MatthewMcDonald

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by MatthewMcDonald 2y ago
Many (most?) dealerships have a policy of not accepting more than a few thousand dollars on a credit card, they don't want to pay the fee
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by MatthewMcDonald 4y ago
You can get a non-driver id card from the same department that issues driver licenses in your state
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by MatthewMcDonald 4y ago
Check out MySudo. It doesn't _forward_ the calls and texts, but you can have multiple numbers that you can call/text with from the app.
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by MatthewMcDonald 5y ago
I don't know about the bankruptcy laws, but Germany's GMBH (similar to an LLC) requires 25k in capital to get started.
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by MatthewMcDonald 5y ago
The real downside is if you say something that isn't negative, that then gets taken out of context and spun in a way that makes you a target.
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by MatthewMcDonald 6y ago
The only way to get around your dependence on OAuth connections is to migrate off of them, one at a time. My suggestion would be to get your own domain, get an email service that supports wildcard email addresses, and get a password manager
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by MatthewMcDonald 6y ago
I use them for my GitLab pipelines
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by MatthewMcDonald 6y ago
All it does is make me think that they aren't full time, and may not be committed. I also have questions about IP concerns. These may not be serious issues, and they can be easily answered, but this statement is a distraction. You want
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by MatthewMcDonald 6y ago
It's worth mentioning that this isn't just a case of people not being able to use the patch outside of AWS; the patch is actually impeding pgbouncer from implementing a similar feature: > We'd like to rewrite such features
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by MatthewMcDonald 6y ago
Signal was given $50M by Brian Acton (WhatsApp co-founder), I think they will be fine for a while.
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by MatthewMcDonald 7y ago
not to mention filing state returns
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EquipmentShare (YC W15) Is Looking for an Experienced React Native Dev(equipmentshare.com)
1 points by MatthewMcDonald 7y ago
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EquipmentShare (YC W15) Is Looking for an Experienced React Native Dev [KC/Remote](equipmentshare.com)
1 points by MatthewMcDonald 7y ago
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by MatthewMcDonald 7y ago
It's general purpose hardware; our rooms use an Intel NUC with USB camera/mic, and an iPad to control it. There's no lock in as long as you're switching to something else that uses standard stuff.
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by MatthewMcDonald 7y ago
We used appear.in for a few months, and paid for a premium "room". It was nice to just give someone a URL (no client or extension required). It could be better now, but we had a lot of problems with call quality.
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
I wonder how much of that is related to Model 3 availability. To me, a high-end 3 seems like a better buy than a lower-end S. If you expand your date selection farther back, it looks like the S price decline really started around July 2018.
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EquipmentShare (YC W15) is hiring a Senior iOS dev for robotics team (remote)(equipmentshare.com)
1 points by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
I'm not sure if it would have been better on a supported phone, but in the past year I've had good coverage with an iPhone SE on Fi in New Zealand, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
> I then spent ~1 year at a startup, as CTO - the experience sucked, and I consider it to simply be a big mistake. What about the experience sucked? What was the mistake?
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
FYI this was a credit _lock_, and not a credit freeze > Unsurprisingly, the bureaus’ use of the term credit lock has confused many consumers; this was almost certainly by design. But here’s one basic fact consumers should keep in mind ab
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EquipmentShare (YC W15) is hiring software engineers to connect construction (KC)(equipmentshare.com)
1 points by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
Perhaps I should have clarified; part of the reason that contractors can negotiate higher rates is because businesses are willing to pay more if they can avoid a long term commitment like keeping a person on as an employee. If you are a con
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
Part of the reason that contractors have a higher hourly rate is to account for the time between contracts.
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
Yes, depending on where you're from. I was raised to show up at the start time for events, this is pretty common in the Midwest. If the host is someone you know, you'll often ask if you can show up early and help prepare. When I w
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
All good points. Perhaps I read too much into the bit about them exploring the B2B space, as I see this being most useful for small businesses.
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
Taking on a contract for development that requires testing on multiple physical devices that you don't already own Using a 3D printer to prototype basic hardware at a company that doesn't expect to have more hardware products in t
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
> If you don't have the disposable cash to pay for it outright then you can't afford it anyway. You're conflating people who can't afford it with people who can afford it, but aren't certain that they want to buy
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by MatthewMcDonald 8y ago
It can lower your tax liability significantly. Mr Money Mustache has an article that covers some potential benefits: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/2016/02/10/should-you-do-you...
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by MatthewMcDonald 9y ago
EquipmentShare (YC W15) | BI, UI/UX Developers | Kansas City or Columbia, MO | ONSITE EquipmentShare's goal is to be the platform for the connected job site. We got started as an equipment rental marketplace where contractors can
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by MatthewMcDonald 9y ago
You think people have a choice? There are many areas where consumers have to choose between one crappy ISP and other even crappier options (like satellite).

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