whit537

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   by whit537 14y ago

   Here's the strong statement of the idea: "enable companies to sponsor people" https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/106 At some point the question becomes, why not just take a job at a company with a strong "open-source time" c
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   by whit537 14y ago

   As mentioned it's skewed towards Python because that's the community where I've been most active and have the most connections. I've started getting to know the Ruby community here in Pittsburgh and would love to branch out further. If you
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   by whit537 14y ago

   The challenge is preserving "no-strings-attached." One idea would be to allow gifts up to 5% of the total or something like that. Ticketed: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/266
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   by whit537 14y ago

   I'd love to find a way for Gittip ( http://gittip.com/about ) to help you fund Watsi.org. The "public benefit corporation" sounds like what I was aiming at with open companies: http://blog.gittip.com/post/26350459746/the-first-open-compa..
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   More Bazaars and Better(blog.gittip.com)

   3 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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   What "open" looks like: "How should the API support ACH debits?"(github.com)

   1 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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   Web-scale Lost-n-Found(pleasereturn.me)

   5 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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   by whit537 14y ago

   The data is actually in JSON if you want to do your own visualization. :-) https://www.gittip.com/about/paydays.json You can view source on charts.html for example usage.
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   by whit537 14y ago

   Thanks for asking. The payins side has settled, yes. We now have all but three stragglers moved from Stripe to Balanced, and the stragglers are likely bad cards. The next three priorities are: 1. Payouts: https://github.com/whit537/www.git
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    by whit537 14y ago

    You're not supposed to see bar charts, just numbers floating around. "Show data and comparisons." - Tufte
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Do I understand you right that you're offering me a gift of $1,000? If so, thank you! Let's handle that via PayPal or check. For PayPal let's use mammon@whit537.org, or you can mail a check to: Chad Whitacre 716 Park Road Ambridge, PA 15003
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    Gittip charts(gittip.com)

    10 points by whit537 14y ago|9 comments
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    Blessings: a pythonic answer to curses(pypi.python.org)

    125 points by whit537 14y ago|23 comments
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    Back the Stack: Mezzanine and Cartridge(blog.gittip.com)

    4 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Re: Aspen ... thank you. :-) I'm told in Finland everyone's income is public. http://re-iq.blogspot.com/2006/08/transparency-in-cold-light... Surely opinions differ on whether that's good or bad. If you think it's bad then Gittip is proba
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    Who's looking for what on Gittip?(gittip.com)

    2 points by whit537 14y ago|3 comments
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    Open Partnerships: Balanced and Dwolla join the Gittip community(blog.gittip.com)

    17 points by whit537 14y ago|0 comments
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Prioritizing development tasks has not been a pain point so far with Gittip. I get plenty of feedback here on HN and on Twitter and GitHub and otherwise, and the fact that feedback is not directly tied to dollars has not been an issue.
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    by whit537 14y ago

    (I'm getting a DNS error?)
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    by whit537 14y ago

    The relationship between individuals and projects is a huge open question for Gittip. Here's the current state of my thinking (long thread preceding): https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/27#issuecom... Hard goals to me implie
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    by whit537 14y ago

    "The people who are giving do so because they expect something in return." I believe they don't. Gift tips have no strings attached on either side. It's like employment at will, where either party is free to call it off at any time. "[E]ith
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    by whit537 14y ago

    The idea is for gifts to be no-strings-attached. Not knowing who exactly your donors are means you're more free to pursue your own vision rather than someone else's. The idea is that you're being productive on your own terms, and "society"
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Good to hear from someone with experience, thanks.
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    by whit537 14y ago

    They're a YC company (W11 iirc?), and yes, the Community Page is the best source of info at present: https://www.balancedpayments.com/community That page was put up in the past week or so, and the whole thing was rebranded from PoundPay a
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Also, I did have a "real merchant account" with FirstData when I was with FeeFighters, and I kept getting stupid opaque fees. The new wave of companies abstracting away that bullshit has not arrived too soon, imo. I've got a conversation go
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    by whit537 14y ago

    I'm at 2.9% + $0.30 with balanced. Can I really get 1.9% + $0.20 somewhere? For what minimum volume? Of course, the fact that Balanced is contributing significant code and momentum to Gittip also has to be accounted for.
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    by whit537 14y ago

    I'm on my third payment processor. I started with FeeFighters' Samurai product but got burned pretty bad: http://blog.gittip.com/post/25565694263/how-not-to-get-acqui... I migrated to Stripe, who have an awesome product, but they asked me
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Ticketed with comments: https://github.com/whit537/www.gittip.com/issues/196
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Could be some truth to this, especially after raising the minimum.
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    by whit537 14y ago

    Thanks for pushing through. I'll be more careful next time.