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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by Xirdus on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:10PM (#47429202)
This one is even worse IMO

> Servers MAY return 402 when:

> * Offering optional paid features or premium content

This implies that a successful GET request to a resource that user already does have access to, might still return 402 instead of 200. This makes 402 basically unworkable.

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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by pertsix on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @02:48PM (#47429793)
An RFC is a request for comments, contributions.

Are you open to contributing to this RFC?

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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by john_strinlai on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @04:18PM (#47430898)
that doesnt sound nearly as fun as getting upvotes, if im honest
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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by pear01 on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @03:40PM (#47430464)
Was it AI generated? If so, should I just delegate my AI to do so?
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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by darkwater on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @05:38PM (#47431750)
Will they get a slice of the earnings in return by Stripe?
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Re:Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) by Xirdus on Monday March 23, 2026 @12:46PM (#47491945)
I always assumed contributing to RFCs is about as easy as contributing to C++, which I always assumed is virtually impossible without a billion dollars or a billion citations of your academic papers.
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