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by bfstein 2y ago
We use Sphere ( https://www.getsphere.com ), and it’s the only good solution I know of for international VAT that handles everything end-to-end (registration, calculation, filing, and remittance). We use Stripe Billing, and we a
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by bfstein 5y ago
Yes – United used to be owned by Boeing. The Air Mail Act banned common ownership of manufacturers & airlines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_Airlines
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by bfstein 6y ago
I totally agree with the request for a lightweight DB out of box.. There is https://easydb.io which is nice and works OK with Retool but is NoSQL.. an equivalent for a relational DB would be great.
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by bfstein 6y ago
Hi – yeah, it's a very early beta, but it's fully functional, and you should be able to use it on your site. If you'd like, I'm happy to set some time to help you get it set up and test. My email is ben.stein@getjensen.c
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by bfstein 6y ago
Hi HN, we love the Superhuman mail client and in particular think that their command+k feature is really helpful to new and power users alike. So we built Actionbar to let any website add that feature in 3 lines of code :)
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Show HN: Actionbar – Add a Superhuman Actionbar to any site(actionbar.co)
3 points by bfstein 6y ago|3 comments
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by bfstein 9y ago
My guess is they forced password resets on those users whose passwords were compromised.
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by bfstein 9y ago
The 20 days bit is standard in termination for cause. You need to give the employee a chance to cure the damages before you terminate them for cause.
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by bfstein 9y ago
Uninformed speculation: maybe because the places where it's windy are not necessarily the places where it's sunny (and vice versa).
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by bfstein 9y ago
I'm so confused by the endgame. Why did white move its queen to F4? How did the last sequence of moves end in a stalemate?
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by bfstein 10y ago
He's saying that while it may be more difficult to change strategic direction of a $50B company (Ford/Gm/etc.), once you do, you have a huge company and giant production line behind you.
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by bfstein 10y ago
FWIW, a lot of companies have non-solications in place to try and prevent this kind of behavior. They're far from fool-proof, and there is nothing stopping an employee from leaving of their own volition, but I would guess both of them
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by bfstein 10y ago
A company is worth the percentage it captures of the value it creates. You alluded to it in your comment--Snap has a much lower headcount and an order of magnitude less operating costs, so if anything it kind of makes sense that they'd
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by bfstein 10y ago
FWIW, this is taxable by law. Gifts above a certain amount (I believe $10k) are taxed as normal income.
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by bfstein 10y ago
You can turn that off. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20141009022529-27827108-how-t...
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by bfstein 10y ago
If you check the website, you'll see they have lights built around the lens to "show friends your snapping." I imagine this was specifically built to assuage that concern.
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by bfstein 10y ago
The nuance you're missing here is that the author is always inserting at the front of the arraylist. So even though the list grows dynamically, it still needs to move every value one spot over. e.g. arraylist: [0][1][2][3][ ] Even thou
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by bfstein 10y ago
Well you're actually right, the minimum is just $0.01. It's I who stand corrected!
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by bfstein 10y ago
> Even Paypal, who ostensibly should be doing this, charges $0.30 for payments for goods and services. PayPal is doing this. At least, via their subsidiary Venmo. The first thing I thought of when you said "try sending $.001 to so
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by bfstein 10y ago
Agreed. This king/serf analogy works for any supplier/buyer relationship. King: here's some steel for you to use. ...
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by bfstein 10y ago
Why not just get protein powder? EDIT: Alternatively, you could go on http://blendrunner.com/ which gives a comparison of the various meal-replacement drinks out there.
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by bfstein 10y ago
For what it's worth, that slide comes from a presentation by a university on how to communicate with Millenials/Gen Z. http://www.slideshare.net/Ologie/engaging-and-cultivating-mi...
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by bfstein 10y ago
Whenever I see an article like this, I think of Michael Crichton's "Why Speculate." [1] It's a fantastic read, and really helps put speculative pieces like this in perspective. [1] http://larvatus.com/mic
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San Francisco’s Incredible Expanding Budget(modernluxury.com)
2 points by bfstein 11y ago|0 comments
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by bfstein 11y ago
Disclaimer: I agree with the author on the encryption debate. However, it's a slippery slope to say that encryption can't be illegal because in is math, and math can't be illegal. It's equivalent to say that making bombs
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by bfstein 11y ago
So poor communities--where crime is naturally higher in the first place--should be less well-equipped to incarcerate their own bad actors? I don't think that logic holds.
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by bfstein 11y ago
$7/user/month for team of $50/user/month for enterprise (extra admin support and training). https://open.blockspring.com/organization/setup
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Amazon Announces Launchpad, an All-In-One Marketing and Sales Portal(techcrunch.com)
10 points by bfstein 11y ago|2 comments
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Orbital Content (2011)(alistapart.com)
1 points by bfstein 11y ago|0 comments
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by bfstein 11y ago
I'm on Safari, so I don't know if that changes anything, but the UI is broken to the point of being unusable. I can't seem to click through any of my results to actual articles, and the scrolling is VERY broken.

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