Will McChesney

@Harvard @QuincyPenguins ’14, Econ/CS. Now @SquareEng. I like to think, make, grow.

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

Super excited to be joining @Square today, and for the challenges that await me/us in the months ahead. [email protected]

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@Austen AFAIK the original Square (then called Squirrel) stack was Python, built on Google App Engine (yes - proto-cloud!), with @jack contributing code.

Original API was even taking (but erroring) requests as recently as 2014 (Square founded 2009): https://t.co/2B9E1jDt5m

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

Query @Square’s original API. (Via @JakeWharton.) curl -X POST -d '' https://t.co/DaIAUZ0Ozh

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@Rich_Harris @united Neither @OTGexp (who operates the card reader) nor @United charge for electricity at @EWRairport. I used such a plug for free this week!

The card reader is for purchases made at the adjacent PLAY/DRINK/EAT iPads, which are annoying in their own way [+ cropped out of orig pic].

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@wesyang The problem is that different uses of laptop consume wildly different amounts of power. You should be shaming power-draining apps+websites. Not shaming laptop manufacturers.

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@tolmasky +1. Can we imagine anyone who actively wants an “amazonbasics” badge on their Ethernet cable?

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@jeeyoungk Same. My theory here: 1) I use them just too infrequently to retain + 2) I rely too much on copy/paste/cmd history when I do use them.

Good use case for @exec_prog, which schedules review of basic lang concepts for when it thinks you’ll forget them. (Your langs not yet avail.)

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@gokulr In capitalist Hong Kong Feb 15, I saw retailers selling hand sanitizer at ~3x markup (80 HKD/10.50 USD for 250 mL).

Box of masks also available for 32 USD.

It was drawing curious crowds because nowhere else had the stuff in stock.

#SupplyAndDemand

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@SlackHQ Don’t y’all know Slack etiquette? For reference: https://t.co/jM40oTqDFi

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

Employers are legally required to create a workplace free from harassment and discrimination.

But what about VCs? Independent contractees?

@ginnyfahs argues the law needs to expand to these non-traditional models + in the meantime pushes VCs to share policies via #MovingForward

[Ginny Fahs @ginnyfahs]

The fight for entrepreneurs opens the door for any worker who doesn’t fit traditional employment models to be protected from harassment and discrimination.

It's time to start #MovingForward

https://t.co/07UNQKbjsr

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@window Very excited to have you with us, welcome!

[Window Snyder @window]

I started a new role at Square a couple weeks ago. Very excited to join the team!

[alokmenghrajani @alokmenghrajani]

Square’s Bitcoin Cold Storage Solution is now opensource! https://t.co/IpyneBAP4d

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

I witnessed a crypto ceremony conducted by @alokmenghrajani, and this is our attestation:

c13af4d4 477f66e7 53f25d51 1b6c4624
9f20f79a f63c20d8 c64e34c9 df90441b
0bf89ae2 8c05d71c 4ae9cb82 e0a3aa4d
41e99666 c54261a9 b0b75f6a 5c455436

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

Uber lead trial council González: “Your honor, want to disclose Uber SSG did engage in a practice known as ‘reverse engineering.’ Won’t burden you with the details because I don’t understand them myself. Apparently another technical term is ‘API scraping.’” [quotations rough]

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

4)Must Waymo prove unjust enrichment?Or enough to prove trade secrets acquired? Allsup intuition: acquisition enough for injunction but not damages, but invites arguments citing decision by judge/commentary by state legislature.CACI (California Civil Jury Instructions) not enough

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

3)Disclosure by Arturo González (Uber lead trial council) that he+6 other MOFO partners were forwarded Jacobs’ non-37pg resignation letter, though he claims not to recall/have seen it. Chuck Duross/Stacey Sprenkel (also MOFO) may have seen Jacobs’ 37pg demand letter then (April!)

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

2) Was Uber witholding evidence by not handing over Jacobs’ 37-pager? They claim it was outside of agreed upon params (keywords, doc “custodians,” etc.). “Special Master” Cooper, a distinguished-looking neutral party appointed by Judge Allsup, will decide. https://t.co/OXxYd384xW

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

Main developments: 1)Uber contends that Waymo is hypocritical for calling out Uber’s use of ephemeral messaging when Google uses GChat/Hangouts OTR mode, and Uber wants to question ex-Googlers now at Uber about Google policy, to support this point. Waymo objects, Allsup overrules

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

At #WaymovUber, talk of terabytes of messages on “the server” at Uber. Apparently “the cloud” hasn’t arrived yet. Get on the buzzword train, y’all.

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

@kateconger I understood that Chuck Duross (MOFO DC) and Stacey Sprenkel (MOFO SF) had Jacobs’ 37pg demand letter in April, but I may have misheard. Separately, D. forwarded Jacobs’ non-37pg resignation letter to 7 partners at firm, including Arturo González (MOFO, Uber lead trial council)

[Will McChesney @wmcc_]

The firm representing Uber was literally referred to as “MOFO,” Morrison Foster. https://t.co/Y336L2Jqez