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Comment · 8 months ago
Oh nice, that's a great idea! I'm exploring OCR of handwritten notes for future features, will give the Gemini pipeline a try.
Comment · 8 months ago
Adding that I've worked on a CLI install flow which walks you through setting up Zotero, reMarkable, and key optional features as switfly as possible.
It leaves aside power user features (e.g. emails, GitHub Actions to sync when laptop is asleep, etc.), which are listed here: https://distillate.dev/power-users.html
Comment · 2 years ago
First sentence is blatantly false. Regulation of trade and commerce between member states is the foundation and raison d’être of the European Union, exactly like the interstate commerce clause for the US federal government.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is exactly what I've been hoping for after a week of pairing with chatGPT. The LLM is a powerful source of recommendations, but too much gets lost in translation between browsing/context and the chat UX. Excited to try this!
Comment · 4 years ago
If you enjoy this read, you should also read the author’s earlier masterpiece of a post on the energy and materials transition (~1h40 read) : https://www.tsungxu.com/clean-energy-transition-guide/
Comment · 13 years ago
Completely agree with the "let's see what they'll do with our data" philosophy!
The three stated objectives of France's open data policy are: 1. to make government more transparent and accountable, 2. to improve public policies and public service delivery, and 3. to enable entrepreneurs and civic innovators to develop create new services based on this data.
That's why we've brought together more than 30 key players in the French innovation ecosystem (VCs, angels, research institutions but also media, larger French corporations, Google, Microsoft etc.) and organized a series data-driven startup contests called DataConnexions.
You can check the best projects from the first 3 editions (from early 2012 onwards): http://www.etalab.gouv.fr/recherche/?query=dataconnexions
My personal favorite is an app developed jointly with the Greater Paris transport authority that uses context-based modeling to predict train occupancy levels at each time of the day, in real-time, taking into account any perturbation on the network and live feedback from users: http://tranquilien.com
Comment · 13 years ago
Of course! My name is Romain Lacombe and I'm the head of innovation for the French Prime Minister's taskforce Etalab (data.gouv.fr) for Open Government Data, which was created in 2011 by the former government and was reinstated by the current one.
Whether or not there is room for disruptive innovation for France, only the future will tell -- and those who build it. :)
All I can say is that we're hard at work to make the most of the transformative power of open data and direct collaboration with hackers and startups, and this plan is a significant commitment from our government which I wanted to share with the HN community for constructive feedback.
(PS for what it's worth: I'm an entrepreneur myself, launched a venture-backed startup in the Valley in 2008-2010 myself which was later acquired.)
Comment · 13 years ago
Hi Weddpros -- thanks for the feedback. As it turns out, we agree with you. That's why we've been working on a complete overhaul of http://data.gouv.fr to be soft-launched soon, and we think you'll like it!
If you've followed http://etalab.gouv.fr (mostly in French, sorry), you may have heard we launched an open and collaborative re-design process in the spring and summer, which lead to more than 60 substantial contributions and 9 events organized by our community of users throughout France.
We then brought in a team of hackers to work inside of government -- believe it or not, this is most likely the first instance of this in the French government; unsurprisingly it worked very well -- and redevelop the whole stack based off of CKAN.
Our code is live on http://www.github.com/etalab if you'd like to check it out. Stay tuned!
Comment · 13 years ago
Thank you!
We developed the "Open Licence" in consultation with citizens, the Open Government Data community in France (Wikimedia Foundation, Regards Citoyens, etc.), and governments worldwide (the Transparency Team at the Cabinet office in London) during a series of more than 50 workshops and meetings in 2011.
Glad you like it. Feel free to send feedback and/or <3 to my team mate Alexandre Quintard (@AlexandreQK) of Etalab (data.gouv.fr).
Comment · 13 years ago
Our objective to support "hackers" and the startup ecosystem is mentioned under Commitment #4 (supporting open innovation in France and throughout the world).
Comment · 13 years ago
At the last G8 Summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland this past June, the Chiefs of State had agreed on an Open Data Charter committing their respective governments to make efforts to bring more open data online in machine-readable formats.
Today France releases its action plan for the implementation of the Charter, and specifically commits to releasing more governement datasets and APIs for hackers and startups to experiment with.
Specifically, we're committing to:
- progressing towards publishing data openly by default,
- building an open platform to encourage innovation and transparency,
- developing Open Data policy in consultation with citizensand civil society,
- supporting open innovation in France and throughout the world.
I'd be very interested in HN's feedback on how useful this can be for you, and what else you'd like to know about our Open Data policy and how we're trying to improve it!
Comment · 13 years ago
Very comprehensive actually, this is quite an impressive piece of work.
Have you thought of writing up a short-form piece on your conclusions on the main differences between iOS6 & 7 UX-wise?