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Going by other people's experience with them[0], I wonder how long this post will stay up. [0] https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 http

Going by other people's experience with them[0], I wonder how long this post will stay up. [0] https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690

detaro 5y ago
Given that cybergibbons has spent the past weeks looking into this very loudly and publicly, don't expect him to back down.
ykat7 5y ago
Aaron posted an update. As of an hour ago they "consider the matter closed": https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1388828107407245312 https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1388828107407245312
maxerickson 5y ago
The cat may be far enough out of the bag at this point.
pmoriarty 5y ago
Here [1] is the same thread on nitter (a twitter alternative that does not require Javascript to read). Other nitter instances can be seen here: [2] The twitter thread also contained a reference to this interesting article on "Why bother with What Three Words?"[3], which itself links to other interesting articles: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] W3W is a neat core idea poorly thought through. Hopefully one day there'll be a truly open alternative that solves the many issues W3W itself has. [1] - https://nitter.cc/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 https://nitter.cc/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 [2] - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances [3] - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-bother-with-what-three-words/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-bother-with-what-three-... [4] - https://blog.ldodds.com/2016/06/14/what-3-words-jog-on-mate/ https://blog.ldodds.com/2016/06/14/what-3-words-jog-on-mate/ [5] - https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/location-grid-not-an-address/ https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/location-grid-not-an-... [6] - https://medium.com/@piesse/open-location-code-what3words-74a3f810c18d https://medium.com/@piesse/open-location-code-what3words-74a... [7] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18646650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18646650 [8] - https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-review-of-what3words https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-review-of-what3words [9] - https://stiobhart.net/2016-01-15-stupidest-idea-ever/ https://stiobhart.net/2016-01-15-stupidest-idea-ever/ [10] - http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=589 http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=589 [11] - https://www.grcdi.nl/Address_encoding_versus_traditional_addressing–the_state_of_play_20181030.pdf https://www.grcdi.nl/Address_encoding_versus_traditional_add... [12] - https://www.grcdi.nl/linkspas.htm https://www.grcdi.nl/linkspas.htm
- CA0DA 5y ago
  check out Open Location Code (https://github.com/google/open-location-code https://github.com/google/open-location-code) (aka PlusCodes)
boramalper 5y ago
For future reference, https://web.archive.org/web/20210502132217/https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/what3words-the-algorithm/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210502132217/https://cybergibb...
deleted 5y ago
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dmitrykoval 5y ago
Story by TC - https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-whatfreewords/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-wh...

detaro 5y ago

Given that cybergibbons has spent the past weeks looking into this very loudly and publicly, don't expect him to back down.

ykat7 5y ago

Aaron posted an update. As of an hour ago they "consider the matter closed": https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1388828107407245312 https://twitter.com/AaronToponce/status/1388828107407245312

maxerickson 5y ago

The cat may be far enough out of the bag at this point.

pmoriarty 5y ago

Here [1] is the same thread on nitter (a twitter alternative that does not require Javascript to read). Other nitter instances can be seen here: [2] The twitter thread also contained a reference to this interesting article on "Why bother with What Three Words?"[3], which itself links to other interesting articles: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] W3W is a neat core idea poorly thought through. Hopefully one day there'll be a truly open alternative that solves the many issues W3W itself has. [1] - https://nitter.cc/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 https://nitter.cc/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 [2] - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances [3] - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-bother-with-what-three-words/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-bother-with-what-three-... [4] - https://blog.ldodds.com/2016/06/14/what-3-words-jog-on-mate/ https://blog.ldodds.com/2016/06/14/what-3-words-jog-on-mate/ [5] - https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/location-grid-not-an-address/ https://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/location-grid-not-an-... [6] - https://medium.com/@piesse/open-location-code-what3words-74a3f810c18d https://medium.com/@piesse/open-location-code-what3words-74a... [7] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18646650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18646650 [8] - https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-review-of-what3words https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-review-of-what3words [9] - https://stiobhart.net/2016-01-15-stupidest-idea-ever/ https://stiobhart.net/2016-01-15-stupidest-idea-ever/ [10] - http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=589 http://blog.telemapics.com/?p=589 [11] - https://www.grcdi.nl/Address_encoding_versus_traditional_addressing–the_state_of_play_20181030.pdf https://www.grcdi.nl/Address_encoding_versus_traditional_add... [12] - https://www.grcdi.nl/linkspas.htm https://www.grcdi.nl/linkspas.htm

CA0DA 5y ago
check out Open Location Code (https://github.com/google/open-location-code https://github.com/google/open-location-code) (aka PlusCodes)

boramalper 5y ago

For future reference, https://web.archive.org/web/20210502132217/https://cybergibbons.com/security-2/what3words-the-algorithm/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210502132217/https://cybergibb...

deleted 5y ago

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dmitrykoval 5y ago

Story by TC - https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-whatfreewords/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/30/what3words-legal-threat-wh...