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Show HN: DIY video magnifier for people with low vision

4 points·by ctrlw·2 years ago·0 comments

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ctrlw
·last year·discuss
The signing bonus stock grants may also have compensated them for giving up the stock grants of their previous employer, so they probably still received less than you had accumulated.
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
The pricing page shows different commercial plans at $149 or $499 per month: https://cesium.com/platform/cesium-ion/pricing/
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
If you‘re looking for a no man, but literal heavy metal band, check out the robots of Comoressorhead: https://youtu.be/9gMX_hR-RoM
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
Thanks Kieran, I'm really happy about your feedback and that it's useful in your project! :-)
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
I've always dreamed of flying by just flapping my arms, and have been building osm4vr to do just that. It's a 3d / VR experience that runs in the browser and allows you to fly around buildings with the data taken from OpenStreetMap.

https://ctrlw.github.io/osm4vr/
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
Congrats, they do look good at first glance, without the usual overly shiny look, and the pure Nature images do look real to me. I'd really like to visit some of these places.

However, details are still off, e.g.

* the guy you linked to apparently sits in a car, but the ceiling looks like a house (at least I've never seen a vehicle like that). Reversed issue with this guy: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/EeJBCnNsZG1...

* the bicycle guy sits in the air, and the bike is mutated in several places: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/WrfWYZlthe2...

* The face in Yoga in the field is distorted: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/BUcURAtyzjb...

* Hands are ok-ish but not yet solved: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/SeO8u2HZ-V2...

* Any text is obviously fake, which also affects urban environments. Agree with this caption: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/oc6eI5w2kQQ...

Bonus points for this portrait where the tower seems to have a face as well: https://d1l4k1vcf8ijbs.cloudfront.net/fakeimages/6ho0FIV-i2t...
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
DIY/parts are a fuzzy area and might not need the certification, but the board at your first link does have a huge CE print near the LEDs.

Edit: I found this Make article (paywalled and in German) a good overview for makers wanting to sell hardware in the EU: https://www.heise.de/select/make/2017/6/1513996282631753
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
That was a fun coding task. Minor bug in the illustration of Step 4: the mine count in second row should be 8 not 4
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
That looks great! I‘ve been playing around with Aframe and OSM building footprints, but this looks so much better. Will have a look at aframe-loader-3dtiles-component.
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
Yes, I was missing a mention of that in the blog post and maybe a brief discussion why to do the manual setup instead.
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
I always wanted something similar for my city and started with the local cinema program but then never added any other sources. It was still useful for the 10 or so years it was online, and I still think about getting back to it.

That said, while the idea seems promising, it‘s difficult to maintain, especially since sources (APIs / websites) tend to change frequently. If I remember correctly, pg even mentions this idea in one of his essays as a typical “bad idea“ that founders want to build but nobody figures it out as a business.
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
FYI some of the linked jobs give "The job you are looking for is no longer open.", e.g. Senior Software Engineer - Back End in Portugal
ctrlw
·2 years ago·discuss
You can specify the apps and domains that screentime tracks. I have set a daily time limit for social media and certain domains like news sites and hn but don‘t include maps, mail or messengers