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by rebelidealist 12y ago
This is the problem that Stellar ( https://stellar.org ) can solve better than Bitcoin. Unlike Bitcoin which takes 10-30 minutes to confirm transactions, Stellar takes seconds with its new consensus system ( https://medi
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
This is so good. It highlights the importance of working on something bigger than myself.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
They got google ventures amongst many other investors. Now they are shutting down just 3 months after launch? Hopefully they have funds left to do something else.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Not all is lost for Meerkat if they do FB connect. The Twitter first strategy only works for SV. As a caveat, Meerkat did make a bone headed move by abusing the twitter api with auto follows. Twitter probably stepped in to far also by cutti
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Hmm correct me if i'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like it would be that advantageous to take on the chargeback liability just for the statement description unless 'charging thru the platform' also provides a escrow system
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
One question that came up when browsing thru the api doc. What are the advantages of "Charging through the platform" vs "Charging directly"?
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
For the op: Was it difficult to figure out the Flux part?
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
I'm not a designer and would like professional designers to weigh in. With most Material Design apps/sites, doesn't the ultra bold colors distract away from the content? I thought content is suppose to be king not the UI.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Stripe has end to end white labeled marketplace features as well. https://stripe.com/us/marketplaces
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Does anyone else think the bold colors distract away from the content in Material Design?
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE or have meeting in SF. (Full Stack Rails, iOS & Android) My name is Charles, I lead a small, nimble team with a ton of full stack Ruby & Rails and Mobile experience. We have done many projects dealing payments,
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The small, bootstrapped multi-billion dollar company(medium.com)
7 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|0 comments
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Github was valued at $750mil in 2012, should be worth a whole lot more now. Basecamp, has not gotten outside valuation for a long time, but they are just as if not popular that Asana who was valued at $280mm back in 2012.
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Benchmarking Phoenix vs. Rails vs. Sinatra vs. Express vs. Martini(github.com)
79 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|30 comments
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
That's a blog post of its own. I suggest going to networking events outside of the tech bubble. Many people in other industries aren't technically backwards or technophobes. The smart ones understand the value of an efficient IT s
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
As a freelance developer, the big opportunities lies in sectors outside of internet startups. (manufacturing services, clothing, import/export, finance, construction, home services, agriculture). Those are the areas where a skilled pro
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Mithril.js: A Tutorial Introduction(gilbert.ghost.io)
9 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|1 comments
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Steve Wozniak: The iPhone 6 is three years too late(money.cnn.com)
5 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|0 comments
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE or have meeting in SF. (Full Stack Rails, iOS) My name is Charles, I lead a small, nimble team with a ton of full stack Ruby & Rails and Mobile experience. We have done many projects dealing payments, marketplaces,
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Is Reddit going to make Jason Morrissey move to SF from Melbourne?
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Amazon’s DynamoDB Gets Hugely Expanded Free Tier and Native JSON Support(techcrunch.com)
3 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|0 comments
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One Hotel (Waldorf-Astoria) to Be Sold for $1.95B(nytimes.com)
1 points by rebelidealist 12y ago|0 comments
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - REMOTE or have meeting in SF. A small, nimble team with a ton of full stack Ruby / Rails experience. We have done many projects dealing payments, marketplaces, and social networking apis. We can work on the LAMP stack al
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
We haven't heard much from Reddit employees on this situation. DHH has been the vocal one. Before we jump to any conclusions we should ask how Reddit's remote employees really feel.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
We like to use their mugs. They are great for drinking all sorts of coffee and tea.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Sorry, I don't know why my comment was posted 3 times...
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Alibaba spun off Alipay because Jack Ma wanted to control Alipay instead of the Alibaba majority stakeholder such as Yahoo and Softbank. It was an uncontested power move by Ma.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Its not fair comparing Amazon's revenue vs Alibaba. Alibaba doesn't sell products they take ad fees. Which means the product price itself isn't part of the revenue. It is more fair comparison with Ebay's revenue numbers.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
Two reasons. 1. Price volatility 2. Bitcoin is designed to be deflationary. Most people that buy Bitcoin are letting it sit there and hoping that their investment will go up rather than using it for purchases.
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by rebelidealist 12y ago
I absolutely love VICE News and how they go first hand in dire situations that are under reported. However, their pop culture section is worse than trash, only a step above 4chan. Example: A segment where a kid makes anti-semitic jokes. ht

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