tomahony

Are there any other EU Stripe users with Ltd. Company accounts?

I was trying to sign up and noticed that I was required to connect with either a Google+, Facebook, AngelList (?) or LinkedIn account to "verify my identity".

After getting in touch with their support to inform them that I didn't have any of these accounts I was told it was a new requirement introduced to "help avoid fraud" and that I wouldn't be able to activate without it.

Am I missing something or is this a totally redundant requirement? I can't fathom how this prevents fraud and I think it's crazy to require business customer to provide these connections when they have access to government documents that would easily verity identity

Maybe there is somebody here who could help me clarify licensing laws. I am interested in finding some old video footage (short clips of cartoons, dancing etc. from < 1970) that I can use commercially, i.e. they will be a part of a resold product

I have looked on popular video stock footage sites like Pond5.com but from what I understand, their license won't allow you to modify or resell the video footage (I'm open to correction here).

I presume I should be looking for public domain material in which the copyright has expired. How can I find this and how can I be sure the copyright has indeed expired and I am ok to use it?

This is probably a question best posed to freelancers; when you are working for clients, how do you track what will eventually become the line items in your invoice? Or maybe you don't include a detailed breakdown of tasks completed in invoice? If you don't, why not?

For example, as a web developer I was finding that when it came to invoicing a client (every 2/4 weeks) I would have a big empty expensive invoice with no indication of what was done. I first tried to simply log manually the tasks that I finished and on what date but I invariably forgot to add them sometimes. I then started using my git commit log to get an overview of what I did in a days work for a client. I use these commit messages to create an invoice with each line item containing the relevant commit messages for each day.

Is this an issue for anyone else? If not, why not? If so, how do you deal with it?

I'm looking into upgrading my Netgear ReadyNAS duo to something with more HDD bays (>= 4) as well as something more flexible to aid my move away from the cloud.

My main requirements are:

- A backup destination (timemachine/rsync) - A shared file storage space - Run a development environment (web development) - Ability to run a few other servers; gitlab, media, torrents

I was thinking of getting a HP proliant server and running freenas or something similar but the cost stacks up quite quickly. The alternative is to go with a more powerful small-office NAS.

What do people here use at home/small office?