Google Contributor Puns

Hey guys, my friend was showing his uploaded photos and I realized I can't follow him there. Is there a way of finding a particular user/contributor on Google map?

To share, click the blue share button in the top left hand corner

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when it opens click "Change to anyone with the link"

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then leave it as viewer, and click done

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I know, there are already lot of these kind of projects out there, but I also saw many developers and users rant about different topics in these projects.

So I decided building a new highly customizable community project where people can bring their own projects and ideas in.

The project is also planned to be Beginner level friendly, so new members can easily read and understand the code.

I would really love to get some feedback, ideas and perhaps find some contributors to join this early stage project.

https://developers.photos.network/

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EDIT: Strangely enough, Ron Paul's top 5 contributors are the US Department of Defense, US Army, US Navy, Google and Microsoft. Source: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contriball.php

EDIT 2: The organizations themselves did not donate, rather the money came from the organizations' PACs, their individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals' immediate families. Organization totals include subsidiaries and affiliates. http://i.imgur.com/UZY6m.jpg

EDIT 3: Relevant question and answer in today's AMA.

EDIT 4: 2008 contributions to Barack Obama

EDIT 5: 2008 contributions to John McCain

EDIT 6: Compare Obama's and Romney's finance contributions

EDIT 7: Since we are on the subject of transparency, check out Popvox when you have a moment.

Hey everyone. I'm planning on recreating a playable version of Gloomhaven in Google Sheets. Looking for some opinions and help.

My goal is so that it can be played from any browser, and would be possible to just come and do your turn on and hop out as your time permits. Even though game would take longer, with my work schedule it'd be perfect to play one turn every hour then wait for my friends to take a turn. This is why I chose Sheets instead of Unity or similar. I know other methods would look better and be easier, but it wouldn't really be usable at work for me. Plus I think getting a fully working board game in a spreadsheet is cool. I really just plan on doing this for my own fun and programming practice.

It would start off with you having to know the rules (like it wouldn't restrict you to a movement of 3), but eventually all of these extra steps would be checked and carried out by scripts in the sheet. It would also be possible to enter data from an existing hard copy and continue your campaign in the sheet. And eventually be playable on mobile using the Google Sheets app. You would not have to modify any spreadsheet cells directly, selecting of cards and actions would all be done with buttons and prompts that run macros.

Would anybody find this at all intriguing? Can anyone see themselves trying it? Or am I wasting my time? I'd like some feedback.

I've really only just started. I've been working on basic layout and lists of the data I need. Then I can begin the real work, but it's hard without any data.

A link to view the spreadsheet is here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1b6HawaQSWLoi1F-yUcbf0xRR8Xqaa8p8y9VeUpAOJpY/edit?usp=sharing

Note: it is really rough to start with as I'm just trying to figure out the layout and what needs displayed, but would get cleaned up as things get implemented. But it'll never be pretty.

Help Needed

If I'm to make this work, I'd need some help. The things I need help with are mostly the recording of all of the card data into sheets and finding/creating HTML links to images to make it prettier. Since there are thousands of cards, I would give up long before finishing if I'm doing it alone. The images are optional, but it'll be much more fun to look at picture of monsters and the game's icons rather than just reading "Bandit Guard" and "Fire Element"

I would need help with:

• HTML links to any pictures to be displayed (action icons, elemental icons, character pictures, obstacles, as

2/20/2019 edit: Some of this is now changed. Tables and chairs are not winners anymore.

I LOVE the contributor section of GM. I like that on average, everyone in the city has seen one or two of my photos. Does anyone else love this? I'm wondering what your tips are for getting your photo to the top photo ribbon slots. I'll share my tips as well. Look for what hasn't been photographed. In my experience, Google is looking for 3 things:

1. Storefront - from about the distance of the road
2. Overall atmosphere - Empty tables and chairs, empty tables and chairs, empty tables and chairs! Those shots have some of the highest percentage of success for me. Additionally you can shoot empty aisles for non food places
3. Product - close up glamor shots of your dinner plate or one product in particular from the shelves

If any one of these 3 are missing or lower quality than your photos, focus on that.

Additionally, Google seems to have preferences for a few characteristics:

1. Natural light - about 70% of my top shots are lit entirely by the sun. So that dark restaurant that's so popular, take a photo by the window
2. Good quality - goes without saying, but I'll say it. Lots of pixels make a better picture
3. Recent - Given two photos of similar quality and value, I think Google is going to go with the more recent. So if you've lost the top spot somewhere, go photograph it again
4. Avoid people - Particularly their faces pointing toward the camera. Of my top 20 photos, only a couple have people in them, but they're on the fringes of the photo and well separated from the subject. I think Google prefers an atmosphere shot of a place, but it's so hard to get without people, so it sticks storefronts and products in the top slot instead (so get those empty tables and chairs!)
5. Video - There is a time and place for video, and you should take full advantage of it! The top slot for a massive public place like the zoo, aquarium, or theme park is very, very difficult to get, but video can gain you serious viewership because of the way they're displayed on GM. When displayed, the video will play in the thumbnail and people can't help themselves but to click it to see more. I found the most successful place to be the zoo. People liked watching short (5-6s) clips of the animals (especially predators) moving in some way up close.
6. Panoramic - I've had very little luck with panoramic. Only 1 of my top 20 was pano, and it was only on top for a month
7. Photo sphe

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I am using DuckDuckGo ad blockers so that I don't pay Google. Now my local newspaper is forcing me to pay Google Contributor so that I can use ad blockers. Can you create a DuckDuckGo contributor as an alternative?

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