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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...

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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.

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.

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).

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"

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

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 :-)

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

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.

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