govind201

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Semantics3 (YC W13) is hiring a data engineer in Bengaluru, India(semantics3.com)
1 points by govind201 12y ago
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Guantánamo Bay: The Hunger Strikes - video animation(theguardian.com)
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by govind201 13y ago
That was refreshing. Congratulations on the journey and the exit Lanyrd!
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'Hacking' Chinese Inflation in Real-Time(blog.premise.is)
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by govind201 14y ago
I sure will!
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by govind201 14y ago
Noted. I'm curious about the motivating factor though - would you like the graphs to validate the depth of the data, get you excited with potential possibilities? Or something else?
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by govind201 14y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. We're fixing it now!
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by govind201 14y ago
We don't have books yet. That's been a common request, so we'll be launching with books by the end of the month. If you'd like, I can notify you as soon as we do.
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by govind201 14y ago
1. Right now, we're focusing on the US. But we've made room for expanding internationally (the "currency" and "geo" fields are in place with this in mind). 2. We're analyzing used and refurbished products as well. Each offer is tagged with
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by govind201 14y ago
The guideline behind the free plan was to provide enough calls and functionality for any developer to build, launch and maintain a moderately sized app. Shout-out aghi from Mashape for helping us with the pricing.
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All the world is staged(espn.go.com)
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The Costliest Products Sold Online and More: Quirky eCommerce Data(blog.semantics3.com)
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Google Maps North Korea(online.wsj.com)
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How Newegg crushed the “shopping cart” patent and saved online retail(arstechnica.com)
638 points by govind201 14y ago|134 comments
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by govind201 14y ago
In addition, I wanted to point out another chief reason for building the API in-house. Based on my understanding of the pricing models of 3rd party API providers, our recurring expenses would almost have been a double-digit percentage of ou
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by govind201 14y ago
This article resonates with me on so many levels. When I started working on Semantics3 early this year, I spent many a day frustrated that I was barely achieving 50% of the productivity that I was capable of and I felt quite miserable about
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My Experiments with Ambidexterity(breathlessmonologues.wordpress.com)
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by govind201 15y ago
Highlighting police stations and business density was on our minds. With regards to street lighting, I guess we'll have to search for the data for a bit.
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by govind201 15y ago
Hmm, I see your point regarding conveying a "false sense of security". If the research that I spoke of turns out to be encouraging, I'll be sure to add explicit warnings and instructions. A private beta to test users' perceptions is on the
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by govind201 15y ago
The app was born out of personal experience. Within a month of moving to Philadelphia, I was assaulted on two occasions, including once on my very first day there. I put that down to my lack of knowledge of the area; I later discovered that
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How We Built an iOS App, an Android App and a Node.js API in 20 Hours(blog.semantics3.com)
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Eradicate Business Plans: Give them the same respect that merits I.E. the Sixth(blog.semantics3.com)
8 points by govind201 15y ago|1 comments
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by govind201 15y ago
I identify with what you're saying. I've been in such situations too and I've hoped for more practical alternatives to paying a bribe. I have my fingers crossed for a good Lokpal bill myself. Rise of the middle class is increasingly playing
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by govind201 15y ago
Interesting. An informal channel for customer feedback, you mean? A review site without the emphasis on the negativity of the acts? Hmm.
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by govind201 15y ago
Here are my two cents on why we started CorruptionTrak. Corruption seems like an insurmountable problem because it is sociological in nature; it’s difficult for the common man to envision social change because it doesn't happen instantaneou
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by govind201 15y ago
Privacy of the person who reports? Not at all. Your details won't be released without your approval.
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by govind201 15y ago
I'm curious - which effort are you referring to?
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by govind201 15y ago
Point taken. We have experimented with fields such as "offender's name" and "offender's department" on the mobile app. We have been pondering the privacy aspect as well, so as to keep the posts genuine and noble-minded.
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by govind201 15y ago
Ubiquity in terms of platform and languages was one consideration, but we're hoping to start with this niche. Certainly, mediums like SMS and perhaps a few regional languages is one for the future.