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Re:Postal Arbitrage on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:04AM (#46597466)
Send a $0.01 check with your bank’s Bill Pay feature, and write your message in the memo.
Re:It's cheaper to buy a new printer every month on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @11:16PM (#46227596)
Return it to Costco once a month.
And to think I almost shat my bank password yesterday…
Re:Apple A17 Pro Chip Hardware Flaw? on Sunday September 07, 2025 @03:22PM (#45161326)
So if the bus degrades it stops working? Big whoop!

That’s like saying that if the circuit breaker melts, it might melt one next to it too, and certain outlets wont work anymore…

Show HN: A $1/year credit card keep-alive service

https://keepalive.finance

Hey HN! I built the world's most boring SaaS - it charges your unused credit cards $1/year so banks don't cancel them for inactivity.The problem: Banks cancel credit cards after 6-24 months of no activity. When they cancel your oldest card, your credit score can drop 50+ points due to reduced credit history length and lower total available credit.The solution: KeepAlive automatically charges...

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Which NATO ally?

Show HN: KeepAlive.finance – Keep your inactive credit cards alive

https://keepalive.finance

I made this for my own use and figured I might as well share it in case anyone else was looking for something like this. It's just a basic stripe subscription that charges your card $1 every 6 months with the sole purpose of preventing the credit card company from closing your account.

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Re:Ask HN: Show me your half baked project on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:00PM (#25705956)
Presenting my half-baked Faxing app “Fax It”, built to take on Big Fax:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fax-it/id1458261691

Anyone know what the domains were?
Re:Jacob Collier’s four magical chords on Sunday December 01, 2019 @01:23AM (#21674168)
Every musician talking shit in the thread is in denial. He’s a genius and ya’ll are jealous. Let’s be real here.
You get to choose, and they are actually offering to pay you... I thought this is what we wanted people...
If you really want to resolve this favorably, you should probably remove this post and try to resolve this in a private conversation with Apple. They aren’t gonna like this kind of attention...
Re:One Less Password on Sunday October 12, 2014 @03:44PM (#8446352)
I think this could be a very elegant solution.