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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by jdrock »

Tichy wrote: post #182
jdrock wrote: post #157

http://www.80legs.com - web-scale web-crawling for everyone. Launched in September and growing revenue now. We've solved a lot of big data store issues in our back-end. Challenges have shifted from technical to business :) Extractiv - web-listening and content-extraction that combines semantic analysis and web-scale reach for a complete picture of what information is on the web and what the web is discussing. The cor…

While in principle I think the approach is great, I have recently learned that some of your "volunteers" are in fact people infected with spyware. Can't find the corresponding article atm, though :-(

They're not infected with spyware. Some of the computing power comes from the users of freeware applications, who are asked _during install_ if they want to enable the grid system that powers us.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by yellowbkpk »

Trying to find ways to attract more US-based mappers to OpenStreetMap.

First stop: support my buddy Lars' map rendering to get this beautiful map http://toposm.com/ma/ to cover the entire United States. Anyone out there have some spare CPU cycles and/or memory to donate for the next couple weeks?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by barmstrong »

Tichy wrote: post #182
jdrock wrote: post #157

http://www.80legs.com - web-scale web-crawling for everyone. Launched in September and growing revenue now. We've solved a lot of big data store issues in our back-end. Challenges have shifted from technical to business :) Extractiv - web-listening and content-extraction that combines semantic analysis and web-scale reach for a complete picture of what information is on the web and what the web is discussing. The cor…

While in principle I think the approach is great, I have recently learned that some of your "volunteers" are in fact people infected with spyware. Can't find the corresponding article atm, though :-(

Yeah I met these guys when they presented at Rice a while back. I can tell you they aren't doing anything with Spyware. It was actually really frustrating because they had to keep answering this question over and over.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by barmstrong »

jay_kyburz wrote: post #130

http://np.ironhelmet.com "Neptune's Pride is a multiplayer game of Strategy, Intrigue and Galactic Conquest! Neptunes Pride is real-time, but games are played over several weeks. Players log in at any time of the day to check the progress of their fleets, view the results of battles and issue new orders. Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate. It's the game you know and love with a twist. A 4x Strategy game with it's…

Lol...is that a turtle with a space helmet? Love it!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on?

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Post by andrewtj »

jaxn wrote: post #74
khandelwal wrote: post #61

I'm working on a travel website: "Planning a vacation is hard. You know where you want to go. But what should you see once you're there? Which monuments, parks, cathedrals and museums should you visit when you're there? How do you get around? My website helps you plan your vacation by providing high quality itinerary suggestions, contributed by travelers like you." I hope to do a private release at the end of this mo…

I assume you have seen http://offbeatguides.com . If not, might want to check it out.

I searched for Bangkok Thailand and found the content returned very familiar - it'd come solely from http://wikipedia.org/ and http://wikitravel.org/. The FAQ confirms that's what the site does. I won't try it again.
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