jkyrlach

Why can't online purchases be as easy as point-of-sale purchases?

Posted by jkyrlach on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @07:06PM
from the self-post dept.

I recently lost my wallet, and while I wait for new cards to come, I'm completely dependant on my phone's tap-to-pay for goods. (It's awesome that my primary credit card could update my Google wallet with the new card electronically!)It occurred to me though, that in person, proximity of my phone to the card reader automatically submits a payment, even though, on the exact same phone, I can't...

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YouTube modder complete's their own Steam Machine

Posted by jkyrlach on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @02:56PM
from the pcgamer.com dept.

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/one-youtuber-has-built-their-own-usd950-steam-machine-with-a-custom-wood-panel-because-valve-was-taking-too-long/

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Re:Anscombe's Quartet on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:29PM (#45184403)

This dataset is definitely a treasure, and I love visualizing data. That said, i think what's missed when this is used as an argument for visual analysis is the idea of quantitatively identified outliers. If you take the descriptive statistics of p99, they most definitely will not be the same across these four sets. Visual analysis is a valuable dimension for data exploration, but it's a bit of a strawman to infer that "quantitative analysis could go no further, only visual analysis could figure this out"

Re:Speak Friend and Enter – Do people use movie passwords? (2018) on Sunday February 11, 2024 @01:13AM (#39332983)

I was really hoping to see a"Sneakers" reference -- "my voice is my passport"

Re:Show HN: mystery-o-matic offers a daily random murder mystery on Sunday October 15, 2023 @09:44AM (#37889663)

Can the suspects lie? Is the rating at the end based on minimum numbed of clues required, or just on total number of clues used? Is the rating impacted by number of available choices when i guessed?

There were a lot of time slots, and the clues did not intersect very much. I went through 17 clues before i guessed, and there were still logical options. Can we have wordle-bot analyze our play at the end and tell us how we did?

Re:Oh-My-God Particle on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:48AM (#37792349)

Fixed spelling.

Re:Oh-My-God Particle on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:47AM (#37792344)

It's murder on one's brakes.

Re:GeForce RTX 4060 Ti and 4060 Graphics Cards on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:12PM (#35996556)

How is posting this link a legit use of hacker news? I get that Hacker news is often used for important product releases/updates, but when it comes to Nvidia and AMD, this feels like product placement. Nothing in this is particularly newsworthy hardware, and we're talking about the coke vs pepsi of the pc gaming adapter world. If it was someone reviewing it, that would be different, but this is right to the vendor. I expect more from the mods.

Re:Demystifying Floating-Point Numbers on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:35PM (#14207220)

Nope. Still mystified.