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gregsadetsky
9,926karma·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And even more stuff that's wildly out of date - https://greg.technology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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The webmaster of everynoise.com, Glenn McDonald, works at Spotify as "Data Alchemist". Good article on his work here [0]. Excerpt: "Subgenres are McDonald's business. By going over…
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Could you please share what you found re: effects of riding a bike? Thanks!
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I saw that too after posting! Thanks for posting the link to the Google Cache. The book recommendations and suggested progression are really great — Mutable / Émilie is awesome in all kinds of wa…
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The founder, and sole developer of Mutable Instruments (a well known modular audio/synth maker) wrote about her recommendations on how to get started in audio programming here [0]. Much recommend…
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I'm posting this site as I nearly did a double take reading this startup's description, boasting about their Facial Recognition features. They talk about it many times on their homepage: &qu…
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I found it on YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBQoCQyStsw
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Canada's a big country :-) As far as I understand, local transit authorities in every city have the autonomy to decide how they spend their budgets. A digital sign is useful, but is it worth havi…
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I just changed the site to use a plain background color. Thanks again.
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I don't think that it's as common to write or read I'll be there in 5' Also, since this is a sign seen from about 10-15 meters away, using an apostrophe might lead to confusion (it…
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Thank you! So happy to see the response from Montreal (/ Mile End) HNers :-)
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There's construction right now at the street corner, so they moved the bus station, unfortunately. I hope that they'll be done soon!
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This is so sweet to read! Thank you!!
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The transit authority did have an app, which they’ve pulled at some point (as far as I understand, they felt like they couldn’t compete with the level of transit info apps out there — which isn’t untr…
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Thanks! Some bus stations in Montreal do have small digital signs announcing the next departures. I’m sure those devices cost a bit of money and need to be serviced, so it makes sense that not all sta…
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I sincerely apologize, I just relaunched my site and did not take that into consideration. I’ll definitely revisit this. Thank you!
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AUTOBUS - DANS - 5 - MINUTES I think that makes sense, yeah. I would rather not flash other digits (55) as that could be confusing for someone who sees that number go by (was that the bus number or th…
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Lovely UI, congrats!! You should definitely consider doing a 'gonzo' TV install somewhere in the city where you have access to power, wifi and shelter.
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Ha, small world :-) Agreed on timing, it could be better. I'll consider skipping some of the words + make them appear slower. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Thank you! As many other transit authorities, the STM [0] offers "GTFS" data (a standard feed format for transit info) [1]. Mucking around STM's public site, you'll also see the sc…
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There's a bus station across from my studio / coworking space. I can see people waiting for the bus and doing either: 1) staring into the void 2) looking at their watches 3) desperately glan…
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I specifically read in the article that I linked above that the reviewers supposedly have a disfavorable view on 'hot loading' code externally, so that developers would not swap in different…
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- Thanks for sending your reply. Mine contains the same template text but does not contain a "Please review this section" bit. It only has the "does not comply" part. i.e., it says…
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Jeez... best of luck. That sounds awful and completely unfair. "Live by the Store, Die by the Store"........
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Thanks — unfortunately that’s not my case. I’ve received automated replies, contradictory explanations (the extension will be live — the extension will be removed), etc. from that email. Did you get s…
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It's been removed from the store so it doesn't have a page anymore...! There's a number of YouTube videos about it, here's one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGiI…
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Thank you! It's an extension to dictate emails in Gmail. It's used by a wide range of people -- from power email users to people with disabilities. I have received a number of praise emails …
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LinkNYC [0] kiosks have two security cameras (one above each ad display on both sides). Would it be somehow, or very, paranoid to imagine that these kiosks are also capturing IMSIs using a method simi…
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If you’re in LA, you absolutely owe it to yourself to go see the Murge, the monthly show mentioned in the article. [0] This wonderful group of people (Wet the Hippo) also teach classes in LA and an up…