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xnxyesterday at 4:24 PM5 repliesview on HN

"Iceye" is a homophone nightmare. Ice? Icey? I? Eye? See? C? Sea?


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freetonikyesterday at 5:05 PM

It's pronounced "Ice eye".

According to the people I know from this company, the original use case was tracking the ice cover of the Northern seas, for both marine applications and climate research (the company is Finnish).

_doctor_loveyesterday at 4:52 PM

You forgot "Ice Ye" - the latest unexpected twist in the saga of Kanye!

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stronglikedanyesterday at 9:37 PM

I thought it was going to be an ICE tracker from the name alone.

skeeter2020yesterday at 6:35 PM

don't know the answer, but "Icy Eye" is the best