprice — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:02:32 +0000

This ad hominem response doesn't refute a single data point or interpretation the author put forward. If the institutions that historically control the narrative are the only ones authorized to interpret the data then we may as well not have access to the data; we should close our eyes and allow them to lead us by the hand.

New comment by pauldprice in "Amazon’s HQ2 Spectacle Should Be Illegal"

pauldprice — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:58:01 +0000

I learned years ago that most RFPs are a massive waste of time and effort. But why should the process be illegal? If cities want to compete, so be it. If the citizens don't like it, then vote out the city council. Corruption is illegal... This headline and article are link bait, at best.

New comment by pauldprice in "Developers are manufacturing prefabricated apartment buildings"

pauldprice — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 22:20:54 +0000

It's already being done, and doesn't look redneck at all: http://indiedwell.com/

New comment by pauldprice in "Magic Leap First Livestream"

pauldprice — Tue, 08 May 2018 20:20:45 +0000

If you were at all skeptical about this technology, their first "Designing for Spatial Computing" livestream will convince you to join the true believers.

Magic Leap First Livestream

pauldprice — Tue, 08 May 2018 20:18:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHf9CMRLVbk&index=0&t=39m34s

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17024575

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by pauldprice in "Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving Car Fatality in Arizona"

pauldprice — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 02:58:09 +0000

“The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them,” Moir said. “His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision.”

Notice how the chief of police refers to the human and AI as "they".

New comment by pauldprice in "Jumping Ship: Signs It's Time to Quit"

pauldprice — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 19:32:56 +0000

I don't disagree with these points, but you have to question the author's ability to ever find a job that will work for him long term. Over ten companies in 20 years is a sad resume that calls into question either his ability to seek out meaningful employment or some other issue with the author, like terminal "grass is greener" syndrome.

New comment by pauldprice in "Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here"

pauldprice — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 15:30:56 +0000

This is a fantastic development. Tying the climate change and water shortage to civil unrest, regional war, immigration disaster, and world security problems is something the US presidential candidates are failing to understand or at least communicate effectively.

This article was a hard read due to lack of editing. I hope they update it with fewer typos and cut and paste errors. Peer review people, at least.

New comment by pauldprice in "Company town"

pauldprice — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 02:08:31 +0000

A truly phenomenal company town in the United States is Kohler, Wisconsin

New comment by pauldprice in "The Case for Slow Programming"

pauldprice — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:08:14 +0000

Glad he doesn't touch type? What a lame excuse for not mastering the tools of his trade! That's like a carpenter saying he's glad he never properly learned to use a hammer. There is a time and place for a steady pace and thorough design process, but not in the early stages of a startup. If you can't keep up with your user's feedback and market demands then you'll lose to a scrappy team that can, no matter how beautiful and elegant your code. 95% of software startups that become wildly successful were built on an initial base of excrutiatingly ugly code. Gold plating code for a business that is bound to change directions is a great way to ensure failure.