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Community outreach is a good thing (tm) but I see now way any sane/experienced business person would pay a million dollars for this.
In turn, drivers who earn > $30k should provide their HST number to Uber, and Uber should be billed HST in remittances.
In turn, drivers can write off HST paid on all business-related expenses.
Yay, Value Added Taxes.
Please, help me explore how this is significantly different than the Russia vs US election issue on the other side of the pond.
In terms of how to get going, here are a few useful links:
First, a feasibility study: http://help4nonprofits.com/NP_START_IsItFeasible_Art.htm
Next, a board: https://www.thebalance.com/importance-of-nonprofit-first-boa...
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Everyone goes to the mall, not to shop, it would seem, but to use the free wifi and bask in the comfort of free aircon.
Captive portals are here to stay in places around the world, and like it or not, they are a widely used solution that is not going away any time soon. I for one applaud the author of this website's attempts to shine light on the problem of authenticating to this network type.
I was a sysadmin with various ISPs in various countries for 15 years before I "turned to the dark side". I'd been using Ruby for a few years with Puppet and Chef, and after dealing with one too many "flaky coders", I picked it up.
I have to say, coding is far more enjoyable, though both come in handy in my day-to-day life.
It sounds like you've dealt with a few "BOFH" sysadmins. Don't worry, we're not all like that, and those that have been on both sides of the team will probably see your way.
Tell your boss I'm available (remotely), by the way ;)
* allow true multicurrency operation - a Stripe client in any country should be able to accept funds in any currency Stripe supports.
Case in point, as a Canadian, I can accept only USD or CAD. But I have clients in the UK, and am stuck using Paypal to accept GBP directly.
All I know is I'm getting 50% less battery time this week.
Oh, and sqllite-ruby seems to be a bit grumpy.
Warning - it can be tough reading (and not in the usual scholarly sense, either!) as the author definitely had his own "style". Also it's written from a Canadian point of view, though the concepts are universal. (ie - Americans shouldn't automatically dismiss the link.)