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Post by j4pe »

Not In My Country

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http://beta.notinmycountry.org/

It's a tool for organizations to fight corruption their community. Our main deterrents are rating/ranking of public officials (think teachers & tax collectors), responsibly controlled crowdsourcing of corruption reports, and campaign pages to raise money and awareness to litigate a case or assist victims.

Currently active in Uganda, talking with organizations in Ukraine, Kenya, Nigeria, and Liberia and with major global anticorruption organizations.

If you're reading this and you know about network security and/or I2P & onion server provisioning, leave a comment, I could use your help.

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Post by kartikkumar »

satsearch: https://satsearch.co

We're building a search engine for satellite parts. Sourcing satellite parts that meet your design requirements is really painful and leads to wasted man-hours and procurement errors. With the advent of the small-satellite industry and companies like Planet Labs, Spire, Skybox Imaging etc., there's an explosion of activity in the supplier market across the world.

We're aiming to be THE place to get accurate, up-to-date information about the state of the market. We're in the process of acquiring data by on-boarding suppliers. We strongly believe that the data wants to be free, so we're going to be offering an API so the data can be embedded in engineering, procurement and market analysis tools.

We are in the process of positioning ourselves within the exciting push to open-source the space industry. Given our expertise, we're focussed on building open-source spacecraft design tools, and satsearch is a vital asset for that. If you're interested in getting involved in building FOSS for the space industry, drop me an email.

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Post by cheeaun »

HackerWeb - http://hackerwebapp.com/

I just recently launched an iOS app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hackerweb/id1084209377?mt=8 in conjunction of the web app. It's my first ever iOS app and is built with React Native.

I've also written a post on my journey in building the app: http://cheeaun.com/blog/2016/03/building-hackerweb-ios/

Here's a video preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3xDf67mjQw

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Post by vincentbarr »

bazillion wrote: post #424
vincentbarr wrote: post #403

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. This reminds me of VigLink and other players in the space that essentially sell link inventory to e-commerce companies. For example, you mention Microwave Model #3023 in a blog post, create a hyperlink, and then e-commerce companies selling Microwave Model #3023 bid on each new visit to point the destination URL to their product page.

You, my friend, are spot-on with this. It's a part of the long-term plan of PLEENQ, but requires enough market penetration to make sense.

Seems like your offering differs in that it caters to visual inventory and you can segment an image by its pixels to distinguish unique products, which is cool.

What sort of customers are using Pleenq so far?

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Post by daok »

benjismith wrote: post #406

I make a word-processor for fiction authors: http://www.shaxpir.com There's a quick walkthrough video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFG8fpYkDxA Every project includes a notebook alongside your manuscript, where you can organize all your character notes, plot outlines, etc. It's especially great for scifi or fantasy authors who do a lot of world-building. Everything is stored in the cloud and synchronized betw…

Very nice project.

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Post by kartikkumar »

brobinson wrote: post #342
cprayingmantis wrote: post #281

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Hey that's pretty awesome have you thought about applications of this tech in agriculture? Perhaps keeping an eye out on crops and trying to predict yields or crop health?

My first thought was futures trading. I've heard of people using their own private satellites to do something similar. There was a company in SF building and launching small, shoebox-sized satellites inexpensively which could be used for it.

I suspect you're referring to Planet Labs: https://www.planet.com

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Post by gxespino »

djb_hackernews wrote: post #433
gxespino wrote: post #399

http://melthq.com I'm building the API for physical gifting. Want to reward your best customers with chocolates, flowers, company swag, etc. but don't want the operational overhead? Automate making a call to Melt's API and we'll handle the buying, customizing, and logistics. The goal is to increase customer engagement, customer satisfaction, word-of-mouth growth and lifetime value.

I like this. I've thought about something similar that was more targeted at the high end market. A woman comes in to your boutique clothing store and drops $10k in your store. In the process your sales associate working with her learns she likes opera and wine. You tell [SERVICE] and they source and deliver a personalized gift according to their tastes on your behalf to show appreciation for their business. I like wh…

Thanks! Yes, I'm working with a few luxury brands as it's much easier to showcase the value of a $20-50 gift in comparison to a customer buying a $xK item

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Post by drewm1980 »

bazillion wrote: post #220

I created a completely new branch of advertising, which basically superimposes advertisements directly over images in a way that actually benefits consumers: http://pleenq.com/ . Here's a demo video (fairly old, have to still update with the latest look): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GfKBvs53Ss Say you have a picture on a blog post showing a car engine, explaining how to fix something inside of it. You could high…

It's still impossible to search for a consumer good (say, a refrigerator, or a bicycle), and quickly see what brands are available in what stores in your town, and what they have in stock. Why are so many people in advertising trying to get people to buy stuff when they are just trying to read some article on the internet, while it is still hard to actually buy stuff when you want to and your wallet is wide open?

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Post by bobwaycott »

egypturnash wrote: post #202

I recently finished a graphic novel about a robot lady dragged out of reality by her ex-boyfriend and am procrastinating on the Kickstarter for the printed version. http://egypt.urnash.com/rita/ "Seriously folks, if you haven't looked at "Decrypting Rita" yet you really ought to. Innovative, fresh, interesting, and it does my head in." - Charlie Stross (Accelerando) "Deliriously confusing and addictive... It’s kind o…

> a fantasy story about smart people making very bad relationship decisions

If only it were fantasy ...

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