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Re:Show HN: Pluto – In-browser spatial video chat on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:36PM (#25864623)

10/10 idea & execution. 1/10 logo seems a bit... too similar to Apollo GraphQL. Down to the font selection?

Graph search for TWTR. Filter by interests, location, etc.

Posted by mschonfeld on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @11:42AM
from the socialrank.com dept.

https://www.socialrank.com

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Re:How To Judge a Hackathon – Finding the Chosen One on Thursday May 15, 2014 @05:50PM (#7752456)

Now if only we could force all hackathon judges to read this...

Thoughts On Braintree + PayPal Alliance (From Someone In The Payments Space)

Posted by mschonfeld on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:53AM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/62719214988/thoughts-on-braintree-paypal-alliance-from-someone

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The Wide Spectrum of Being A Slave To Your Email

Posted by mschonfeld on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @10:14AM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/60843734841/the-wide-spectrum-of-being-a-slave-to-your-email

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Raising Money From Top Tier VC Firms Means Less Than You Think

Posted by mschonfeld on Wednesday July 17, 2013 @11:17AM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/55694706169/raising-money-from-top-tier-vc-firms-means-less-than

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A Case For Immigration Reform: How Beckett Simonon Built A US Co Outside The US

Posted by mschonfeld on Thursday June 20, 2013 @11:33AM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2013/06/20/a-case-for-startup-immigration-reform-how-beckett-simonon-built-a-us-company-outside-the-us/

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Re:Dwolla Raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @03:57PM (#5634522)

Right... I've been working with the BitInstant guys to bring back Dwolla support, and make it better than before :)

Re:Dwolla Raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @03:30PM (#5634382)

Dwolla never had native support for bitcoin transactions. We've always been used as a gateway between USD -> BTC by exchanges such as MtGox, BitInstant, etc.

This is still the case, and is still very much possible and active.

Dwolla Raises $16.5M from Andreessen Horowitz

Posted by mschonfeld on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @01:12PM
from the blog.dwolla.com dept.

http://blog.dwolla.com/coast-to-coast-with-andreessen-horowitz/

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Zombies of the Tech World: The VC Brain Drain

Posted by mschonfeld on Thursday April 11, 2013 @11:47AM
from the self-post dept.

http://onforb.es/XuqzwS

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Re:Is Your Bank Open Today? (GUI & API for checking if banks are open) on Monday April 01, 2013 @06:11PM (#5476280)

Oops :) Sorry guys. Should've mentioned its US only...

Re:Is Your Bank Open Today? (GUI & API for checking if banks are open) on Monday April 01, 2013 @06:11PM (#5476279)

Ahahahahahaha... Wtf?! I've never had that happen before...

Re:Is Your Bank Open Today? (GUI & API for checking if banks are open) on Monday April 01, 2013 @03:09PM (#5475200)

It's sort of a joke for April Fools day. I have a very strange sense of humor...

Is Your Bank Open Today? (GUI & API for checking if banks are open)

Posted by mschonfeld on Monday April 01, 2013 @02:59PM
from the ismybankopentoday.com dept.

http://ismybankopentoday.com/

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Taking the Leap: From Banking to Tech

Posted by mschonfeld on Monday March 25, 2013 @09:19AM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/46247758456/taking-the-leap-from-banking-to-tech

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Can You Trust An Early-Stage VC With a HIR and EIR?

Posted by mschonfeld on Thursday March 21, 2013 @10:35AM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/45913644960/can-you-trust-an-early-stage-vc-with-a-hir-and-eir

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Dwolla extends Guest Send API, introduces multi-facilitator feature

Posted by mschonfeld on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:45AM
from the blog.dwolla.com dept.

http://blog.dwolla.com/guest-send-even-better/

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How Doctors Die

Posted by mschonfeld on Sunday January 06, 2013 @01:25PM
from the thehealthcareblog.com dept.

http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/08/06/how-doctors-die/

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2012 in America: the year in review [Awesome usage of CSS3]

Posted by mschonfeld on Friday December 21, 2012 @12:29PM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/dec/21/2012-america-year-review

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Dwolla launches referral program

Posted by mschonfeld on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @03:42PM
from the blog.dwolla.com dept.

http://blog.dwolla.com/refer/

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Deposit + Withdraw form bank: Now part of Dwolla's API

Posted by mschonfeld on Monday December 10, 2012 @12:06PM
from the blog.dwolla.com dept.

http://blog.dwolla.com/deposit-withdraw-api/

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Are QR Codes Making a Comeback? ..An Interview with Scan's founder Garrett Gee

Posted by mschonfeld on Thursday December 06, 2012 @10:47AM
from the forbes.com dept.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alextaub/2012/12/06/qr-codes-are-dead-long-live-qr-codes-a-conversation-with-scans-founder-garrett-gee/

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Re:The Old MacDonald Hackathon on Monday November 12, 2012 @01:27PM (#4774014)

That's totally your up to you... We'll give it to you anyway you want it.

Why is Instagram's new profile page CSS file > 130kb?

Posted by mschonfeld on Thursday November 08, 2012 @10:19AM
from the d36xtkk24g8jdx.cloudfront.net dept.

http://d36xtkk24g8jdx.cloudfront.net/bluebar/78d0f4a/cache/profile/profile-main.css

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Dealing With Jerks

Posted by mschonfeld on Wednesday November 07, 2012 @02:38PM
from the alexstechthoughts.com dept.

http://alexstechthoughts.com/post/35214129552/dealing-with-jerks

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Re:Dwolla launches MassPay - Free Bulk Payments on Monday October 22, 2012 @12:15PM (#4683825)

Paypal only lets you send in up to 250 rows, right? We've set that to 2,000 - and also uncap it for trusted users... At 250 records, the fee difference might not be much, but at 2,000 - it can quickly add up to a nice sizable sum, don't you agree?

Re:Dwolla launches MassPay - Free Bulk Payments on Monday October 22, 2012 @12:03PM (#4683756)

No no, it was actually sincere. I think that the UK's financial ecosystem is far more advanced than ours in the US... Money transfers are faster, more secure, and there's more of a general sense of progress...

Re:Dwolla launches MassPay - Free Bulk Payments on Monday October 22, 2012 @11:52AM (#4683686)

If only the US banking system was as advanced as Europe's...

Re:Dwolla launches MassPay - Free Bulk Payments on Monday October 22, 2012 @11:45AM (#4683647)

There are a few services like this out there, but they use the "old rails" (e.g Paypal, ACH, etc), and they charge fees per batch, as well as per transaction. So yes, there are similar things, but all of them are wildly more expensive...