Using Google Maps history to see if my boyfriend and I could have met earlier

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  • bionic

    Convert data exports from various services to a single SQLite database (by bionic)

  • If you are interested in tinkering with personal data exports using SQL, my friend and I made Bionic: https://github.com/bionic/bionic.

    The README includes an example of calculating songs you often listen to while walking/driving/using public transit (by combining Google Maps and Spotify data).

  • AirGuard

    Protect yourself from being tracked 🌍 by AirTags 🏷 and Find My accessories 📍

  • Airguard kind of does this: https://github.com/seemoo-lab/AirGuard

    It'll scan for bluetooth trackers in the background (and airpods and iphones) and can give you a per-device history.

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  • photo-distance

    Find geographically nearest pair of images from two uploaded sets.

  • how_fateful

    I used Google Maps history to see how close I came to meeting my boyfriend

  • The source is here, if anyone is wondering: https://github.com/channon036/how_fateful

    It's an R Markdown notebook. I've been finding these to be a nice evolution on the literate programming concept.

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