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by conductr 15y ago
They did tell him in he original email. " There will be a hold or debit (via your bank account) on this transaction until the dispute is resolved" And this is exactly how merchant accounts work. the only thing square might be guilty of is n
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by conductr 15y ago
This is quite clever and interesting. props
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by conductr 15y ago
insightful extrapolation of the previous year
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by conductr 15y ago
It sounds more like you just want the machine to read your mind. edit: not saying that's a bad thing, IBM says 5 years to go http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/ibm-mind-reading/
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by conductr 15y ago
Very true. However, once there is some data generated about how well the item fit the user, you can probably make some correlations and determine just what will fit who. I would just call it data analysis, not crowd-sourcing
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by conductr 15y ago
Haha, should have specified. This is why I quit using Yahoo search back in 1999.
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This is why I stopped using Yahoo search(blog.intercom.io)
4 points by conductr 15y ago|3 comments
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by conductr 15y ago
Referrals do sound like the best option given the constraints, I just wish I could control it a bit more. Unfortunately, the POA is the proper legal consent. It's the biggest turn-off when I am explaining the service to a potential client.
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Ask HN: how would you turn this idea into a business?
2 points by conductr 15y ago|3 comments
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by conductr 15y ago
Paypal would have been better off without this message. I read the Regretsy story yesterday, didn't think much of it - typical Paypal customer service, I've read those stories 1000 times. Now that I know it got someone's attention at Paypal
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by conductr 15y ago
This is where you might want to seek wealth management. Google it you will see a few household names that you can trust, if you are in a big city they deal with these values daily. Have them propose a couple scenarios. Try to only evaluate
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by conductr 15y ago
Awesome service. Way to complex pricing. Make the user choose between two choices. Plan A: limited to X hours/day, Plan B: unlimited usage. Price each accordingly to achieve the desired outcome. My bet is, the actual usage of "unlimited" us
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by conductr 15y ago
Just reading this post, it just sounds like English is not your first language. The best advice I can give is to just not stress over it, us native English speakers can infer your grammar and spelling as an accent. We are pretty used to it
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by conductr 15y ago
In terms of ease of learning for someone with no programming skills, I say PHP, Ruby, or even Python. The community for each is large and not going anywhere. PHP is a good intro language because you can easily run with it (build a simple si
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by conductr 15y ago
"It looks like history is experiencing a bubble." - made me laugh
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by conductr 15y ago
Any one else find the FTP password amusing?
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by conductr 16y ago
Large retail companies have "buyers" or "merchants". You want to contact them. Product samples, schedule calls, and be prepared for face-to-face meetings which should be Goal #1 (that's where you will close the deal). If you don't already k
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by conductr 16y ago
cool app. From a conversion perspective, might want to try and show the product a bit more on the landing. Too much text for my taste. $0.02
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by conductr 16y ago
a great discovery! what startup will move first on this?
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Time Traveling Porn(colbertnation.com)
2 points by conductr 16y ago|2 comments
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by conductr 16y ago
I think this is a great approach. The way to execute is to write several short articles on the startup, then stagger the publish dates