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by ncd 9y ago
Totally agree about open data and we actually do integrate with a large number of systems via http://www.open311.org/ , an open standard built by cities and vendors working together.
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by ncd 9y ago
Most of what you describe takes place at the state and federal level, but not local. In fact, discretionary funds are plentiful in our target market—people are often shocked to learn that we've never run into price objections when sell
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by ncd 9y ago
Just noticed this went up! Happy to answer any questions about what we're doing, or more importantly, how the amazing folks in local government are performing their jobs. Also, I noticed the article doesn't link to our site, so h
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Seneca Systems is hiring in eng/sales/ops to make awesome products for cities
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by ncd 9y ago
Postgres also has the citext column type to make this a snap. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/citext.html
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by ncd 10y ago
This looks awesome (although I think the name could use a little work). It also brings up a question I have for HN: Every few years, I make an attempt to learn to use one of the classic editors like vim or emacs, and inevitably give up afte
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by ncd 10y ago
This page has more info about case management in Romulus: https://www.romuluscrm.com/centralize.html
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by ncd 10y ago
Seneca Systems | Redwood City, CA | ONSITE If you want to... * Work on the platform local governments use to manage their city services * Solve interesting problems that are having a daily impact on the way communities function * Work at a
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by ncd 10y ago
> even more unethical and sketchy That's quite the stretch, and I'm even one of the commenters in your linked thread who used to work there. Gusto has made some mistakes on the employee equity side, but, with a few exceptions,
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by ncd 10y ago
I suggest reading http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill for a pretty good overview of the arguments in favor of the existence of "free will" (which itself has many definitions). Which isn't to say y
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by ncd 10y ago
Michael was one of our group partners during S16, and I cannot think of a person better suited for this position than him. He consistently demonstrated the ability to cut through all of the nonsense founders tried to use to defend their act
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by ncd 10y ago
If you want to: * Work on the platform local governments use to manage their city services * Solve interesting problems that are having a daily impact on the way communities function * Work at a company dedicated to upholding strong values
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by ncd 10y ago
If anyone else is interested in learning more about this, I just finished a fantastic book that covers it in some detail. https://www.amazon.com/How-Scots-Invented-Modern-World/dp/06...
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by ncd 10y ago
I thought it was incredibly valuable, but exhausting at the same time. Usually, meetings like this would be spread out over days and weeks, giving you a chance to recover from each pitch. This was relentless: the same questions every 20 min
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by ncd 10y ago
Correct--these things are spelled out in the Stock Purchase Agreement each employee is given. I can tell you, however, that all limits imposed are spelled out clearly in that document, and not hidden in our bylaws. But you're right--we
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by ncd 10y ago
They do, and this Agreement specified that the ROFR was the only practical limit on transfers. Indeed, the sale passed the scrutiny of outside attorneys who looked at all documents that had been given to the employees. It wasn't until
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by ncd 10y ago
Precisely--this is the exact reason that ROFRs exist. They make sure that a company has the option of keeping its cap table clean in the event of a sale by an employee. What these companies want is to have their cake and eat it too: prohibi
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by ncd 10y ago
In the case @tyre mentioned above, the number of owners on the cap table would have actually been reduced during the sale, not increased. The problem is not with the spirit under which that clause was added to the company's bylaws--the
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by ncd 10y ago
It's a function that takes a String and returns a new function which takes a String and returns a String. All functions in Haskell/Elm are arity 1. So in order to construct functions that accept more than one argument, you actual
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Dear Gusto, Mission Is More Than Marketing(medium.com)
3 points by ncd 10y ago|0 comments
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by ncd 10y ago
In addition to the other comments, I would also note that it's untrue that Rockefeller started doing philanthropic work as "atonement" for his business practices. Even as a young man just getting his start as a bookkeeper at
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by ncd 11y ago
That's true if you try to sell into the municipalities via the RFP process. However, we sell directly to the departments who will be using our software. We've met with great success doing it this way. In fact, we managed to close
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The future of Crystal(crystal-lang.org)
1 points by ncd 11y ago|0 comments
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by ncd 11y ago
Can you tell me more about how you're working with Postgrest? It looks really neat, but I haven't heard from anyone using it.
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by ncd 11y ago
Is there a specific place where I would go to flag things like this? Sounds like an interesting little project to build.
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by ncd 11y ago
We don't find this to be true at the local level. Our customers are cost-sensitive, and we find the time savings our product provides to be a major selling point. We haven't done any work yet at the state or federal levels, so may
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Show HN: Color Alchemy, my game labor of love(itunes.apple.com)
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Show HN: Color Alchemy, my first foray into game making(itunes.apple.com)
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by ncd 14y ago
No, it's not too poetic--it strikes just the right chord and really resonated with me. Wealthy patrician Romans used to keep busts of their ancestors in a hallway in the entrance to their home to keep them (and their guests) reminded about