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- There are over 900 regional MLS providers each with different schemas.
- You use RETS, a complicated, non web standards interface for downloading data.
- MLS data is plagued with errors and denormalized data making queries difficult.
Data management. 1) Cleaning the data as it comes in rather than in batches so we can use it sooner, invalid data is discarded, outlier detection, normalizing inputs etc.... 2) Warehousing of the data with proper indexes so you can perform some advanced queries on unstructured data 3) Some data is sent in bulk at the end of day, some of the data is streamed in fire hose style. How can we preprocess the fire hose data…
Will hedge funds take such a huge risk of using 3rd party centralized (or centrally developed) data management system?
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I have devoted 10 years to game content distribution, packing, compression etc. (Now not in gamedev anymore) This is a very easy problem which usually solved by attaching fairly simple script which is aware of your file formats to any commercial installer system. Some companies are even selling more or less standard solutions for that, but in reality from any given 1000 games 900 will have very different data formats…
I think the "900 different data formats" problem is something that will go away as we move towards better tools which cover all the standard use cases. Gamedev is riddled with really smart people that reinvent the wheel all the time because they found a way to micro-optimize this or that. They get to do this because until recently, there was no "good enough" solution for a wide range of games (or the "solution" was p…
And compare, say, to simple incremental zips of Quake with alphabetic file loading order.. Total no-brainer to implement and use. (I have even seen zips with custom LZMA compression!)
So, if any, someone will have to solve a problem of artificially created obstacles, not a problem per se.
Normally I live in China, and rarely eat western breakfast. Recently I returned to Australia to spend some Christmas time with my extended family. A few mornings ago, I put some real bread I cut from a sourdough loaf in a toaster. Due to its irregular size, when it popped it didn't pop out completely, resulting in a sort of "toaster is too hot to insert fingers, toast is too hot to hold, toast is ready, find metallic…
Cut thinner slices; the toaster doesn't need 'fixing'.
A small team could easily collaborate with some law firm (maybe take an investment from a few law firms), and create some very valuable software.
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Will hedge funds take such a huge risk of using 3rd party centralized (or centrally developed) data management system?
Provided they can deploy the 3rd party solution onsite (aka "on premise"), this wouldn't be seen as a "huge risk".
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Too much inertia on the provider side for this to catch on and reach critical mass - many septuagenarian sole practitioners out there using paper diaries / files, and larger organisations with some monstrosity written in COBOL (or MUMPS?) that will never change to accommodate this. I'd suggest something much more low-tech - a website where you can punch in all your details - insurance, allergies, medical history, etc…
I'm probably bias because I've lived in two areas now where healthcare is one of a few, if not the, major industry in the area. They're always trying out new apps and services here. I am on board with what you're saying; an escape hatch for non- or semi-adopters. Obviously, printing is a way to go, so maybe on the mobile app, the ability to check each piece of information required then export/email to your preferred…
It's actually a pretty good solution for ad-hoc "working together" with someone (a lawyer / architect / whatever) on a project, where you have lots of files you need to share and refer to during the project.
This is still a big problem in tech industry.
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I have devoted 10 years to game content distribution, packing, compression etc. (Now not in gamedev anymore) This is a very easy problem which usually solved by attaching fairly simple script which is aware of your file formats to any commercial installer system. Some companies are even selling more or less standard solutions for that, but in reality from any given 1000 games 900 will have very different data formats…
I think the "900 different data formats" problem is something that will go away as we move towards better tools which cover all the standard use cases. Gamedev is riddled with really smart people that reinvent the wheel all the time because they found a way to micro-optimize this or that. They get to do this because until recently, there was no "good enough" solution for a wide range of games (or the "solution" was p…
But I'm a huge fan of irrlicht 3d.no idea why no one uses it?
You could then devote so much more time on ideas...
Semi-related... I work in wellness and healthcare. I don't know about you, but I despise filling out the same forms over and over again when seeing new healthcare providers. I'd love to start a service modeled after granular smartphone permissions where (a) I check in at a new office (scan a code, they scan my code, beacon, something like that) (b) the office then requests x, y, and z information (c) a push is sent t…
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