[zinglersen]

The thinking is good but no one can verify the idea for you.

Travel data is an interesting data point for a lot of financial analysis, just to name a few:

- Hedge funds are tracking private jets to find the next-megadeal.

- Hedge funds are tracking frequency of delivery trucks going in and out of factories.

- Hedge funds are analyzing satellite images of parking spots outside of Walmart.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-02/hedge-fun...

[mettamage]

I wish I could work for a hedge fund, and do these type of fun things. As a European it seems quite difficult to find an in or to know where an in is.

[giantg2]

I feel like there are very few positions available like that. Even here in the US I know I could never get into something like that.

[giantg2]

Very cool. Thanks for the info. Based on that I assume this is a non-viable idea. If they know about it for offense, then they will likely be including it as part of their defense (conceal their own movements).

[warrenm]

Doesn't mean the idea is "non-viable"

In fact, it may be precisely the opposite: that it (or something cloesly akin) is being used already generally validates the basic principles of any given "idea"

[giantg2]

True, I mean I can't become a millionaire and quit my job.

[jmalicki]

Just like Sergie Brin and Larry Page couldn't quit their jobs and become millionaires because search engines already existed, or Mark Zuckerberg couldn't quit his job and become a millionaire because social networks already existed :-)

[giantg2]

Yeah, but unlike them, I'm a loser who probably can't make anything worthwhile.

[aspenmayer]

I disagree. I see your posts on HN, and they seem worthwhile when I come across them. You belong where you end up, to a point. Don’t sell yourself short. We can all surprise ourselves.