jarek

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   by jarek 14y ago

   Then the unfortunate reality is that they might get flamed—sorry, receive a hostile and extremely harsh response—for it.
2. 932.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   Thanks for the information! Is there data on the magnetic strip that wouldn't be provided in a card-not-present transaction, or do the processors take the machines' word that the card was present?
3. 933.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   I am assuming at the volume in question they'll just retrofit whatever software to use the card readers Starbucks currently uses. They're pretty well built.
4. 934.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   Android Starbucks app "card" payment was just rolled out to Canada and the UK last month - I doubt it'll go anywhere for a while for these locales. It might be interesting to see if any payment technology roll-outs beyond US/UK/Canada go wi
5. 935.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   I might be wrong but I am under the impression Starbucks runs their transactions as card not present, at least in Canada and I'd suspect also the U.S. This allows them to swipe-and-done a credit card without requiring a signature or chip ve
6. 936.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   With the app, you don't have to carry the Starbucks card with you. Not a huge deal but some people will enjoy one less card. With just the credit card, you don't get rewards.
7. 937.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   Javascript
8. 938.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   Hm... for most pages it shouldn't really matter, they don't change drastically within days. For developing or current subjects I guess it would...
9. 939.▲
   by jarek 14y ago

   No need to scrape, Wikipedia has full dumps for the articles available for download: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download#Eng...
10. 940.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Yeah but both Hondas and Kias can drive on almost any road. That's not the case with Discover acceptance, though I understand it's a lot higher in the U.S. High cash back is a fair enough reason, thanks.
11. 941.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    English speaking people, presumably.
12. 942.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Not to mention the front page colour bar for languages with labels appearing after rolling over has some pretty serious discoverability and accessibility issues.
13. 943.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    > How is the next 300 million dollar Batman flick going to ever get made if the studios let everyone go see the movie for free? It won't get made. What a fucking loss for humanity. I'm pretty sure JK Rowling would have written Harry Pot
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    by jarek 14y ago

    Don't forget to remove the credit card information from iCloud/.Me too.
15. 945.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    13.7%. I was responding to the "going bad" claim.
16. 946.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Before you go off about ethnic and class privilege, you did read the article and note that cash is accepted, right?
17. 947.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    For values of "going bad" approaching "losing 2-4% of its value." The horror.
18. 948.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Why do you have a Discover card? Serious question, I've never been sure of the utility or purpose.
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    by jarek 14y ago

    Hm... this isn't very scientific, but I've read through a bunch of Wikipedia articles on the topic and nothing says explicitly this will be possible. Everything appears to be written under the assumption that a physical check exists to begi
20. 950.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    You don't trust your bank's online systems, but you trust them to properly verify that cheques drawn against your account are valid?
21. 951.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    > Do you have a better solution? I don't personally, but there's lots of accounts in these comments about systems in other countries that have free or nearly free near-instant wire transfers provided bank account number and name. Charit
22. 952.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Other than a bank or cheque cashing service, anyway... The niche seems pretty small: payments too large for cash, too small for certified bank drafts, to people taking too few payments to have technologying up make sense.
23. 953.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    And third point necessary here: because U.S. banks don't have any other reasonable inter-bank transfer system.
24. 954.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    The multiple-day clearing process? The need to transfer a physical item to transfer a couple of numbers?
25. 955.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    If you're going through that much technological effort, why still use paper cheques ?
26. 956.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    What's the business model ensuring the "forever" part?
27. 957.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    I'd argue the fact YC is an American incubator also has a lot to do with who YC companies target. A lot of internet VC-backed startups don't particularly depend on their users spending money.
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    by jarek 14y ago

    What kind of efficiency are you discussing? What are you comparing? Roaming driverless taxis are not more energy efficient and they are not more space efficient than transit. Being an improvement on human-driven cars is not a particularly d
29. 959.▲
    by jarek 14y ago

    Of course Ive is going to say that. He's a designer. You think Oppenheimer gets on investor calls and says "Sorry guys, we don't actually care about your money, we're just here to make what we think are great products" and they believe him?
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    by jarek 14y ago

    Web 3.0 bubble expected around 2019 once the walled gardens fail yet again