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What3Words had a lot of potential, but they hurt themselves by aggressively going after alternative/open versions with legal threats instead of encouraging an open ecosystem. Also, the system can make serious mistakes — similar-sounding addresses can easily point to completely wrong locations, even nearby, which is dangerous in emergencies.



someone uploaded the list without duplicates here https://mega.nz/file/wNsRFIBC#jXOrEsIXUwespGbjKrh1fX4OIq436I... it's ~ 680Mb


someone uploaded the list without duplicates here https://mega.nz/file/wNsRFIBC#jXOrEsIXUwespGbjKrh1fX4OIq436I...


# on Python (3.7.4) 1 == 0.99999999999999994448884876874217297882 # but 1 != 0.99999999999999994448884876874217297881


Or any other language using IEEE 754 64 bit floats


I see... Nice!


wow! last night I got inspired to create exactly this concept while watching this interview https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_can_a_divided_ameri...


I agree it would be great if smartphones had a QR code scanner built-in. It would save lots of code duplication for basic tasks. On the other hand, you would have to trust that native app being the 'man in the middle' for the data scanned.


It can prompt the user, asking he wants to continue to the URL embedded in the QR. Still not sure, why default camera apps do not have this.


I meant that the camera app would know what are you scanning, and could potentially make changes to it, whether it's a URL or something else



What the hell? How...


Thank you! I'm glad it dit!


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