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I was wondering why isn't there an app that generate fake cc numbers that are valid and when scammers use them, it gets traced and instantly gets reported to relevant law authorities.

If you resonate with what I said, there is no need for me to write anything here, and if you disagree then no amount of reasoning will be enough. Instead I'll just say where I am coming from and avoid going into…

Let's say I want to write, find all swimming pools in this area.

Virtual Receipts - you get a digital receipt wherever you use your credit card. Basically I find it annoying having to get a physical receipt and keep it around for 10 or so days in case I'd need it. But If I could go…

There is an enormous opportunity where lot of people could give small amount of time, network or money to make lots of ideas come to life. But right now it doesn't happen because of concerns: - distrust, how would I…

... how many other noteworthy are there? 1) obsidian 2) notion 3) typora 4) ...? Garbage: - evernote - onenotes - google doc (slow lagy, and autistic file explorer) - notepad (it's good just it's hard to keep track of…

I've found that the difference between me and great programmers I've come across in person or online is that they have extreme mental fortitude, get unstuck on their own, and pick up new things with breeze. Whereas, I…

Whenever I end up on discord, I'm completely lost, and I know all the functions, but still lost. If I had to describe it in a word, it'd be ANXIETY. 10 teams, 30 channels, 50 unread messages in each channel, 500…

Every few months someone I watch/follow/listen to disappears from internet. It seems if someone is even slightly controversial they are wiped out off internet in due time. People don't even care about freedom of speech,…

On paper the idea is so simple, try out new things and if they improve the product great, if not, undo them. You iteratively and gradually keep getting better. But I always felt in my gut it was wrong, and now I've an…

I am looking for anything you do that helps you get stuff done, even stuff you are not passionate about. Although I've come across many useful tips here on HN, listed later, I still struggle. Some days I just can't code…

Groceries are expensive but eating out has now become very expensive, I find myself almost not getting any take outs or eating at restaurants. Maybe once every quarter. And When I do eat out I'm always annoyed how not…

I want to make a function that gives me nth pie digit without calculating it from 1st digit. So getNthPie(2) -> 4 and getNthPie(1000000) -> 4

I have gone through different things and back to where I had started. I primarily take notes on widows notepad now. I just dislike mac note taking apps: first there are two native apps. One app tries to be more than…

Last 3 years has shown that to be a good investor you need to know macroeconomics, specially in context of USA which bring stuff interest rate, QE, bonds pricing, commodity prices, and many similar things which are…

Hi everyone, I'm a solo dev working on a project which I plan on launching as a startup. My problem has always been not finishing things i.e. motivation/distraction/procrastination/etc. However, I've recently found a…

After some observations and reading some posts, I realized that I now believe that YC as of now is mostly ran (i.e. companies that get selected, people getting hired on YC team, evaluations, etc) are mostly done by…

I've been watching lot of videos of shoplifting in California, and I do think it's due to recent laws, but it's more of a case of good intentions and bad outcomes. However, similarly where I lived before the laws didn't…

So It's not ready yet, but I'm creating a new job board for developers. I'm looking to get feedback on idea itself.... So my hypothesis is that as a dev, I'd love to do some gigs on the side. But I'm not really in the…

As CRUD web developer I don't have in detail answer to how things work outside of browser/databases/network. If someone asks me what happens after you type URL in the browser I can talk about DNS, NAT, TCP, Load…

A neuron triggers other neurons, those in turn trigger more neurons, given each neuron connects to 1000s of other neurons then it's reasonable to think some of them connect to neurons that trigger the parent neurons. In…

I don't know why but I cant help but feel that domino pieces are in place and whole thing is about to crumble. Stock prices feel weirdly high, when thousands of people were dying they were rising fastest.…

I have read things that indicate that vitamin D alone is not ideal. So wondering what are other people doing.