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by laverick 4y ago
Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan is a great book / documentary that explores this view.
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by laverick 4y ago
Related project & TED talk - Open Source Blueprints for Rebuilding Civilization https://www.opensourceecology.org/
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by laverick 6y ago
upwork, linkedin, codementor.io
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by laverick 6y ago
I've done this before and found it excellent.
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by laverick 6y ago
I used this service before and found it quite good. https://findyourcoach.com
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by laverick 8y ago
Anyone know good SVB alternatives that don’t require US residence? Any that can be opened remotely?
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by laverick 8y ago
Same issue. iOS w/ Safari & Chrome
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by laverick 8y ago
About 2 years after starting Basecamp DHH & his biz partner sold a minority stake to Jeff Bezos for "a few million dollars each". https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-day-i-became-a-millionaire-55...
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Brachistochrone Curve(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by laverick 8y ago|0 comments
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by laverick 8y ago
This is amazing. Belongs in a museum.
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by laverick 8y ago
Isn't Zillow ignoring the immense value created from all those new beachfront properties?
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by laverick 8y ago
Looks like they use Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS). The military has been doing tDCS (direct current) experiments for a while for increased learning & performance. I had a friend who used to swear by tDCS and did it
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by laverick 8y ago
I find the issue a bit more complex. If keeping a Greek statue is indefensible, what about land in North America?
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New Video Game Teaches Teens about Electricity – Cambridge University(cam.ac.uk)
1 points by laverick 8y ago|0 comments
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by laverick 8y ago
No thanks. When that "random freezing" happens your entire subscription business model is at PayPal's mercy.
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by laverick 9y ago
Circle seems to be far from a Goldman subsidiary. According to Crunchbase Goldman invested once in their Series C. If anything the Bloomberg headline seems to overplay the Goldman connection.
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by laverick 9y ago
I'd expect $10+k/quarter to require high touch sales & account management in most cases.
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by laverick 9y ago
Well, starting around grade 3 kids in the Philippines are taught primarily in English, so that's probably not the biggest hurdle there. Thanks for the German link, made my morning :)
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by laverick 9y ago
The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr / Tony Schwartz is basically all about that: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68985.The_Power_of_Full_...
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by laverick 9y ago
https://stackoverflow.com/a/22645853
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by laverick 9y ago
I'm in the middle of converting a small production Rails API + Ember app to Rails Views + Vue.js using webpacker and a lot of the techniques discussed. It's certainly been a learning curve, but I'm definitely happier with the
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by laverick 9y ago
I agree. Even if it's a bit of a roundup post, there's limited material on this stuff in general. Even small tidbits on process or philosophy are helpful.
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by laverick 9y ago
Same. Has worked well all over the world for me, small towns notwithstanding.
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by laverick 9y ago
:~(
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by laverick 9y ago
+1 Atlas LLC
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by laverick 9y ago
We used Adyen for a German-based startup about five years ago. I don't remember it being that difficult back then, but I just handled code. Our biz guys handled the account stuff. For what it's worth, they were both a little profl
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by laverick 9y ago
Yep. The Stripe account isn't the hard part. All you need is a US Address (sorta) and an EIN (I think). You can go for a while without adding either to your account. The US bank account is the hard part, because they have some serious
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by laverick 9y ago
two thumbs up if something can be done to improve this that makes my complicated solution below superfluous
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by laverick 9y ago
What you're describing isn't unique to Stripe. Pretty much every payment processor works this way. I've looked into a lot of them have yet to find a mainstream one that will deposit USD to a USD account in Europe, HK, SG, etc
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by laverick 10y ago
Thanks for the post. I've been running a small SAAS via Stripe billing and definitely used some of these tricks.

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