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Workaround for Paying OpenAI via bunq

, Jochen

tldr: The chatGPT app on iOS allows you to pay openAI using Apple Pay


Last week openAI stopped working for me and I got an error about a billing issue. I use a credit card from bunq to pay openAI, which worked fine for almost a year. When I investigated the issue, I got several misleading error messages from bunq like "your monthly limit is not sufficient" or "you have already added the merchant to your allowed merchants list". I couldn't fix the problem. So I contacted bunq support and they couldn't help either.

Today I thought about using another credit card, but then I found a workaround:

The chatGPT app on iOS allows you to pay openAI using Apple Pay. I couldn't do it with Chrome, and for Safari the Stripe interface lets you choose Apple Pay, but that didn't work either. But the app finally worked 🎉.


Weeknotes 2024-02-26

, Jochen
unmuting my mic Hey everybody, sorry about my camera, but you all insisted on making this a morning meeting and, y'know, that curse the fortune teller robot put on me forbids me from being visually perceived by "seeing machinations" before noon; I've *told* you this, Stanley. --Dr. Damien P. Williams, Magus

Usual work week. Side projects are still neglected, but I registered a domain for a shiny new side project sigh. At least I'm now up to something again 🤷.

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Weeknotes 2024-02-19

, Jochen
it's pretty messed up that the Beatles released a song called "Help!" and then an album called "Help!" and then a movie called "Help!" and nobody helped them and half of them died. --sunny jay real estate

Normal work week. Still not back to full health, but getting better. Went to the theater and visited a bar around the corner, which was great.

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Weeknotes 2024-02-12

, Jochen
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE I'VE ALREADY BEEN ON THE FEDIVERSE FOR A YEAR. ONLY 999 TO GO UNTIL MY DISTRESS SIGNAL REACHES OMICRON PERSEI 8. --LRRR

Normal work week. Still wasn't able to do anything besides work.

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Weeknotes 2024-02-05

, Jochen
A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit entered a clinic to donate blood.
The nurse asked the rabbit: "What's your blood type?"
"I'm probably a Type 0", said the rabbit. --via George Takei

Normal work week. Too sick to do any programming related stuff besides work.

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  • Why not HTMX? | First good critical article about htmx I have seen. Yes, you have to be careful with adding hx attributes to div elements (breaking a11y etc), but I disagree with web components being the solution, because how to do hx-sync with web components?

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I take my hat off to Jörg Meyer. If your cocktail recipes are printed on ice cubes packaging, you've probably made it.