paavo

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   by paavo 14y ago

   The original such library was Perl's Data::Faker which was ported to Ruby as Faker gem (and later refactored to faster and more comprehensive Ffaker gem).
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   by paavo 14y ago

   In most use cases I can think of the generated data is used only in a closed (testing) environment and won't be visible to web crawlers and spambots. Many developers like me use these libraries for prototyping different UI views for their a
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   by paavo 14y ago

   That's true. They're using the Finnish exchanger (Bittiraha) which also provides payment services for world's first Bitcoin-accepting dental clinic (MeidänKlinikka) as well as Finland's first Bitcoin-accepting restaurant (Vegemesta).
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   by paavo 14y ago

   Inspiring story, thanks for sharing! Centralized recruiting for portfolio companies is something I'd definitely love to read more about. I believe it can be an extremely valuable service from a VC firm to provide.