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dpieri

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About dpieri

Trying to improve the marijuana buying experience.

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    Hivemapper | San Francisco (Burlingame) | ONSITE Hivemapper uses machine vision to transform airborne video into a high definition living 3D map providing the world’s most importan…

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    Comment #10307164

    It appears a stay has been issued by the Governor: https://twitter.com/grahambrewer/status/649327710699831296

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    Comment #10288843

    Like the Amazon Dash Button, this is a great reminder of how hardware is still useful in the age of touchscreen interfaces.

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    Comment #10205129

    As a CMU grad it was kind of a gut punch when I heard about this. However, I'm confident that the CMU robotics program will be just fine in the long run. The thing that worries me …

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    Comment #9357278

    Yeah, he's right. Lots of dispensaries take credit cards. Most do by flying under the radar or just lying on their application. Some merchant services providers are willing to work…

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    Comment #8644835

    Thanks for the encouragement!

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    Comment #8644763

    Absolutely! We have our eyes on topicals, edibles, and concentrates. That's really where the market is moving. Look out for an edibles only Marvina box soon! Until then I'd recomme…

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    Comment #8644117

    We believe that cannabis should be taken as seriously as any other business. Hopefully soon this won't be a topic that people are afraid to bring up in polite company.

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    Comment #8643978

    Correct. You also have to be there because only the person with the doctor's recommendation can accept the delivery.

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    Comment #8643948

    Thanks for the encouragement! If only we could use Stripe! Unfortunately marijuana is specifically mentioned in their list of prohibited businesses: https://stripe.com/us/prohibite…

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    Comment #8643884

    Well that's certainly a concern. We hope that everything about the experience will make people want to stick with it. Even if you are educated about marijuana strains its a better …

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    Comment #8643845

    Yes cash-only for now. We've considered Bitcoin but unfortunately all of the popular Bitcoin payments companies don't work with marijuana businesses.

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    Comment #8643826

    Try it out and let me know what you think! dane at marvina dot com

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    Comment #8643822

    We created Marvina for people who don't enjoy picking strains each month. Unless you are fairly knowledgable choosing from the hundreds of strains on the market can be overwhelming…

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    Comment #8643802

    Please try it out and let us know what you think! It's cash only right now so if you don't like it you don't even have to remember to cancel before your card gets charged.

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    Comment #8643753

    With the Marvina brand we wanted to stay away from traditional marijuana stereotypes. We want to create something more inclusive than the vibe that most current marijuana businesse…

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    Comment #8643650

    It's not very hard. In California a doctor can give you a recommendation for any condition for which marijuana may be helpful. This includes things like stress, anxiety, insomnia..…

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