DrJid

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by DrJid 9y ago
Yup! In the exact same way that not many EU countries would realistically operate within 1 single country if they are VC funded. Just like EU VC funded companies, The african based companies inherently have to think on a global scale on t
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by DrJid 9y ago
> Africa on the other hand is a few dozen sovereign countries, without a common culture or language between them. Not too far off as a description of the EU either. There's definitely a lot to fix regarding the political climate, an
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by DrJid 9y ago
In 20 years, (2047) Nigeria's population alone will be pretty close to the US. 376M (Nigeria) vs 384M (USA) https://www.populationpyramid.net/nigeria/2047/
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by DrJid 9y ago
It's also right there in the app btw. Open the sidebar and look at the bottom (iOS)
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by DrJid 9y ago
Yeah, Venmo is US only at the moment
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Apple Pay peer to peer payments(theverge.com)
2 points by DrJid 9y ago|0 comments
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by DrJid 9y ago
Not to forget that for many, many users in emerging markets, the mobile carriers offer free data for WhatsApp. Traveling through Colombia, and I can use WhatsApp status for free over here. SnapChat kills my data.
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by DrJid 10y ago
Most referrals for jobs aren't based of real deep friends, but based off acquaintance connections..
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by DrJid 10y ago
Source?
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by DrJid 10y ago
Can you elaborate some more?
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by DrJid 10y ago
And just because it's decentralized may not necessarily solve the problem of pictures of kids on those services. That problem could still be solved with a centralized photo sharing platform.
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by DrJid 11y ago
Yes. I had no programming experience at all. Never written a single line of code nor even touched a Mac. I'm originally from Ghana. And I was able to get an honors in CS. Start a student group to teach other college students to build m
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by DrJid 11y ago
The hosted Parse server was deprecated, but it's all now open source so you can host it wherever you want. https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server
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Parse Live Queries(blog.parse.com)
2 points by DrJid 11y ago|2 comments
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by DrJid 11y ago
I agree that with your sentiment about it being a privilege, not a right. As an immigrant right now, out of school, even getting an H1-B is so hard, that I'd do anything just for that visa. You can at least join a program like Unshackl
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by DrJid 13y ago
How do I actually send a contact request?
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by DrJid 13y ago
Yeah, I don't think it's a one size fits all. However, if you can present a solution to a person's problem, and that solution does instantly resonate and it becomes obvious that such an app/website can exist to solve it,
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by DrJid 13y ago
I had a similar experience whereby I basically walked in to buy a screen cleaning solution. Upon checkout, the agent flat out told me "You know, this is really pricey and you could get a cheaper one for more value at the target just of