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Re:Dozens of oil tankers cluster off the coast of Texas due ... by japhyr on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:04AM (#10559868)
I live in a small town in southeast Alaska, where there's only a few small yachts; most boats in the harbors are either fishing boats or small boats for personal use. There's one yacht in the harbor next to the school I teach at.

I clicked on a random icon near Seattle, and it was the one yacht I see every day on my walk to school:

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:45556...

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Re:Dozens of oil tankers cluster off the coast of Texas due ... by monknomo on Friday November 13, 2015 @01:41PM (#10561542)
Another southeasterner!

I just watched a tug come around an island in the app, then saw it out my window irl. Very cool!

I work with a lot of fishing vessels in the Gulf and Bering Sea; it is very cool to see a picture of the boat and get an idea of where they are hanging out.

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Re:Dozens of oil tankers cluster off the coast of Texas due ... by japhyr on Friday November 13, 2015 @04:08PM (#10562404)
Wow, I just looked at your website and I'd love to get in touch. I studied physics in undergrad but went into teaching and now I'm spending more time programming.

I'd love to chat about a landslide-prediction model I've been toying around with. I'll send you an email in a moment.

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