derrick_jensen

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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Nah, I don't want to be that guy. In the meantime I've just locally stubbed all Stripe API calls, since internal integration tests are all I need for non-production uses. I've also reached the point where regular production d
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Honestly, I don't find their support helpful with fixing any of my issues, and asking the same question multiple times gives completely different responses. I managed to completely break the Stripe Test API (nothing works, always &quot
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Early 20th century predates OSHA and most federal labor regulations in general. Its not that collective bargaining in the abstract is worth less, but there are far more federal guarantees.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
DigitalOcean Spaces has the same API as AWS S3, and the download bandwidth costs a lot less. I would recommend it
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I guess you could call this corona-y capitalism
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm not concerned about performance nearly as much as regressions and breakages post-release. Not sure if this is for better or worse, but I'm the only one actively working on this, so I'm trying to streamline the develop-tes
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm also in college, so its pretty rough. In any given day I work anywhere from 10 to 14 hours, about 8 to 12 of which is for my startup. I'm sinking a lot of my time into the backend right now (integration testing, stress testing
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
What legal protections do you have, and what are you liable for as a company? Is this meant to be used in major markets, or only in societies with high levels of stranger trust like Japan? Are you trying to compete on price on the third wor
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Most of my automation so far has just been CICD and automated testing, which I feel is pretty standard. I'm looking into automatically pulling in FreshBooks information and generating some publicly available live dashboard for profitab
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I've also heard the case of a survivorship bias where most startup founders are men, since men are more risk taking in general (or at least the standard deviation on risk taking is a lot larger), and that these companies start looking
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I've come across this in the Stripe API as a standard feature of a lot of cards. I haven't had one do this myself, but I also haven't lost a credit/debit card.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Legal: Right now I'm a sole proprietor with an EIN, but I plan to move over to a single-member LLC for the legal protections. Did this through LegalZoom Finance: QuickBooks Payments: Stripe, but I plan to add Bitcoin support (most of t
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I just toss a lot of applications around online. What sort of engagement have you been getting so far (phone interviews, onsite, etc)?
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Stripe and an in-house Bitcoin backend Funny thing is that I'm working on debugging an issue with the Stripe API right now (or the library I'm using)
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Mine isn't particularly exciting or inspiring, but somebody has to be first to respond. I'm working on a mobile optimized, Bitcoin powered MTurk company called Labl ( https://labl.ml ). I have a few reasons: 1. This is m
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
iPad Mini + Apple Pencil It is so much more convenient to 1. Read back on notes I've already written 2. Have one iPad versus 12 or so notebooks 3. Read notes on your phone or other devices wherever you are This is the first Apple produ
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
It was a .ml domain, wanted to have a play on .ai
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'd recommend Rackspace. $3 per user per month, and allowed me to bring my own domain. Haven't had any issues after setting everything up. I tried registering this domain through G Suite and Zoho first, but they both said my domai
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Never know when a good idea comes up, my twitter is @freefreecocaine
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Uber could very easily reduce carbon emissions if they bias their payments/ride assignments towards EVs and other efficient vehicles. I'm not sure about the legality of that, but its definitely an interesting idea if they need to
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
There's no expectation otherwise when you click on the link, whereas Quora always starts with a question and the advertisement can't be unbiased if the author has any stake in it.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Coffee and caffeine pills. If those don't work like they used to, then its probably a manifestation of a larger issue (not going outside, poor hygiene, etc). I don't have anything against people who use more advanced substances, b
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I'm the founder of a startup, and I hire people I trust and people I have worked with in the past. It just so happens that most of these people have made it to the CS/ECE/Math departments at my university (otherwise I wouldn&
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
I either bike around or go on the elliptical or treadmill at my gym.
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Cardio helps a lot for me personally. I'm a firm believer that most people (myself included) don't get enough exercise when compared to hundreds of years ago. It gives me a dedicated hour or two block of time to listen to podcasts
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
The issue with lower horsepower motors is that regenerative braking is not as effective. For the most part, regenerative braking can only absorb as much torque as it can put out, and anything above this has to fall back to the traditional b
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Lol wrong thread my bad
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Remember, this is in comparison to public schools, which are regional gerrymandered monopolies. This system isn't perfect, but sets incentives in place to make it better. I grew up near some sketchy neighborhoods, and although I went t
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
Are you accepting internship applications?
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by derrick_jensen 7y ago
>education One of the Libertarian propositions to public schooling is giving a check to all children to redeem at any private school that passes some bar set by the government. I love this solution, since it removes the requirement for r

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