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by vassvdm 13y ago
Thanks, fixed.
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by vassvdm 13y ago
I agree that the way I work is definitely not for everyone, and I only accept projects where I am confident that the client sees eye to eye with me. It wouldn't work if I was the only developer working on the project. There are several
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Well, my own startup is also making a little money, and I resort to a couple of life hacks to get extra income and reduce costs. I'll write another post about that soon.
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by vassvdm 13y ago
If you're in it for the money, early stage startups are not the way to go as far as clients go. As I mentioned in the post I do it because I love startups and working on MVPs specifically. It also lets me get my mind off my own startup
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The startup freelancer(vassvdm.ghost.io)
88 points by vassvdm 13y ago|39 comments
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by vassvdm 13y ago
The use case is for marketplaces (and maybe crowdfunding sites). An escrow service is a means to increase trust for both the buyer and seller sides. Funds are paid up front but held in escrow until goods are effectively exchanged or service
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Hey pc, do you plan to add escrow to Stripe Checkout at some point?
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Thanks for the insights. Apparently Accenture has been contracted to help out (or take over) the HealthCare.gov website: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230381970... I'm wondering - how is
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by vassvdm 13y ago
It's great to see new asynchronous NoSQL drivers popping up regularly now. I guess the Play framework team started something when they made ReactiveMongo.
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by vassvdm 13y ago
One of the co-founders, Jan Koum, had 45% of the company at the time of the purchase, which makes him worth about 6.8 billion.
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by vassvdm 13y ago
It's the current record for the acquisition of a venture-backed startup
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Whatsapp raised another 50m from Sequoia after those initial 8m
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by vassvdm 13y ago
MySMS is a similar service that also enables to send text messages via a desktop (web) application. I've been using it for a while. It can be a bit buggy though - not as polished as Whatsapp.
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by vassvdm 13y ago
This is fascinating. To think I was trying to convince people that MySMS was better than Whatsapp...
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Facebook Buying WhatsApp for $16B in Cash and Stock Plus $3B in RSUs(techcrunch.com)
1129 points by vassvdm 13y ago|802 comments
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Don't Panic - The Truth About Population(gapminder.org)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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No More Woof Aims to Read Dogs' Minds(oresundstartups.com)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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The People-to-Work Ratio(vassvdm.wordpress.com)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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New CEO of Gates Foundation: Susan Desmond-Hellmann (gatesfoundation.org)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Funny how we talks about his breakthrough in understanding video recording software at the end, after going on for several minutes about zombie drones, deauthentication et al.
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Rubin’s Robots: Google Gears Up To Revolutionize Manufacturing And Logistics(techcrunch.com)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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Infamous Hacker Creates SkyJack to Hunt, Hack, and Control Other Drones(techcrunch.com)
10 points by vassvdm 13y ago|1 comments
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Elon Musk: "If launch aborts, we will bring the rocket down for engine inspection, so probably a few days before next attempt"
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by vassvdm 13y ago
I think you're on to something. Ratings on sites like Elance are broken. Clients feel compelled to give 5 star feedback to freelancers, sometimes just to get them off their back. This basically means that you can't look at a reput
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Tips and tricks for the intermediate scala developer(speakerdeck.com)
2 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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Facebook’s Q3 ’13 Beats Expectations(techcrunch.com)
2 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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Steve Jobs brainstorms with the NeXT team (1985)(youtube.com)
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by vassvdm 13y ago
Full version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj4C9bydkX8 Complete with the intro from SpaceX employees. Is that Elon I hear at 10:41 saying 'CE is go' ? Assuming CE means chief executive...
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The Future of Work according to LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner (gigaom.com)
1 points by vassvdm 13y ago|0 comments
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by vassvdm 13y ago
BTW if you're interested, Martin Odersky and others will host a brand new Coursera class focusing on Reactive programming starting in November: https://www.coursera.org/course/reactive It doesn't say so expli

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