I use Dropbox Sign API, so a little fearful our private data was accessed.
API keys were leaked as part of this hack. It's unclear from press release if hackers used the API keys to access data/documents of customers.
April 24th they became aware of issue, reporting it over a week later. I'd also be curious on how long this problem went on before being detected on April 24?
I use Dropbox Sign API, so a little fearful our private data was accessed.
API keys were leaked as part of this hack. It's unclear from press release if hackers used the API keys to access data/documents of customers.
April 24th they became aware of issue, reporting it over a week later. I'd also be curious on how long this problem went on before being detected on April 24?
I suppose more will come out in the coming days...
I use ChatGPT religiously. It's not fluff - it's akin to a wheel, hammer, and other basic tool to effectively multiply my time/energy.
1) Use it to help me on a lawsuit - i.e. "in the X Act and X Regulation, does Province law require that Y... ? " and it gives me summary and gives me short-hand answer - confirms my understanding. I copied/pasted defendants Statement of Defence and Counterclaim - come up with arguments to counter their case.
2) Helps me re-write job descriptions for my team - simplifying, standardizing the format and giving me new ideas.
3) Helped me model out the IRR of a whole life insurance contract for a buddy who is an insurance broker... to help her explain technical concepts in simple terms.
4) Helped re-write and improve on sections on various legal contracts/agreements
5) Helped write a first-draft on numerous speeches - gives me new ideas, clarify my sentences as I'm not a great writer.
6) Helped me quickly understand the steel beam requirements in my house that I'm planning a reno on
7) Wrote some PHP code for our customer-facing applications (bug fixes, refactoring, too!)
8) did some business analysis - i.e. operating costs/etc and we used this analysis to expand profitably into new markets (geographically...) considering extra transportation costs, etc. (faster than going Excel)
9) sense-check financial models I build in Excel (second set of eyes)
10) Wrote some code in python for personal interest, ran successfully.
11) helped research tax implications of Canadian estate holding US real estate, and tax implications on US and Canadian beneficiaries
12) wrote an obituary. first draft, minor edits.
13) wrote a letter to counter a credit card transaction dispute (all I had to do is input a list of the transactions)
The list goes on... I just encourage people to expand the mind.
I agree. I can't take claims of consciousness/intelligence seriously but that doesn't mean I throw the baby out with the bathwater. GPT4[0][1] isn't perfect, but it's an incredibly useful tool, and I encourage everyone to experiment to figure out what it does well, and how to integrate it into your job/hobby/passion projects in the near future.
[0] I couldn't recommend earlier variants (even GPT-3.5) because they weren't powerful/reliable enough. Way too many simple mistakes to be a net positive. In my experience, GPT-4 is far superior.
[1] Applies to all LLMs, not just OpenAI's GPT-4. Everyone else is catching up quickly.
I’m going to assume you aren’t a legal expert, but you trust this thing to write legally binding contracts that may accidentally use words and phrasing that do something different than you expect?
I seriously doubt GPT understands which laws and case laws apply to which areas. It could be creating a contract that does something you don’t want or even a one that isn’t enforceable.
Pay a lawyer. There’s a lot to gain if you do and a lot to lose if you don’t.
Entrepreneur with a number of businesses and projects on the go... majority of my time is in the funeral/death care industry. What I don't outsource, I just learn and do myself. For example, saw an opportunity and had to self-teach programming to build an end-to-end death care software platform that handles 1000's of funeral arrangements each year.
I actually thought of this same thing today! Human-written content seems more lively... and with time... content from ChatGPT will become more "grey" (i.e. dull) (as more & more ChatGPT content gets fed into the system...).
I keep seeing more and more of these stories about Stripe and I can't stay quiet anymore. I know this doesn't help you now, but other payment processors are just as easy to integrate, the support is better and the fees can be much lower that Stripe. Plus you get a dedicated account manager and telephone support! I use Chase for my online payment processing - and never had a problem!
Are there any other developers out there that can weigh in on Stripe alternatives?
Based on my experience, the harder and more in depth the approval process the merchant account has, the less likely these types of problems are to occur.
Places like Stripe have a seamless sign up process and easy integration, so a lot of people like the convenience and the low "touch".
But, as someone who runs with traditional merchant accounts and such, the more "touch" and eyeballs from my merchant account provider on what I am doing makes me feel a lot more confident. Things get mentioned and suggestions get made BEFORE the money comes into the account so everything is kosher...not after the money is made.
Sometimes a little PITA upfront is worth it in the long run...
What's funny is that 8 or so years ago, stripe was the knight in shining armour that came to free.us from the clutches of PayPal and company.
They used to be the good guys, the ones who you could call and talk to. I wonder if every company is just doomed to end up like this :/
The only other business I know which is similarly "no, you are banished for life" are brokers (I work in the hedge fund industry). Someone at the brokerage has a personal issue with you or your company and thinks you have a liquidity issue, and suddenly you find your account shut.
"They used to be the good guys, the ones who you could call and talk to."
Well, "do things that don't scale", etc is the mantra around here.
Customer service with high human touch is something that really doesn't scale. I really cannot think of any large company in any industry that has got this figured out...
I've been lurking thru their Reddit and Discords for a while to identify complaining businesses. Most are dropshippers, unauthorized resellers of brand names like Nike ($100,000 fine somewhere) and malware markets. All restricted businesses.
Is there anything viable in that list for a SaaS startup? I can’t imagine any of those having the features or ease of use of Stripe, but I’d love to be proven wrong.
Not a developer, but we work with many saas software applications and ISV partners. We have a payment gateway with ACH and credit card processing capabilities. We do full underwriting with super stream lined boarding process in about 24 hours.360fivepayments.com
On the broader note (why not use Stripe alternatives), it feels similar to taking backups - many people know it's a good idea, but yet many people don't do it till they lose data. (I unfortunately also don't backup, though I do not have a lot of important material digitally to lose.)
Having put in a claim before (doctor visit / prescription), the biggest pain points were:
1) Not sure exactly what the coverage was - I basically called a 1-800 number while in the USA, and they told me the benefits, etc. While it was simple, it wasn't as transparent as I'd like... (i.e. online, brochure, etc.)
2) When I did try to put a claim in, I was diagnosed as having a pre-existing condition...before leaving Canada, and therefore denied coverage... so I was on the hook for the doctor visit / prescription myself.
That salary, after tax, will be roughly $90k/year, and the bonuses will be $8k, $7k, after taxes (assuming top-rate on these bonuses).
Rent for a 2-bed (decent, central, downtown) apartment will run you at around $2500 to $3500 / mo (30-40k/yr). Living costs otherwise are reasonable relative to your income. You probably don't need to get a vehicle straight-away, and there are some car sharing services out there (to visit far places, like Whistler, etc.).
Negotiate extended employee benefits (health / dental) paid 100% by the company (excluding long-term disability) AND negotiate the payment of Medical Services Plan (gov't fee - appx. $150 / mo for family) - which I think you have to pay if you're a resident.
So on the surface, yes... I think you'd be "comfortable", but you're not going to feel rich.
Commuting can be tough - depending on where Amazon is... if it's downtown, close to the skytrain / Canada Line, then you'll want to live in close to one of those lines. Trains are much easier (faster) to get in vs. driving. They use the same pass system like in London (tap in/out). Driving downtown from Richmond, even Burnaby for that matter is a lot of driving. Parking downtown can be $8-15/day.
In terms of house - not sure. But Burnaby is the kind of place where you could probably still rent a house with a backyard (good for kids). Craigslist is a good start for finding houses for rent, too, otherwise ask potential co-workers for some advice on finding a place. It's quite competitive in the rental market, so give yourself a month or two to find a place. Ask your employer to bridge you a month or two with a furnished rental suite. That's what I did when I first moved to Vancouver...then you aren't worried about making a commitment before living here.
As an employer, I posted a job ad a couple weeks ago, paid a few hundred dollars, and got 2 non-qualified applicants. Many of my 'connections' (friends) saw the posting and clicked the job posting...and LinkedIn reported these ads views (making me think my posting was more popular than it actually was). Needless to say, it was a learning experience and I'll be sticking to Indeed. I'd short LNKD...
I had the same problem about a year ago, then I just bought this and swapped out my existing wall switch. Beeps a warning and autocloses after a minute.
The Power BI is an incredible product - thanks for listing it here... unreal! Coming from SAP/BusinessObjects products which are generally overweight and expensive, Power BI nails it... Price is free, they offer a download for Windows, web app and appears to have a mobile app. Worth a try. In 5 minutes, I had a dashboard built out of exported data from our accounting system...
April 24th they became aware of issue, reporting it over a week later. I'd also be curious on how long this problem went on before being detected on April 24?
I suppose more will come out in the coming days..