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by Qworg 7y ago
They don't _want_ to do anything but maximize profits - regulating the level of lead in those products directly impacts the bottom line, hence the need for regulation. The free market is awesome, but it can't effectively price ext
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by Qworg 7y ago
Transparent Systems | Backend Software Engineers & Applied Cryptographers | Seattle, WA | ONSITE Are you upset with how money works? We’re moving past the old way of thinking and are creating a seamless universal platform to bring settl
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by Qworg 7y ago
Not to mention the tax implications.
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Stratolaunch just became the world’s largest airplane ever to fly(washingtonpost.com)
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Stratolaunch Completes Historic First Flight of Aircraft(stratolaunch.com)
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by Qworg 8y ago
While strawberries are a smaller market, they're also high value and under threat from decreased labor immigration and terrible conditions. If I were working on truck crop robotics, that'd be my first crop to look at (especially b
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by Qworg 8y ago
Yes. Tax returns and a credit score for your business? Or are they asking for a personal guarantee?
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by Qworg 8y ago
Check with SVB or Lighter Capital?
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by Qworg 8y ago
International transfers are where crypto or other modern payment systems can shine - currently, low cost startups still charge ~2-3% plus onboarding fees to send funds (in comparison to banks 7-22%), and they have volume limits.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Ah, perfect - I had forgotten that banks had up to 60 days! Just nuts.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Zelle has the following limits: https://www.mybanktracker.com/checking/faq/zelle-pay-limits-... If you're a business, I think you can get up to a $100k/mo limit - not enough to run most firms.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Wires are required at times because they're "good funds" faster - ACH may take up to 6 days to clear in bad cases. Also, wires can't be reversed (generally). If that's a good or a bad thing is dependent on the tran
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by Qworg 8y ago
I'll add that Zelle has significant volume limits and is only roughly real time.
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by Qworg 8y ago
The US Federal Reserve is currently trying to work towards faster payments - and seems to want to let private industry solve the problem. It really is terrible though and has been for a long time.
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by Qworg 8y ago
ACH is incredibly cheap at scale, but not free. Frankly, the US financial infrastructure is abysmal - we've papered things over for a long time. I'm happy to be currently working on fixing it.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Transparent Systems | Senior Backend Software Engineers & Applied Cryptographers | Seattle, WA | ONSITE Are you upset with how money works? We’re moving past the old way of thinking and are creating a seamless universal platform to brin
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by Qworg 8y ago
To borrow from AI, Good Old Fashioned Algebraic Topology?
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by Qworg 8y ago
If it follows spam, they'll just professionalize and focus on the most technically inept.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Transparent Systems | Senior Backend Software Engineers & Applied Cryptographers | Seattle, WA | ONSITE Are you upset with how money works? We’re moving past the old way of thinking and are creating a seamless universal platform to brin
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by Qworg 8y ago
https://outline.com/CFmKXB
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by Qworg 8y ago
After having just gone through this with my startup - the litigious nature of society makes it hard to reveal any of the information. If the board or the C* reveal too much, it opens the company up to a lawsuit.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Is this attributable to the quality of the startups or the easy access to capital?
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by Qworg 8y ago
This is a supreme "Homo economicus" argument - there are switching costs, human factors (do I like X, do they pay on time, are they charismatic and forceful?), and dumb money problems that thwart it.
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by Qworg 8y ago
It is hard to make happen in competitive fields because good data is an expensive advantage over other labs.
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by Qworg 8y ago
It isn't sub-minimum though - farm labor rates in CA are $14+ - twice to three times minimum. There still isn't enough labor.
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by Qworg 8y ago
Transparent | Senior Backend Software Engineers & Applied Cryptographers | Seattle, WA | ONSITE Are you upset with how money works? We’re moving past the old way of thinking and are creating a seamless universal platform to bring settle
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by Qworg 8y ago
The mentality is still there, but years of polish has made it hard to detect by outsiders. I wouldn't for a moment attribute any of MSFT's moves to goodwill. They were bareknuckled and bloody for years - they got slapped by regula
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by Qworg 8y ago
How do you know that they're not using undocumented people? That also says nothing of the price increase as the pool of documented farm labor dries up.
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by Qworg 8y ago
I agree, but they can't even get unskilled labor into the pool at that price.
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by Qworg 8y ago
It isn't hypocritical unless you see both types of government as equivalent - liberal democracy vs theological roughly democracy.

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