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Re:Ask HN: Software Only ESIM? on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:56AM (#41996562)
we need to receive about 50k sms messages per day. We have a deal with a couple MVNO's where they give us wholesale prices on physical sim cards, but putting them into sms gateways takes a ton of time and the devices are expensive

Ask HN: Software Only ESIM?

Hi. I need to receive several thousands of SMS to several thousand of numbers and the devices on the market to help with this are pretty expensive and buggy (I'm told).Is there a software-only eSIM implementation, which could be used together with an SDR to put 100+ sims online (ideally several thousand) at the same time to receive incoming text messages? Thanks

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well I also get a bunch of non-critical notifications on pushover, so just doing this would mess with my sleep

Ask HN: Website monitoring tool that will wake me up when site is down?

Hi.I'm looking for a tool that will open my website every minute. When the site goes down, it needs to send an alert to my iPhone that will pierce through possibly enabled sleep/silent mode.I'm using Uptime Kuma + pushover currently and on critical alert level it will make the phone vibrate every couple of seconds until I wake up and click "Acknowledge notification", but I might sleep through...

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Some small-time registrar that I chose back when I didn't know if the business will take off or not. A shop where you can pay with a card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge and sent a complaint to the registrar. Instead of giving us time to investigate/explain/refund, they locked the domain first. Also, that is what chargebacks are for, I want a registrar that at least knows that much.
Thanks. $100-$500 a year for a com I can understand, unfortunately I have 1 domain that needs top-notch support, so IDK if I can justify $10k a year for 1 domain.
Who said something about godaddy? Namecheap looks decent with their 24/7 support, but there are some horror stories here on HN how they mess with the domains too.
A shop where you can pay for goods with a credit card. Somebody didn't recognise the charge.

Ask HN: Domain registrar that won't block my domain with zero notice?

Hi,I had a registrar suspend a my very important domain for no good reason and with no warning, and it was hell getting it back online.I'm now in the market for a premium registrar where they actually contact me and get my side of the story before messing with my business. I've contacted MarkMonitor, Com Laude, and Safenames so far, waiting for a response.I'm curious what the ballpark cost of...

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Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Spreedly

Hi. I'm looking for a payment orchestration solution where I could achieve the following payment flow:1) redirect the customer to a PCI compliant page2) have them input their card info3) block the purchase depending on issuing bank4) have the platform do 3DS for me5) have the platform try capturing the money on a couple of gateways until it succeedsSo far I've found Spreedly to check most...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Stripe on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:59AM (#37402063)
Thanks, will try that. Is there an option of blocking by the name of the issuing bank? The bank that I'm trying to block has a lot of BINs that change constantly.
Re:Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Stripe on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:58AM (#37402054)
USA. What do you mean by "get an account"?
Re:Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Stripe on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:57AM (#37402051)
Stripe support specifically told us they don't provide BINs and they don't make exceptions.
Re:Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Stripe on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:53AM (#37402033)
Cause I redirect the customer to Stripe hosted page. I'd really prefer not to go into the whole PCI DSS thing for this. Also, why should I jump through hoops when it's Stripe that chooses to make life harder for me? I'd rather find a better alternative.

Ask HN: Looking for an Alternative to Stripe

Hi.We're using Stripe and we got hit by a bunch of friendly fraud where we see an easy solution how to prevent this from happening - blocking a specific bank. But Stripe does not give you the BIN of the cards, and will not allow you to block by card issuer name.BIN databases cost like $2.500 per year and I'm not sure how accurate they are. Why on Earth Stripe wouldn't let us see the BINs/block...

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Ask HN: Where do I get bank card BINs?

Hi.I manage a tiny online shop. We process cards using Stripe.We've been hit by a bunch of disputes. Reason stated - cardholder didn't authorise the charge. However we've always required 3DS on all payments and in theory it protects us from fraud related disputes. Mastercard network shouldn't have even allowed these disputes in the first place. But they still count towards the limit.All of...

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Re:Ask HN: Simple MySQL admin tool that can import CSV? on Friday September 01, 2023 @10:05AM (#37351011)
Damn I'm a moron. Had NC_DB set to something, it created its own tables. Then I was testing eleventy different options to get rid of the tables, but never deleted the tables created during the first run. Thanks again, NocoDB is awesome
Re:Ask HN: Simple MySQL admin tool that can import CSV? on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:27AM (#37349934)
Thanks! Works great, not sure how I missed it the first time. Just one question - is it possible to not have it create its own tables in my database?

Ask HN: Simple MySQL admin tool that can import CSV?

Hi. I'm basically looking for Adminer for MySQL, which looks and feels more modern and can run from Docker (which is why phpmyadmin doesn't fit). Don't need schema, just need to be able to add/edit/delete rows, and import them from CSV.I've tried:* Get Motor Admin: No CSV import* Busibase: This one is the best of what I've tried. But when there is any issue with the CSV it just gives you a...

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Ask HN: Google Play won't remove an illegal gambling app. What do I do?

Hi.Long time lurker, first time poster. I've found this illegal webview casino app that also breaks Google Play rules.Here's how it works: You see an ad in Facebook, you click it, install and open the app. You see an illegal real money casino. The one that doesn't have a license to work in Ukraine (where I'm located). The app also breaks Play's rules regarding accepting direct payments, being...

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