she called her husband, from jail, and asked him to move them so they couldn't be used in court against her. she said "do whatever you have to do". the cops listened to the phone call, watched him load them into the car and arrested him on the drive. i think it's pretty straightforward that she was asking for his help in obstructing the investigation by hiding potential evidence against her.
fwiw, tesla, the biggest "no physical buttons" company, does not have this problem at all. it's always very responsive, window buttons always work, there's no "startup" delay at all.
so i guess the choice is between companies that do tech poorly (legacy automakers) and one that does it right but with a big touch screen.
surprisingly, it works excellent in rain. i was on the highway in florida in a torrential downpour, the kind where everyone turns their flashers on and goes 25mph. many people pulled over to wait it out. FSD handled it perfectly even though i could barely see. it did show a warning that it might be degraded due to weather, but there was no change in performance.
Hi HN - we’re building Payout.Team for freelancers, consultants, and contractors who work on projects together.
Here’s how it works: a users sends an invoice to their client, when the client pays, the funds are automatically routed to the members of the team / subcontractors. Payout.Team takes care of all the on-boarding and tax paper work for the subcontractors, including internationally.
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That's the whole point of the blockchain. Your money is sovereign. There is nobody to call when it gets stolen, but this also means that no government or bank or agency can take your money or prevent you from being paid (see Visa/Mastercard vs Wikileaks etc)
> What happens if a user uses a known password / email from the data breaches?
We are currently implementing the "have I been pwned" API to prevent users from using one of those leaked passwords.
> Can a hacker then take their funds?
Nope. The way our system works is that a new Escrow contract is deployed for every project. The Client funds that Escrow contract by sending funds from say, Coinbase, or an exchange, or a wallet they control. The private key that is derived from their password can authorize release of those funds, but only to a pre-determined address (the address of the Freelancer who did the work for the project). This restriction is codified in the smart contract itself when the Client accepts the project proposal from the Freelancer.
> How does the destination wallet / key get generated?
When you say destination, do you mean the Escrow contract, or the Freelancer's wallet?
> How do I convert to actual money?
We only support USDC right now, which is a USD-pegged stablecoin created by Coinbase, to avoid volatility. So to get from USDC to USD, you have to use an exchange like Coinbase. USDC is an ERC20 token, and we plan to support more tokens in the future.
It's an improvement for non-crypto-savvy users, because they don't have to go through the whole 12 word seed phrase process. And if they lose that phrase, they are doomed. Instead, we provide email recovery if the user forgets their password, which is how the rest of the web works.
With respect to centralization, our solution isn't very centralized. All operations are signed by the user's private key, which we do not have access to. In our implementation, there will never be funds stored in this private key. It's used for authorization to release funds from an escrow contract to a pre-determined destination (the client who performed the work).
>Instead of buying 19-month-old scooter company for $2B
Actually, Lyft has a scooter program that is the result of an acquisition.
"It wasn’t until July, when Lyft acquired Motivate, the nation’s largest bike-share operator, that the company began to send signals that it was considering joining the frenzy."
I'm really glad that this worked out for you. You have a great partner and are very lucky for that. This won't be the case for everyone that follows your path. I can't help but be reminded of this quote:
"Realize that sleeping on a futon when you're 30 is not the worst thing. You know what's worse, sleeping in a king bed next to a wife you're not really in love with but for some reason you married, and you got a couple kids, and you got a job you hate. You'll be laying there fantasizing about sleeping on a futon. There's no risk when you go after a dream. There's a tremendous amount to risk to playing it safe."