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gregsadetsky

9,927karma·1,664submissions·November 7, 2010
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Cofounder of a web mapping startup acquired by Apple.

Received awards from the US Coast Guard and the Governor General of Canada for creating a map that helped rescue 1,700 people during Hurricane Harvey.

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Currently refurbishing laptops with robots! https://www.reviserobotics.com/ (YC W25).

Also worked on Disco, an open source self-hosting software: https://disco.cloud/

See my talk about it at the Recurse Center: https://youtu.be/z2lP7C8VT6M

And this (slightly less chaotic) Devtools FM episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr3JJpbCRP0

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And even more stuff that's wildly out of date - https://greg.technology

recent activity (1,664 total)
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please don't, but I can't stop you. :-) thanks!
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you are right - just improved this and I think it looks a lot better (deploying now) thanks!
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I considered it for a minute, but then I remembered https://xkcd.com/1138/ .. ha. but let me know if you have other thoughts about this…
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there's rate limiting so the script posted in this thread actually mostly hits 429s :-) but yeah, great pointer
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alright, I implemented a world boing counter :-) thanks for the great idea
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Yes! I've been toying with this project idea for a few ~months, trying out most of the models out there. The physics and the look of the spring would come out quite crazy looking, so I put it on …
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very good observation! just fixed and pushed
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I would love to, but iOS support doesn't seem possible - there's a trick [0] to make a hacky haptic vibration in javascript, but it doesn't work with the kinds of events here of drag&am…
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Yes, good sleuthing, that was one of the last remaining things I wanted to fix before launching. Just fixed, should be live soon.
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Make sure to unmute your device - either using the physical mute rocker on older iPhones, or by disabling Silent Mode (tap the bell in the Control Center)
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Well spotted! I'd love a synthesized version - if anyone has pointers.
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Of course! https://github.com/gregsadetsky/boing
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Oh good point sorry. If you open the Control Center (drag down from the top left, typically), there should be a bell icon..? That, or Settings -> Sounds & Haptics -> Silent Mode ?
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I got to cross something off my bucket list - I just LinkedIn message'd B. J. Novak about this.....! Thanks for digging! If anyone can find a contact for Devin Flaherty, let me know! Cheers
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The original github repo was about Google, Amazon and Bing searches all returning shirts with stripes (while these companies talk about their huge AI investments) But the correct chatgpt results are a…
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This is my ~semi annual check of whether https://github.com/elsamuko/Shirt-without-Stripes still holds up - and it does!…
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Cheers, congrats on the fast fix and congrats on the site - it's really well done and very funny!
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Someone found a "flaw" in your site and is currently spamming it to make a point... ie "TO SITE OWNER: ADD AN IP-BASED COOLDOWN TO AVOID SPAM" To the person doing this: you could h…
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There was another great satirical take on FizzBuzz which had something to do with runes and incantation and magical spells...? I sort of remember that the same author maybe even wrote a follow up? to …
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Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45984659
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