Same here. I bought when it had just launched, wasn't complete yet and there was no mention of the license not being perpetual. Disappointing, but I did get a lot of value from it though!
For me it was mentioned, but I read on HN that the main reason for the "6 month" restriction is that the author wants to avoid complaints and reclaims in the case that he stops providing the website after 6 months. In other words: there are legal reasons why this restriction exists, but it will not be restricted to 6 months. So I trusted the HN crowd and paid the price that I considered as "a little high".
I'd renew for a month to refresh the less usual commands in a heartbeat if it was $2-3 bucks! $25 is hard to swallow.
I do feel like I got my $25 worth at the time though. It was a great way to learn and I use a lot of it daily.
I agree with you, somewhat: there is not much of a server component to this game and we should get to play it forever and ever, and it is frustrating that we didn't know for sure ahead of time this was a 6 months license only.
However, as a solo entrepreneur, I agree even more with the creator of the game. He gets to price his creation however he likes, and he probably needs to make money like the rest of us. His game teaches a super valuable skill that has saved me well over the price in typing efficiency. Again, I'm fine with the price tag. Just wish he had the option to renew for a month after the initial purchase to brush up. Probably leaving money on the table!
Beside that: For every MMOG that was stopped, there was typically lots of fan outcry and attempts to set up fan-managed servers to continue playing (often a legal grayzone). Sometimes fans even manage to convince the developers to release server code/source code: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uru:_Ages_Beyond_...
Possibly not, right? If you don't sort but instead use the machine to do the inventory of your bins, then you could have your software tell you which bins you are going to need to fulfill your orders for the day. The big "if" in that scenario is that your machine is not categorizing anymore but identifying. I don't have the experience to assess how much harder it is.
Then you'd go and pick the bins, run them through, and the machine assembles the sets from those bins.
That's similar to the way Amazon does it. Now they have the shelves on robotic trolleys that bring them directly to the packers, but that's just a required efficiency at their scale.
I guess the problem with this scheme is that you move the problem from classifying to identifying... twice. So the precision requirement goes up. I don't know how big your dataset would need to be to require minimum human intervention.
That, and you'd waste a ton of time because in such a re-run you'd be looking for a very limited number of parts from a much larger bin. So in the end you'd run around with bins rather than picking the parts from pre-sorted and binned by color and type parts. Either way it is a boatload of work.
The closest I've come to this is where you identify which sets are present in a batch by doing a trial on a sample (that's a pretty easy statistical job), and then sort directly into sets starting from the largest sets down. That way you reduce the parts count very rapidly. So, I did this for a bit and now have 18 60 liter crates of almost complete sets which all need to be manually completed and checked. Again, not profitable.
If you just want to do this to keep busy it is easy, if you want to make more than what you could make by flipping burgers it is surprisingly hard.
Ditto. I think that's definitely what would sell at the best value.
Coincidentally, it kind of simplifies the sorting problem too. Just do like Amazon and don't sort!
Instead, use the machine to figure out exactly what was in that bin you just bought. Give the bin an ID, and store it as is. Then, when putting together a set, have your software find the minimum number of bins you need to pull from to assemble the set. Run them through, and have the machine pull the parts.
This is already possible, but I'm not using it because in some trial sales I've found that sets are rather hard to sell profitably:
- the sets have to be absolutely perfect to be worth something
- you need to check to make sure all parts are present, this is hard enough for Lego which starts from known quantities and brand new parts, with second hand parts and people being ultra picky about such details as year-of-manufacture of the bricks it becomes an intractable problem.
- Rare parts are really rare. In fact, the only parts you would have to document like this are the rare ones, and 'rare' is actually one of the categories that I can sort for. This gives the option to sell only the rare parts for a certain set and to leave the bulk parts to some other method. Much easier to do that profitable.
Can you choose which sets to assemble based solely on the rare pieces you have in hand (i.e. obtained), prioritized by some notion of complexity-weighted value of the set?
Said another way, assemble sets around the rare needles you have stumbled across unintentionally while sorting the haystack.
This is a hard problem to solve perfectly. I'm still stuck at the ID verification step, after sending in my documents. Never heard back. I'm the perfect corner case though, having gotten a green card recently, left a job, moved to another state, so on so forth...
Same, I was never able to get past this point, apparently because I don't exist in Experian's system due to having no credit history. Attempts to proceed beyond have never been successful the few times I've tried since, so I've given up.
Some other resources that have served me well - not for incorporation per se, but the next few steps in setting up a healthy corporation:
- Docracy.com has some good templates (contributed by some incubator I can't recall) for bylaws, ip assignation, founder terms, terms of service and privacy policy and customer contracts, etc.
- Listing a phone number with one of the large online directories helps with various verifications (including EV SSL if you need it and facebook page)
- insureon.com to shop for insurance.
- Get bookkeeping software. Right away, and keep it up to date
I don't know why you're getting downvoted. Even though they semi-recently voted to stay in the UK, they were by far the highest area to vote "Remain" - 95.91%
My post was not bringing much to the discussion - I edited it to clarify my thinking. As British as the people of Gibraltar may feel, I don't think their patriotism will prevail over the prospect of being stuck from the main landmass by a border garded by a revengeful EU... Revengeful being the operative word, since there was always a crossing since the UK is not part of Schengen; but at least they were part of the EU.
I don't know if you have ever been to Gibraltar, but I have friends who have worked there, and the line that separates it from Spain is (always have been) really porous. If customs are implemented again it will just going back to the really good old days of smuggling.
I have no doubt things will keep chugging along, but the time and energy wasted through customs for the commuter working in Spain would be a major pain.
I worked there. The lines sometimes took hours. Saw cars dismantled trying to find drugs/tobbaco. I left after 5 months as I couldn't stand the border anymore. Sure, if you need a visa, things will be harder, but really doubt the queues will be much worse since Spanish border control most of the days are spiteful as hell
It's too early to even say that. No-one has ever left the EU before, there aren't even any rules drawn up. Absolutely possible that they could include the ability for independent regions to retain membership.
Yes there are, it's Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. Scotland, Gibraltar, or whatever other country/region, will be considered as new applications for EU membership as the previous application was by a "different" country. This was reiterated by the EU during the Scottish referendum, this is no different.
Technically, this is no different. However, in practice I can understand if EU people had a motive to try to keep member countries in one piece (Catalonia is next in line). And if EU now decides to take its gloves off, it can "easily"[1] tell that Scotland or any other part of UK is very welcome to stay in EU if they so wish. It would be interesting times on the British side of the negotiation table once Scotland, Wales, North Ireland and City of London decide to split from UK and into EU...
[1] I am no lawyer nor politician, I have no idea how easy this would be from any practical point of view
the thought of the vast majority of EU countries approving EU membership for an independent Scotland and Spain vetoing it because of implications for its internal politics is an interesting one I hadn't thought of...
Venice want to become a city-state republic again, and the Italian islands also made moves about wanting independence.
Italy is very aware of this, and in the past last time someone tried a independence stunt (some guy built a artificial island and declared independence) Italy bombed the shit out it.
Italian and Spanish "estabilishment" politicians are probably panicking now, since independence movements might consider UK leaving the EU, and the potential for Scotland to leave UK, "inspiration" to make their own moves.
Wales is little England†, the Welsh voted overwhelmingly to leave. Check the stats again. You're right Scotland and Northern Ireland though. Also the City of London is the small Square Mile at the heart of London geographic area where all the finance happens, that big round thing roughly coinciding with the M25 orbital motorway is called Greater London or just London! :)
† This is not meant as a nationalist slur, or a conflation of identities - it is meant in terms of political sentiments and voting patterns. Scotland and Northern Ireland are far more devolved.
The EU is chock full of exceptions and asterisks and different arrangements for different territories. It is completely possible that in the withdrawal negotiations Gibraltar, for instance, could end up with some kind of unique status.
Any application to the EU can be vetoed by any member state. In the case of Gibraltar, given it is seen as tax heaven and it is a well-known smuggling hotspot, I really doubt Spain will accept it as an EU member. IMHO, Gibraltar is going to really suffer from Brexit.
I think they would. From their point of view it would be an improvement over the current state of affairs. As the border controls would go down. (Even though I think that would be a remote possibility.)
Ooh, good point. Gibraltar is a very interesting case. As far as I understand, they really strongly want to stay in the UK and not join Spain, but they also really strongly want to stay in the EU, presumably because of Spain.
That's a tough one. No idea how that will turn out. In my mind, I now see lots of bits and pieces of the UK becoming parts of Scotland.
I've driven past Gibraltar. My initial intention was to go visit, but they have a significant border. The UK is outside of the Schengen area, so Gibraltar is there checking passports just like they will be in a few years when out of the EU.
From my experience so far, sending an email to Charley is essentially the same as finding the info online since he answers so quickly!
Great onboarding, I was really impressed!
Plaid provides a better verification and authentication flow.
Users authenticate with bank username and password rather than routing and account number so they don't have to hunt those down, and there are no worries about mistyping (failed ACH payments cost $4).
The bank account is verified straight away, which bypasses the microdeposits flow that takes a couple business days.
I'm working on adding ACH payments to my Stripe Connect app, and I'm planning on adding only the Plaid Link flow because the routing/account number + microdeposits flow just seems like too much of a headache.
