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• Ten Lessons I Wish I Had Been Taught [pdf]

  Love these reflections from Gian-Carlo Rota In the past, similar discussions have occured: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Gian-Carlo+Rota. - Source: Hacker News / 3 days ago

• Figma Slides

  "Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, bots, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. - Source: Hacker News / 4 days ago

• Engineer insists Post Office software did a 'good job'

  Yeah it sounds unbelievable but there really are. Maybe not many that think they never write bugs, but plenty that think they very rarely make the same mistakes that everyone else makes. If you search for "don't write bugs" on HN there are hundreds of results where someone has effectively claimed that.... - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

• US EPA Enforcement and Compliance on Apple Fabrication

  Https://hn.algolia.com/?query=whataboutism%20by:dang&dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&&sort=byDate&type=comment. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago

• The Y Combinator Codex

  Https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=%22work%20a%20little%22%20by:dang. - Source: Hacker News / 7 days ago

what3words mentions (122)

• I Know What Your Password Was Last Summer

  Something to add to their list of common passwords is the What3Words database of locations https://what3words.com It's something like 50trillion sets of looks-random strings. That's quite a lot, but if the list could be narrowed very significantly to get some likely results by selecting locations in: 1) cities where a company is physically located 2) large capital & global cities 3) significant landmarks I see... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• No rapid numbers on driveways

  I’m waiting for these guys to make a breakthrough here. Source: 7 months ago

• Unique Challenges of Geocoding in India

  I assume this is the problem that https://what3words.com/ is trying to solve. But I guess it being in English makes it a less good solution. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Planning and Crash Prevention

  Crashing in a Metro Park follows very similar recommendations as to what’s above. However, accurately describing your location along our Metro Parks Greenway trails and systems can often be tricky! And just for that reason, the parks department uses the app What3Words to help people share their exact location with emergency responders. Whether you’ve crashed or come across someone who needs aid for any reason,... Source: 10 months ago

• Worst3Words

  I've been having fund with a game I call Worst3Words, trying to find the worst What3Words (https://what3words.com/) address. The meaning of worst is flexible e.g. Confusing ///senses.census.send Offensive ///retain.towers.slip (look up the location) Or just... Odd ///aargh.send.help But has to be valid. Source: 10 months ago