satyamag | 14 years ago | on: Fight against Corruption in India using technology
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satyamag | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to accept payments online?
Also stripe seems to be US only as well. As are most of these new payment gateway solutions.
satyamag | 14 years ago | on: Ask HN: Best way to accept payments online?
It depends on which country you are in and what platform you are using I suppose. If it's in the US then Braintree is a good and easy to setup payment system. I haven't personally used it but have heard about their ease of setup. Of course, you could use paypal if you are elsewhere but you might have to spend some effort setting it up.
satyamag | 14 years ago | on: Show HN: Denso - An Instapaper for Video
Yes they do, but Denso allows you to bookmark across a lot more sources and they also allow you to get your bookmarked videos onto any iOS device using a custom podcast.
satyamag | 15 years ago | on: Help make our fridge less sad (sticker appeal)
I will send a sticker across soon! You're right. That thing needs some love.
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In addition, we believe there are people in the administration who want to change things. To cite a success story for http://ipaidabribe.com/, a similar website
"Several government officials at different levels, some of them horrified at finding their department high up on the list of bribe-takers, have contacted Janaagraha and asked for its help in building better structures. One was a commissioner of a transport department, who realized that he could reduce corruption by minimizing the number of touchpoints between citizens and officials."
(taken from http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/indian-website-uncover...)
That said, this is an experiment. It will take some time before we can gauge the success of our initiative.