Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was using someone else’s card — and Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017)

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Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was using someone else’s card alanany.com \| points: 972 \| comments: 413

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Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017) yakshav.es \| points: 350 \| comments: 73

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Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report says nbcnews.com \| points: 329 \| comments: 572

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Forced to sell chipless ink cartridges, Canon tells customers how to bypass DRM boingboing.net \| points: 319 \| comments: 198

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Tips for a Healthier Postgres Database blog.crunchydata.com \| points: 300 \| comments: 80

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Approved Cameras partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com \| points: 298 \| comments: 300

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Simplicity of IRC susam.net \| points: 294 \| comments: 210

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Show HN: API to query catalogs of 20 streaming services across 60 countries movieofthenight.com \| points: 280 \| comments: 84

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Charles Mingus Cat Toilet Training Program (1972) charlesmingus.com \| points: 273 \| comments: 120

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Systemd, 10 years later (2020) blog.darknedgy.net \| points: 244 \| comments: 293

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FX: An interactive alternative to jq to process JSON github.com \| points: 238 \| comments: 56

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Lessons learned from migrating a native iOS app to Flutter betterprogramming.pub \| points: 211 \| comments: 118

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Proposed bill in New Hampshire would enshrine free software into law libreboot.org \| points: 207 \| comments: 61

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Re: Moxie on Web3 blog.plan99.net \| points: 197 \| comments: 167

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Some people want to run their own servers staltz.com \| points: 189 \| comments: 140

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Match Group file multiple lawsuits after repeated failed acquisition offer muzmatch.com \| points: 183 \| comments: 59

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Land of Lisp (2010) landoflisp.com \| points: 177 \| comments: 60

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The Rise of Performative Work economist.com \| points: 170 \| comments: 135

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SSH Agent Restriction (new in OpenSSH 8.9) openssh.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 45

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Xiaomi cellphones can censor searches: NCC taipeitimes.com \| points: 163 \| comments: 78

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