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chadkruse

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About chadkruse

Technology and philanthropy...not necessarily in that order.

Contact details at www.chadkruse.com

Recent public activity

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    Who is going to be the first to submit the Pull Request? :) https://github.com/PineappleFund/pineapplefund.github.io

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    Comment #15918113

    Took a deep dive yesterday comparing a few tagging/classification algorithms to the Google Cloud Natural Language and AWS Comprehend APIs, and I have to say I'm impressed. I've bee…

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    Comment #10953650

    You might be able to pull off the payments side using cryptocurrencies. Check out the CharityCoin directory for Bitcoin addresses: https://github.com/charitycoin/directory . You al…

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    Comment #10890147

    @pc - curious if you have plans to integrate ACH into your Checkout product. Seems like an incredibly difficult UX problem, but I'm sure your folks are up to the challenge :)

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    Comment #10858749

    +1 for Github Pages and Mailchimp (or even TinyLetter). If you're looking for pre-built themes, my go-to source is http://html5up.net/ . Good luck!

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    Comment #10851041

    If Chrome, you may be thinking about HackerNew: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...

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    Comment #10830923

    Good start. Couple of quick thoughts: I agree with others the look and feel can be improved. A great solution to that problem is the open source project JSONResume [0] and its brot…

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    Comment #10822673

    This is a fantastic idea @trevyn, love it! Reminds me a bit of the Awesome Foundation [0], a community of independent chapters around the world that give $1k to interesting people …

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    Comment #10642284

    HashtagCharity is a good source of dev-centric volunteer opportunities ( https://hashtagcharity.org/ ). If you don't mind wading through non-tech opportunities, you might get lucky…

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    Comment #10577709

    YC-funded Kimono Labs might have the SEC API covered: http://blog.kimonolabs.com/2015/04/27/unlock-sec-data-sec-ap...

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    Comment #10577635

    In case anyone happens upon this in the future, I was missing one: W15 SIRUM

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    Ask HN: Full list of YC nonprofits – who am I missing?

    I'm putting together a list of all the YC nonprofits but couldn't find a reliable source. If I'm missing anyone in the list below, please do let me know. Thanks! S15 New Story SunF…

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    Comment #9469297

    The short story is you're likely looking for a payroll provider that offers an "internationally-based employee" feature, but (correct if I'm wrong payroll SaaS service providers!) …

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    Comment #9300677

    Here's a reasonably recent list of production Meteor apps: http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-use-Meteor-in-production IMHO, one of the often overlooked use cases for Meteor is ra…

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    Comment #9265875

    I'm simply suggesting people are good at filling in the blanks. And yes, anyone with a manager like the one you describe should absolutely run for the hills :)

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    Comment #9259741

    As a manager I love seeing people have side projects. I've also learned it's pretty easy to figure out where their priorities lie. So, I think letting them know is generally a good…

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    Comment #9219531

    Anyone happen to know the other two nonprofits besides http://democracyos.org/ ?

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    Comment #9195536

    A direct answer to your question is 'anything is possible these days', but I'd like to leave you with a quick thought: Stop trying to >[come] up with a business model for the inves…

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    Comment #9172182

    GroupTalent ( https://grouptalent.com/welcome/ ) used to be circling around a similar pain point (helping co's hire teams of developers that have worked together in the past). Have…

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    Comment #9111027

    In my past experience with hiring the first few engineers at tiny startups, I viewed Github profiles valuable for the same reason Facebook, Stripe, et al didn't need product manage…

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    Ask HN: Launching soon email capture – anyone using Twitter as an alternative?

    Instead of the standard Mailchimp/LaunchRock 'launching soon' email capture form, we're considering using Twitter as a substitute (e.g. 'Stay up to date on our launch by following …

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    Comment #8848558

    I haven't checked in quite some time, but AngelList used to do a great job at this.