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This is an instructive article for how to get a lot done to improve systems as a "utility knife" developer in a growing startup, but how to do it responsibly.
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:48AM (#16015002)
Can't help but think that this vindicates Boeing's bet on the smaller 787.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2017) on Tuesday April 04, 2017 @12:15PM (#14034273)
New York NYC | Customer Success Engineer

Dynamic Yield’s unified customer engagement platform helps marketers increase revenue by automatically personalizing each customer interaction across the web, mobile web, mobile apps and email. The company’s advanced customer segmentation engine uses machine learning to build actionable customer segments in real time, enabling marketers to take instant action via personalization, product/content recommendations, automatic optimization & real-time messaging.

As a member of the Customer Success Team, your main objective is to assist with project delivery, maintaining a high level of satisfaction for our customer.

What you need to succeed:

  – You will have a technical degree as well as working experience in a professional services/consulting environment of an enterprise software company or consultancy. Self-taught hackers are also welcome. 
  – Knowledge of online marketing functions is an asset, though not required. You will be comfortable responding to the varying demands of working for a dynamic, international company. 
  – Bonus if you have experience working with online Publishers or eCommerce. 
  – You are a self-motivated individual, with well-developed inter-personal & communication skills and a strong desire to succeed.
Required Skills:

  – Fluency in JavaScript skills and experience with jQuery. 
  – HTML / CSS and web technologies across different platforms. 
  – Business analysis and understanding of the digital marketing space, especially in the field of online marketing.
Email interest to [email protected]
Re:Watch New Yorkers Hurry Across Union Square in Real-Time on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @05:03PM (#11113478)
Hi, I work at Placemeter, the company that produced this map and the technology behind it. Check out our privacy principles [0] and feel free to email me [1] if you have any questions. Thanks!

0: http://www.placemeter.com/privacy

1: david [at] placemeter [dot] com

The one liner is right below the larger headline on the landing page, perhaps we should've made it more prominent: "The Placemeter Sensor measures pedestrian, vehicle, and bicycle traffic in real-time."
The quality of the view and the angle determine a lot, but generally our accuracy is above industry average for human counters and other systems.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015) on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @01:19PM (#10154076)
Placemeter – New York, NY or Paris, France – Computer Vision Engineers FULL TIME

APPLY HERE: http://grnh.se/1yvxfb

We are looking for computer vision engineers from entry level to experienced level, to extend, develop, and maintain our algorithm stack.

  + You will design the next generation of computer vision algorithms
  + You will optimize and deeply understand these algorithms and scale them
  + You will design and maintain the quality assessment tools required to make sure
  our algorithms perform well
We use computer vision at a massive scale, on a large number of rich and ubiquitous video feeds, to understand what is going in in the physical world in real time. We measure how busy places are, what people do, how fast cars go, and much more. We offer that data to developers, citizens, cities, and retailers, radically changing the way they interact with the physical world.

ABOUT PLACEMETER

Placemeter uses computer vision algorithms to create a real time data layer about places, streets, and neighborhoods. Placemeter’s technology gives businesses, cities, and people the ability to take a place’s pulse.

APPLY HERE: http://grnh.se/1yvxfb

Re:Show HN: Density – Anonymous People Counter and API on Monday July 13, 2015 @03:24PM (#9880411)
Not quite sure I understand your question. We store counts, not individual object IDs, so at an individual granularity it would be the same as your IR device counting one person.

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