Re:Ask HN: Where do you get data?
by jacquesm on Friday September 04, 2009 @12:00PM
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I treat the www as one giant database...
The nice thing about that is that it is all real world data, so quite messy. That gives you a good grip on what it takes to massage data before it becomes usable, and it also gives you some control over the level of abstraction.
The nice thing about that is that it is all real world data, so quite messy. That gives you a good grip on what it takes to massage data before it becomes usable, and it also gives you some control over the level of abstraction.