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This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. The whole thing is a perfect blend of ideas with the end result of something that feels... magical.

by jadbox 18d ago

This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. The whole thing is a perfect blend of ideas with the end result of something that feels... magical. Honestly this is the highest inspiration to me as a builder as I just want to create magical experiences, even if they are just small oddities.

pelican0 18d ago
> This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. Off-topic, but what is up with the increased use of the phrase "in a minute", presumably to mean "in a long time", lately? I've only started encountering it in the past year. Did it get popularized by some celebrity, tv show, influencers, etc?
- seanwessmith 18d ago
  seems like you know what you're talking about 5k% increase starting in July this year https://trends.google.com/explore?q=I%27ve%20seen%20in%20a%20minute&date=today%205-y&geo=US https://trends.google.com/explore?q=I%27ve%20seen%20in%20a%2...
  - bezmi 18d ago
    I think the trend is probably misleading. A popular youtuber may have released a video in August with a title containing "in a minute".
- scheme271 18d ago
  It's been around in slang for a few years with a few variants, e.g. "I haven't seen her in a hot minute." I think it's just filtered into wider cultural vernacular.
  - mrbombastic 18d ago
    people have been saying "it's been a minute" to mean a long time since at least the 90s in NY
    - kulahan 17d ago
      Yeah, I’ve been saying hot minutes for decades myself!
- palad1n 18d ago
  Scarlett Johansson says, “See you in a minute" in Avengers: Endgame.
  - freehorse 17d ago
    I say "see you in a minute" to mean "see you in a bit". What did Scarlett Johansson mean by that in that movie?
- devindotcom 18d ago
  it's been around. I more commonly see it as "been a minute!" when you see someone you haven't seen in a good while.
- Carrok 18d ago
  This phrase has been around for years, I know because it has always infuriated me. They took a well-defined unit of time, which is relatively short, and made it mean “some unknown but very long period of time”. So frustrating. /oldmanyellsatcloud
- freehorse 17d ago
  I had not heard it before (or if I did I did not interpret it correctly, eg if one told me "see you in a minute" I would interpret it as "see you in a bit". But there is this podcast discussing it in 2021, and it comes from black community slang from 70s (which is where most slang I encounter comes from). And these terms take a while to catch up usually, but it seems it was already circulating more broadly since 2000s. https://waywordradio.org/its-been-a-minute/ https://waywordradio.org/its-been-a-minute/
- Larrikin 16d ago
  It's been a phrase for decades.
hmartin 18d ago
Agree, this was really a beautiful thing to see!
fock 18d ago
EDIT: no Ai for pictures - cool!
sydd 18d ago
Really cool, except the price. Around 500 Euro for the full thing... I miss the times you could make amazing things with a Pi under 100 Euro.
- puzzlingcaptcha 18d ago
  That's the e-ink monopoly for you. Though you could probably use a slightly smaller b&w eink display with a second hand raspberry 4 to shave a lot from that number.
  - MichaelZuo 14d ago
    To be fair even if they could build a 10x larger e-ink panel factory it’s uncertain if they could shave costs by more than maybe 40% to 50% per panel. And it’s very questionable whether there is genuinely 10x more latent annual demand for e-ink panels at that still not cheap price point.
- thepoet 17d ago
  If you have a Kobo (~ US$ 120 or even less used) you can run this using Cobalt https://github.com/BandarLabs/Cobalt/tree/beta/apps/birds https://github.com/BandarLabs/Cobalt/tree/beta/apps/birds
  - abejfehr 13d ago
    It seems like Kobo eReaders don't come with a mic. You could probably use an ESP32-S3-PhotoPainter (which comes with a mic) to do this for even cheaper: https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-photopainter.htm https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-photopainter.htm
    - thepoet 13d ago
      Yes absolutely, the current Kobo one uses the Mac's mic. I work near a window on my Mac so this is handy without any hardware setup.
mars-or_wars 17d ago
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- nozzlegear 16d ago
  BirdNET has great coverage for the US/North America. Part of its main training set is the Macaulay Library, which is also used by Merlin/e-bird. https://birdnet.cornell.edu https://birdnet.cornell.edu

by jadbox 18d ago

pelican0 18d ago

> This is the coolest thing on HN that I've seen in a minute. Off-topic, but what is up with the increased use of the phrase "in a minute", presumably to mean "in a long time", lately? I've only started encountering it in the past year. Did it get popularized by some celebrity, tv show, influencers, etc?

seanwessmith 18d ago
seems like you know what you're talking about 5k% increase starting in July this year https://trends.google.com/explore?q=I%27ve%20seen%20in%20a%20minute&date=today%205-y&geo=US https://trends.google.com/explore?q=I%27ve%20seen%20in%20a%2...
- bezmi 18d ago
  I think the trend is probably misleading. A popular youtuber may have released a video in August with a title containing "in a minute".
scheme271 18d ago
It's been around in slang for a few years with a few variants, e.g. "I haven't seen her in a hot minute." I think it's just filtered into wider cultural vernacular.
- mrbombastic 18d ago
  people have been saying "it's been a minute" to mean a long time since at least the 90s in NY
  - kulahan 17d ago
    Yeah, I’ve been saying hot minutes for decades myself!
palad1n 18d ago
Scarlett Johansson says, “See you in a minute" in Avengers: Endgame.
- freehorse 17d ago
  I say "see you in a minute" to mean "see you in a bit". What did Scarlett Johansson mean by that in that movie?
devindotcom 18d ago
it's been around. I more commonly see it as "been a minute!" when you see someone you haven't seen in a good while.
Carrok 18d ago
This phrase has been around for years, I know because it has always infuriated me. They took a well-defined unit of time, which is relatively short, and made it mean “some unknown but very long period of time”. So frustrating. /oldmanyellsatcloud
freehorse 17d ago
I had not heard it before (or if I did I did not interpret it correctly, eg if one told me "see you in a minute" I would interpret it as "see you in a bit". But there is this podcast discussing it in 2021, and it comes from black community slang from 70s (which is where most slang I encounter comes from). And these terms take a while to catch up usually, but it seems it was already circulating more broadly since 2000s. https://waywordradio.org/its-been-a-minute/ https://waywordradio.org/its-been-a-minute/
Larrikin 16d ago
It's been a phrase for decades.

hmartin 18d ago

Agree, this was really a beautiful thing to see!

fock 18d ago

EDIT: no Ai for pictures - cool!

sydd 18d ago

Really cool, except the price. Around 500 Euro for the full thing... I miss the times you could make amazing things with a Pi under 100 Euro.

puzzlingcaptcha 18d ago
That's the e-ink monopoly for you. Though you could probably use a slightly smaller b&w eink display with a second hand raspberry 4 to shave a lot from that number.
- MichaelZuo 14d ago
  To be fair even if they could build a 10x larger e-ink panel factory it’s uncertain if they could shave costs by more than maybe 40% to 50% per panel. And it’s very questionable whether there is genuinely 10x more latent annual demand for e-ink panels at that still not cheap price point.
thepoet 17d ago
If you have a Kobo (~ US$ 120 or even less used) you can run this using Cobalt https://github.com/BandarLabs/Cobalt/tree/beta/apps/birds https://github.com/BandarLabs/Cobalt/tree/beta/apps/birds
- abejfehr 13d ago
  It seems like Kobo eReaders don't come with a mic. You could probably use an ESP32-S3-PhotoPainter (which comes with a mic) to do this for even cheaper: https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-photopainter.htm https://www.waveshare.com/esp32-s3-photopainter.htm
  - thepoet 13d ago
    Yes absolutely, the current Kobo one uses the Mac's mic. I work near a window on my Mac so this is handy without any hardware setup.

mars-or_wars 17d ago

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nozzlegear 16d ago
BirdNET has great coverage for the US/North America. Part of its main training set is the Macaulay Library, which is also used by Merlin/e-bird. https://birdnet.cornell.edu https://birdnet.cornell.edu