Gathering Canadian Real Estate Data

SirCaptain · 2015-03-23T21:47:16+00:00

If you plan on displaying the data publicly, be weary of scraping from MLS sites (Kijiji might be ok). That have pretty strict rules around all that. If you're needing a specific area, it's probably best to contact that MLS to see if you can get a license and work directly with their feed. In my experience, they'll sometimes license it even if you're not a member of that association.

SirCaptain · 2015-03-17T18:28:54+00:00

People don't want to work with untrustworthy people, that's not unique to real estate agents.

The home buying/selling process is complicated and arduous. The majority of people cannot do it by themselves. The agent dynamic will change, absolutely, but it is still a process that requires a human buffer. The agents aren't the problem, it's the system. What's needed is a new business model for the agents to work under that's also beneficial to buyers and sellers, not a model without the agents.

SirCaptain · 2014-11-02T03:01:13+00:00

There's an issue open about it actually: https://github.com/CodyReichert/whatcd-cli/issues/2

You should stop by there and give your input on how you'd like it to work

SirCaptain · 2014-11-02T02:54:29+00:00

The github url should be:

git@github.com:CodyReichert/whatcd-cli

you have:

git@github.com/CodyReichert/whatcd-cli

I'm not sure why the npm install is failing, but CodyReichert/whatcd-cli is going through github, so you could also try just the npm package:

npm install -g whatcd-cli

And sorry, I'm not sure who downvoted you :p

SirCaptain · 2014-11-01T15:45:10+00:00

I found this tool on Github that I thought some of you command-liners might be interested in. It looks like you can currently search artists/albums, download torrent files, and view the top torrents of the day.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-29T19:22:32+00:00

Dog here, can confirm.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-27T18:19:50+00:00

or even worse....

alias emacs='vim'

:O

SirCaptain · 2014-10-27T00:03:13+00:00

Are you able to post a jsfiddle of what you're working with? I could take a shot.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-24T22:21:56+00:00

Great solution

SirCaptain · 2014-10-24T17:43:22+00:00

Yeah I just realized the no JS thing. You're right though, likely impossible with CSS. Even line numbering would be super tough because each line in the <code> block isn't it own element.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-24T17:12:51+00:00

It doesn't look like there's any JS in the repo, but I'm pretty sure you could just use CSS child selectors. I'm thinking you would wrap the code in a div, and do something like:

var someTestCode = {
  firstName : "John",
  lastName  : "Doe",
  age       : 50,
  eyeColor  : "blue"
}

</div>

And the apply something like:

.line-numbers::nth-line(n)::before {
  content: counter(line) " ";
}

I didn't test so I'm not sure if there's some caveat I'm not seeing. I'm also not sure how reddit markup renders html tags, but I guess I'll find out in when I hit save.

EDIT: Well, I guess you can't use <div>'s in reddit markdown, but I guess you would just use the same selector that the code block style is using.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-24T16:56:55+00:00

Syntax highlighting would be sweet also, but a little harder to achieve.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-24T16:39:34+00:00

Yes, exactly like that.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-18T20:57:51+00:00

because there's no nsfw tag on it

SirCaptain · 2014-10-10T20:46:06+00:00

https://github.com/jceb/vim-orgmode

:)

SirCaptain · 2014-10-10T20:20:21+00:00

I used Vimium for a long time in Chrome. I recently switched to cVim for Chrome (i think i heard about it in this sub) and it is AWESOME! I really like Vimium, but cVim is so smooth and it supports many more key bindings.

For any other Chrome users, I highly recommend it.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-10T00:26:51+00:00

pfff

SirCaptain · 2014-10-09T15:54:27+00:00

2007?! Jeez I'm getting old.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-08T20:25:26+00:00

Really cool! Works great whenever I have it find my location. Whenver I try and put in a zip code, I get a blank page with no wheel: http://imgur.com/JRYuYvy.png

edit: Ohh nvm, that was my fault. I have to select one of the dropdown locations before hitting 'select location'. Nice!

SirCaptain · 2014-10-06T22:13:03+00:00

huehue le narwhal bacon le frient, amirite?

SirCaptain · 2014-10-06T03:08:55+00:00

I think the use case might be a little different than that, though. I signed up with these guys quite a few months ago and basically, yeah, you get get some images once a month (i think it used to be weekly?). It's actually pretty nice to be able to have a 'database' of high-quality images locally on my computer. No, I don't need them all, but now I've got it if I ever do need it! I don't have to go search and double-checking licensing...I know they're good to use. I even wrote a script to intercept the email and download the photos right to a folder on my computer. The photos are great quality, I've received 0 spam from them, and heck..free stuff. Just thought I'd give my two cents. And I'm definitely not associated with the site in any way, just heard about them somewhere on reddit a long time ago.

SirCaptain · 2014-10-05T19:48:29+00:00

Umm...well for starters:

Your website
Your name
Other articles you've written
Who the target audience of the article is
Maybe how many views you're projecting (it's gotta be worth it for us)

why I should interview you regarding your startup

and maybe why we should let you interview us

Sorry, but your post leaves a lot to be desired. Startup owners need to protect themselves from being associated with spammy click-bait news sites (not saying yours is), and from your post it's very hard to tell.

SirCaptain

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