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well the reason there’s only Uber and Lyft is because there are significant barriers to entry into ridesharing at this point. Yes, anyone could launch an Uber-like app fairly easily, but the barrier to entry is the supply of drivers. You wo
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I think we underestimate how “mainstream” digital currencies could be if the UX is right. In a lot of ways we already deal with “centralized” digital currencies already in the form of loyalty points with airlines, hotels, food/coffee c
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8y ago
I stopped reading after reading a thread of grown men throw hissy fits because they thought they were screwed over by their $300k salary when they felt they “deserved” $400k+
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It’s crazy that there ever is/was an endpoint to read a user’s private messages. What exactly would ever be a good use case for that where a user would knowingly agree to it.
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Bullish on telehealth $TDOC - higher deductibles every years means more will take advantage of free or subsidized telehealth calls through insurance PayPal and Adyen - payment cos very consolidized now and only get bigger every year with mo
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8y ago
Partying?
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Cofounder of Vine and HQ Trivia Dies at 35
(businessinsider.com)
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Nah that’s not true. https://plaid.com/products/auth You get the full routing and account number with the Auth product - that is how you push and pull funds as a developer to a customer’s account.
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It’s the Facebook API issue but IMO transaction data is much more sensitive so it’s a bigger issue. I have used the Plaid API and have no idea how they audit developers to make sure they are using the data as intended and storing that data