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gagzilla

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About gagzilla

hacker of python, go, nosql. advisor to startups in bayarea and beyond. reach out- ''.join('.com gmail @ emailg+hn'.split()[::-1])

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    I'm guessing from the AIS Vessel Tracking (mentioned in their data sources)- https://www.vesselfinder.com/realtime-ais-data

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    Comment #47705350

    Very cool! Thanks for sharing. There is also this one- https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/

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    Comment #44195800

    Same concern. Uninstalled. The other obvious concern is of not being able to test the actual app without a paid subscription. Side note- I wish the AppStore would identify apps tha…

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    Comment #44171673

    Very cool and fascinating. I wonder if there are other insights that can be drawn from what you've built. Like which two words (or such pairs) have the longest sequence of hops to …

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    Comment #42991812

    This looks really cool. A while ago I was thinking of putting together something similar but for very different reasons but this would enable bringing them to life much more easily…

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    Comment #41639185

    This is really useful! Makes it easy to feed unstructured (thoughts) into a spreadsheet for processing later on. Thanks for doing this. Are you planning on making this open-source?…

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    Comment #35505779

    Love their mistakes page- https://www.givewell.org/about/our-mistakes Most startups could learn to maintain a page like this.

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    Comment #30196040

    This is a great thread! I'm wondering if creating an ideas-people matchmaking site for it makes sense- it could be a collection of ideas along with their stage of development (idea…

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    Comment #29865432

    There are also web implementations like https://www.calormen.com/jslogo/ or https://turtleacademy.com/ which kids love to play with (and I'll admit is fun for us adults too!) The f…

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    Comment #26082896

    You can also host an event for online volunteering- eg. mapping projects. Examples- https://www.missingmaps.org/ and https://www.hotosm.org/ Most of these would show a leaderboard …

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    Comment #14805768

    These prompts can vary significantly based on the field you are working on. You should consider a way to customize these prompts that are more relevant to your field. Overall- very…

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    Comment #13543263

    Almost all such articles miss the most crucial self assessment piece- if you are married/in a relationship make sure you and your partner have a good understanding of the potential…

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    Comment #12674079

    Sometimes the best question is the simplest one. I agree the original has a lot of scope of improvements but I prefer the debate and the range of answers which wouldn't have been t…

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    Comment #11739772

    The TrumpScript is awesome :) Lots of us are pointing out what's missing, but I think there is at least two that doesn't necessarily belong in a category of programming language- p…

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    I tried clicking on this link while in India. Strangely enough, I'm getting this intriguing message- “Your requested URL has been blocked as per the directions received from Depart…

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    Comment #11222680

    If Amazon gains by providing this service to prime members then why don't they have a voice control app for iOS/Android to connect with Alexa? (not just the setup Alexa app)

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