anona

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by anona 9y ago
If you paid via a credit card you could try doing a chargeback with the bank that issued your card. If plastic is unable to refund you, their payment processor will likely be on the hook instead.
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by anona 12y ago
Just a guess, but it could be that phone based banking is the reason. You can't enter (most) special characters on the phone.
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by anona 12y ago
Usually the payment processor (square in this case) is responsible for chargeback/fraud costs. The acquiring bank will only end up paying those costs if square goes under and is unable to.
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by anona 13y ago
If the product wasn't in beta, why shouldn't you expect reliable service?
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by anona 13y ago
The author is answering questions on reddit: https://pay.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1nl5nk/i_worked_wi...
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by anona 13y ago
The code is much more readable if the bitwise operators do not look almost identical to the logical ones.
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by anona 13y ago
I don't think the argument is that people can't understand '&&' and '||', but that using 'and' and 'or' is a better choice.
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by anona 13y ago
Which one does what?
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by anona 13y ago
For those who said they are using services from non-US companies, what alternatives are you using for dropbox, gmail, search, etc?
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by anona 13y ago
I don't agree that aesthetic features have little purpose in a desktop application - they are a major part of the user experience. In this case the transparency feature is clearly something that a lot of people consider worth having.
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by anona 13y ago
Isn't "because I like it" a valid argument? Also, in the case of a feature being removed I feel that the onus is on the remover to make the case for why it should go.
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by anona 14y ago
Based on Tesla's past claims against Top Gear (that turned out in favor of Top Gear in court), I would give the NY Times the benefit of the doubt here. Especially since Tesla hasn't produced any evidence yet.
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by anona 14y ago
They are dealing with people's money, and should be held to the same standard as every other business in that space. They also don't deserve any special 'slack' just because they use other companies services. You wouldn't accept that excuse
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by anona 14y ago
Stripe's Canadian offering isn't in beta anymore. Users should expect a fully tested product. Especially since Stripe is handling their money.
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by anona 14y ago
> Also, talent. This might be inflammatory, but I venture that the bulk of Canada's A-talent is already in the USA. Given the ease of the TN visa, I think it's not a stretch to say that if you're offering $70K for software engineers in
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by anona 14y ago
The 1-4% you mention is the interchange rate. This is collected by the issuing bank, and not Visa. Visa typically receives a separate flat fee per transaction. Although often payment processors will charge the merchant a flat percentage fee