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Code That Helped End Apartheid (Score: 155+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6guiA
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6guiA
Microsoft and OpenAI's close partnership shows signs of fraying (Score: 151+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gu4t
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Tell HN: DigitalRiver/MyCommerce stopped paying vendors since July (❄️ Score: 150+ in 3 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6ginT
We're a small family company and the $20k MyCommerce owes us is a big deal.
For those who don't know MyCommerce is a platform for selling software online. They're merchant of record, they handle taxes, generate license keys, etc so they're a bit higher level than Stripe or PayPal. We're with them since 2005. Things started going south in August. July payment was due on August 15 but never came. Few days afterwards they sent and email that they're changing contract terms and that payments will now be sent 60 days instead of 15 days after the month. Sadly, I didn't switch to another payment processor immediately that day - accountants were on holiday, we were investigating our options, and we were generally happy for 20 years with them. We switched only in September, where they worsened contract terms even more, introducing monthly fee, hourly fee for support, increased payment thresholds, etc. By the time we switched, MyCommerce already sat on entire revenue from July, August, and half of September. Their support is not helpful.
This is not only about us, it's about myriad other vendors, mostly small ones. Unfortunately, we didn't have online space to share our findings and experiences. I only found today that it was discussed on kvraudio forum, and a bit on LinkedIn. There are many small vendors who are now in a hole for tens of thousands of dollars/euros.
It looks pretty much that MyCommerce / DigitarRiver Gmbh are in financial trouble. There are news of layoffs and new management. It's questionable whether we'll see any of our money and when. But the troubling part is MyCommerce still operates and takes orders. If there are vendors who still only know about what MyCommerce officially told them and wait for delayed payments - please reconsider your position.
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=612462
https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=614929&start=...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lorant-barla_mycommerce-digit...
Apple Passwords’ Generated Strong Password Format (Score: 153+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gu4C
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gu4C
Show HN: A fair Product Hunt alternative (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gnuu
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gnuu
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been developing Simple Lister, a platform built to support indie product creators and give them a fair shot. If you’ve launched on Product Hunt recently, you might have noticed that only featured products get the spotlight, while others struggle for visibility.
Why Simple Lister?
Simple Lister aims to fix this by offering a more transparent and fair approach for product launches. Here’s how we do it:
• No favoritism: Every product gets an equal chance, and we don’t play favorites.
• Daily Underdog Feature: Each day, we highlight one underdog product to give them extra visibility and support.
• No hidden fees: There are no surprise costs. We have a simple submission fee, and that’s it—no pay-to-play or hidden charges.
Also we have a long to do list to do better.
Why does this matter?
After launching on Product Hunt ourselves, we realized how tough it is for smaller creators to get any attention unless they’re featured. Simple Lister is here to champion those indie products that deserve to be seen by a wider audience.
The platform is new and evolving, and I’m constantly working to make it better. If you’ve got feedback or questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Thanks for your support, and I’d be happy if you submit your products!
Why does everyone run ancient Postgres versions? (Score: 154+ in 15 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gsFf
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gsFf
Factorio – Visualizing construction material dependencies (🔥 Score: 153+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gtAp
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gtAp
Grandmaster-level chess without search (Score: 151+ in 8 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gsiP
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gsiP
C++ proposal: There are exactly 8 bits in a byte (Score: 150+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gsP4
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Use Prolog to improve LLM's reasoning (❄️ Score: 152+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gddh
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OpenVMM – A New VMM for Windows and Linux, Written in Rust (Score: 150+ in 16 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gqnq
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gqnq
Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic (🔥 Score: 152+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gs58
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gs58
Kagi Update: AI Image Filter for Search Results (🔥 Score: 157+ in 1 hour)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gsrN
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Crokinole (🔥 Score: 160+ in 2 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6grR9
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Optimizing the Ion compiler back end (Score: 150+ in 1 day)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gnFL
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Net 9.0 LINQ Performance Improvements (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gtZ9
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Show HN: Go Plan9 Memo (Score: 155+ in 4 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6guyy
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A quick dive into the Plan9 assembly I picked up while developing my SIMD package for Go, and how it led to a 450% performance boost in calculations.
Unit tests as documentation (Score: 150+ in 22 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6grVF
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Hacker Typer (❄️ Score: 150+ in 3 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gi8x
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Using static websites for tiny archives (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gtz8
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gtz8
Secret 3D Scans in the French Supreme Court (🔥 Score: 160+ in 3 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gtNK
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Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gcJH
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gcJH
Type 2 diabetes: New treatment eliminates insulin for 86% of patients (Score: 150+ in 6 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gsyY
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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA (Score: 150+ in 9 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/c/6grGr
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Inkscape 1.4 Released (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gcSM
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NotebookLM launches feature to customize and guide audio overviews (Score: 151+ in 5 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6grP8
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The Rise and Fall of Matchbox's Toy-Car Empire (❄️ Score: 150+ in 2 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gjYv
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Cats are (almost) liquid (Score: 152+ in 7 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gqZ5
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Should We Chat, Too? Security Analysis of WeChat's Mmtls Encryption Protocol (Score: 150+ in 22 hours)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gpgy
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6gpgy
How ham radio endures (❄️ Score: 151+ in 3 days)
Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6gfKt
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