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Re:Show HN: Acme-tiny, a tiny 200-line Let's Encrypt client on Friday December 04, 2015 @12:17PM (#10677564)
Just stopping by to say thanks. I used this yesterday and it worked great -- simplicity wins.
Re:Earning Bitcoin Through Arbitrage Software on Monday November 23, 2015 @03:56AM (#10613506)
Selenium, Macros, etc
Hey Brian!

I remember stopping by the office back during the fireplug days and having a chat with Travis and the team! Happy to hear of the ambition progress in the press

Re:Python 3.5.0 on Sunday September 13, 2015 @07:09PM (#10213091)
Pulsar[1] and pulsar-odm seem to be the python equivalent of akka-http. (Actor based concurrency and ORM[2])

[1] http://pythonhosted.org/pulsar/ [2] https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pulsar-odm

Typical credit card fees are 2.9% + 30c. Assuming that they have regular fees at not non-profit rates(which tend to be lower), it would make their average donation amount to be around $7.14

Source: 48995/689239 = (x*.029+.30)/x

Care to point me to a better place to learn about the aplications of FRP and the actor model besides what it is being buzzed around?
Re:Kickstarter switches to Stripe on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @01:36PM (#8846129)
It does make sense, but it is not factually correct.

Typically, (big) payment processors deal with different interchange fees for different card types (based off the BIN number-- premium cards, debit cards, reward cards). Processors commonly group fee percentages into an easier scheme to sell to people.

"2.9% + .30" is a lot easier to reason and understand than "2.2% for Debit, 3.5% for AMEX, 2.9% for Bank of America" and so on.

So yes, different cards charge different interchange rates -- but the answer to the question lies in the fact that with small enough purchases, the 30 cents on top of the 2.9% could effectively increase the percentage to a higher rate.

The simple formula to calculate fees as a percentage of purchase would be y= (x*.029+.30)/x and it intercepts with 5% at about $14.28, which would suggest that the minimum contribution would be set around $15 to make their statement correct. A a much higher contribution of $300 would have a lower rate of approx 3%, as the cents become a rather unimportant part of the fee.

Why do processors like doing this? It's a way to subsidize micro-payments without creating convoluted fee schedules. They can collect ~33% of a $1 payment without advertising it as such.

Re:Windows 8 test drive: How Metro won me over on Thursday July 05, 2012 @10:35AM (#4203189)
or the lack of
Re:PayPal.com Gets a Makeover [UI] on Thursday June 21, 2012 @10:56AM (#4142282)
Looks like the landing page for american express
Re:Dropbox.com down on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @06:17PM (#4139415)
It works for me
Re:PhpMyAdmin gets new interface on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @06:52AM (#4131139)
noob
Re:Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein on Saturday June 16, 2012 @12:33AM (#4119875)
It seems like Einstein wasn't very fond of ajax or using javascript to swap text
Re:CIOs Beware: New Macbook Pro Will Be a Bandwidth Hog on Wednesday June 13, 2012 @03:16PM (#4107877)
Not sure if trolling or stupid
Re:Don’t Make Your Apps Offline Stupid on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:19PM (#4092816)
Oh the irony
Re:The Cloud Is For You on Saturday June 02, 2012 @09:47PM (#4059780)
Blatant advertisement for a possible solution to Sentry's problem with the cloud