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Bradford Cross: Big Data Is Less About Size, And More About Freedom(techcrunch.com)
43 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|12 comments
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JetBlue asks for rule waiver, plans to keep passengers on tarmac for 3+ hours(blog.flightcaster.com)
9 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|1 comments
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Where do you get 10-20%? From http://www.shotputventures.com/faq "How much funding do you provide? We provide $6,000 per founder, min two, max three founders. So, $12,000 - $18,000 per team in exchange for 5% - 10% of equity on entrepren
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People vs. Process: The Wrong Side of Venture Finance(measuringmeasures.com)
19 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|4 comments
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Flightcaster (YC S09) and the Future of Asymmetric Intelligence as a Product(redmonk.com)
93 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|8 comments
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FlightCaster (YC S09): United trounces Southwest in 2009 on-time %(blog.flightcaster.com)
29 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|7 comments
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Wow. I'm sorry to hear that. That is simply unacceptable. We pride ourselves on great data, but we do make mistakes (bugs, data anomolies, etc). If you decide to give us another shot, please let us know if there's ever an issue--we'll tr
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Everyone says airlines cancel more flights in winter weather...but it's not true(blog.flightcaster.com)
28 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|6 comments
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The Globalization of Startups(measuringmeasures.blogspot.com)
28 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|8 comments
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Are airlines adding more buffer time to flights? Not as much as you think(blog.flightcaster.com)
8 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|1 comments
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Mobile and Travel: Nearing an inflection point?(blog.flightcaster.com)
6 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|0 comments
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Why our political system is causing you flight delays(blog.flightcaster.com)
46 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|9 comments
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Massive Data Storage and Analysis--FlightCaster (YC S09)(mobtownlabs.com)
15 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|0 comments
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Clojure Quick Start Guide(measuringmeasures.blogspot.com)
45 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|2 comments
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Thanks! @JasonFreedman
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
So do we! We won't wait until then to start giving back. We just sent in our contributions, both from FC and personally. We've gained a tremendous amount from Rich--happy to play a part in supporting him and Clojure moving forward.
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Clojure Roundup: FlightCaster (YC S09), Crane, Incanter, Leiningen(infoq.com)
70 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|3 comments
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FlightCaster (YC S09) open-sources Crane: Hadoop Clusters on EC2(measuringmeasures.blogspot.com)
50 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|9 comments
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Great suggestions icey! It's one we've heard from quite a few travelers. Our focus is on giving travelers the tools they need to better manage their travel in real time. Right now, that means delays, but integrating upgrade availability
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How FlightCaster (YC S09) built multi-platform scalable apps on Heroku (YC W08)(infoq.com)
46 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|14 comments
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Nice Alaska! We love it!
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
The point here is that we tell you 6 hours before departure--long before the airline posts anything and long before you check-in.
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
A few stats on delays might be helpful... 25% of all flights are delayed. If you're on the last flight of the day--you have a 36% chance of delay. That's 400,000 people per day in the U.S. alone that are delayed without much or any advance
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Much appreciated! Thanks for the kind words. We're really excited to push out a lot more stuff in the next few months... ~Jason (@FlightCaster)
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Thanks Hexis. The key for us was being able to combine deep domain expertise with Brad's data-mining capabilities. The model is a nice mix of statistical induction and domain-based logic. We're adding more data sources to it, so both the
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
Thanks!
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
It's totally fun--we love it. Everyone has a role that they own and we trust each other to execute. Stay tuned--this is just a small slice of what's coming... Jason (@FlightCaster)
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by jaf12duke 17y ago
No API yet--but stay tuned...it's coming! Thanks~ Jason (@FlightCaster)
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Anybots is for real: Check out Trevor's robots on the Surrogates trailer(splashpage.mtv.com)
90 points by jaf12duke 17y ago|14 comments