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There are a few more open specification Geohash algorithms out there as well. What's silly about W3W is that their entire "proprietary algorithm" is going to b
by ProblemFactory 7y ago
There are a few more open specification Geohash algorithms out there as well.
What's silly about W3W is that their entire "proprietary algorithm" is going to be the same as all of these, except with /usr/share/dict/words instead of A-Z0-9 as the alphabet.
The only reason they need Kubernetes clusters on AWS is to keep their word list secret, every open-spec code can run offline.
- atonse 7y agoI don't understand how they thought this business model would ever work. Have they patented the idea of using english words to encode numbers? Because I've seen patterns of 2-3 english words used in the past to communicate things like keys and confirmation codes.
- gloflo 7y agoLobbying and bribery. Check out who is using them, its quite unnatural.