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timmm

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About timmm

Founder of macgyver - API Marketplace for Developers by Developers.

https://askmacgyver.com

Recent public activity

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    Ask HN: Why haven't you implemented AI in your software yet?

    AI can perform a number of tasks more efficiently and accurately than a person. So why haven't you done it yet? (I am curious about barriers for companies to implement ML)

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    Comment #18001170

    I don't know the access to resources, sheer scale, research, and good pay would make it pretty enticing for me. But really it comes down to what you are looking for long term. Do y…

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    Comment #16471026

    Meal Replacement Companies such as Soylent will continue to experience healthy growth. Chip Manufacturers like NVDIA and AMD will continue to experience over average growth. Medita…

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    Comment #16102982

    It's sampled.

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    Comment #16102974

    > Playing fucking candy crush. This is not balanced at all. We also use it to connect, relay information, learn, translate in realtime, coordinate events and meetups...

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    Comment #13278670

    - Docker - Javascript - D3 - Node - Google Compute Engine - Google NoSQL data store,

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    Comment #12036038

    Understood, we will work on finding that info and surfacing it on the site. As far as monitoring and errors go, the program is actually hosted by us in this case. So unless the pro…

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    Comment #12034363

    Got it, we will add this information and post it when it's up.

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    Comment #12033058

    Ya Google has a counterpart product to that - https://cloud.google.com/vision/ Regardless Google and Microsoft have offered a narrow slice of what can potentially be done in this s…

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    Comment #12032256

    I just changed that to take the public key, thanks!. Users get a private and public key, the private key will work in all areas but should never be exposed. The public key can be e…

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    Comment #12032056

    >You have docs for accessing it but I can't find any for me building an api endpoint. The docs also seem to suggest I use a client library called "kittn", which I'm pretty sure is …

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    Comment #12031145

    Didn't notice the URL - I've changed it. Thanks.

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    Comment #12031018

    It shouldn't be an issue - the API currently sits on Google's Cloud Platform which provides the infrastructure and tools to scale the service. IMO Snapchat's usage of the platform …

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    Comment #12030947

    Noted - Thanks.

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    Comment #12030779

    You can demo the program, so for OCR if you want to run it against an image you can do that on the demo page. Try this and see how well it fairs - Program ID: 9t5A2G2a (General Opt…

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    Comment #12030607

    > - What separates you from existing API Marketplaces (e.g. Algorithmia) Macgyver differs from Mashape in that we host the program and actually run the program against the data (pr…

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    Comment #12030493

    > how much does Macgyver cost? Mashape takes a % of what I charge users We allow you to name your own price and that is how much you will receive from those who use your program. H…

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    Comment #12030371

    It's back up now.

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    Comment #12030368

    API went down, back up. Thanks.

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    Comment #12030348

    Thank you, we are still ironing out many of the finer details. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

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    Comment #12030346

    Thank you, will address this week.

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    Comment #12030344

    Thanks - fixed.

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