bastian

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   by bastian 9y ago

   We're using Stripe for all payment processing and we're obviously not storing your CC number.
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   AI Creates Fake Obama(spectrum.ieee.org)

   2 points by bastian 9y ago|0 comments
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   Postmates Zero Emission Scooter Initiative(fleet.postmates.com)

   5 points by bastian 9y ago|0 comments
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   The Story of Glenn O'Brien's 'TV Party(youtube.com)

   1 points by bastian 9y ago|0 comments
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   Henry Rollins on defining success(thecreativeindependent.com)

   203 points by bastian 10y ago|51 comments
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   by bastian 10y ago

   Gabe is the man. Fun fact: We hired some great people through Techmeme's pretty clever who's hiring in tech section.
7. 37.▲
   by bastian 10y ago

   I would add: American Wood Type, 1828-1900 - you will only find it used and it is pricey but totally worth it. It recently got a mention in Netflix's Abstract show. https://www.amazon.com/American-Wood-Type-1828-1900-Ev
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   by bastian 10y ago

   I love this!
9. 39.▲
   by bastian 10y ago

   100% this and yes.
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    by bastian 10y ago

    I took me a while to figure this out but i agree with Ali. However, i'd argue that as a CEO with a product background (the same probably goes for engineering) you can still spend time with your product teams through Phase 2 and maybe e
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    Upvote California(upvotecalifornia.com)

    1 points by bastian 10y ago|0 comments
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    Moonbow(en.wikipedia.org)

    1 points by bastian 10y ago|0 comments
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    by bastian 10y ago

    Huge congrats Garry. Maybe we will find a way to work together in the future!
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    by bastian 10y ago

    I think this is a misunderstanding. I was referring to the first paragraph in my own comment. When it comes to your original comment: Yes, we should have just refunded you. I can look into this if you like.
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    by bastian 10y ago

    Postmates co-founder here. That is a sentiment and an observation i totally agree with. We're working hard to get this done and we're seeing some first positive signs. It will likely take us a good part of Q2 to get where we want
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    by bastian 11y ago

    I can guarantee you that we will be relentless in improving dispatch, ordering and customer service. Recent changes dropped our average delivery times. In April we will switch to an auto-accept mode for all deliveries and we will also aggre
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    by bastian 11y ago

    I 100% agree. We faced some pretty crazy challenges in scaling our support team. Placing orders from over 50K merchants (per month) is not a simple task BUT i'm not trying to find excuses here. We're doing the right things and the
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    by bastian 11y ago

    Postmates Co-founder here: 1. We will bring this down over time, give us a few weeks. ;) 2. We have over 3,000 Plus merchants across the markets we're operating in. I can't think of a direct competitor who has more and we're
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    Not So Hungry Demand Curves(medium.com)

    1 points by bastian 11y ago|0 comments
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    Introducing PMJSON, a Swift Library for JSON Encoding/decoding(engineering.postmates.com)

    13 points by bastian 11y ago|2 comments
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    by bastian 11y ago

    https://medium.com/the-dispatcher/mastering-coffee-delivery-...
22. 52.▲
    by bastian 11y ago

    Maybe he just wants to engage in the conversation. I don't think it deserves to be called out like this.
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    How to write a Slackbot in 40 lines of code(medium.com)

    2 points by bastian 11y ago|0 comments
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    by bastian 11y ago

    Made my day!
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    by bastian 11y ago

    I don't think Instacart is, or ever wanted to be an infrastructure. At least not as a transportation infrastructure. There is an argument to be made that it is becoming an infrastructure "within" a supermarket, mainly because
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    The Evolution of Batman in Cinema(vimeo.com)

    1 points by bastian 12y ago|0 comments
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    by bastian 12y ago

    Figuring out if this statement is true or not, is very interesting indeed.
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    by bastian 12y ago

    I can only talk about our (Postmates) experience but having multiple pickup and drop-off locations increases the efficiency of a fleet dramatically. In larger cities like New York, LA, etc. multiple warehouses are a huge advantage. Off cour
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    by bastian 12y ago

    I'm pretty sure that Amazon will use the best positioned stores as forward stocking locations. They experimented with a similar concept at WebVan i believe. I also think they now realize that what Postmates and Instacart are doing toda
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    by bastian 12y ago

    Good idea. We will fix asap.