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by apu 15y ago
Not right now, but we store the GPS with all images. Once we expand our coverage to more of the world, we will probably start using the GPS to help narrow down the list of possibilities. However, the app does let you filter the list of spec
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by apu 15y ago
We've thought about flowers, but since they are present on trees for a much shorter time than leaves, it would be less useful overall. Since we're somewhat constrained in our resources (most of the work has been done on a volunteer basis),
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by apu 15y ago
Thanks! We currently have coverage of about 200 species from the northeast US. We're focusing on expanding the coverage to the rest of the US (~500 more species)...and then the world! We definitely want to take advantage of user contributio
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by apu 15y ago
I wish -- but it was actually a Guardian article and an intomobile article that knocked us out. We're back now! http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/may/06/iphon... http://www.intomobile.com/2011/05/06/leafsnap-iphone-app-let.
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by apu 15y ago
This is exactly what we are doing. We're working with botanists at the Smithsonian Institution in DC who are very interested in this kind of data.
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by apu 15y ago
Sure! There are 3 main pieces: 1. Segment the leaf from the background. Even though we require users to place the leaf on a white background, this is still a very tough problem because of lighting, shadows, viewpoint, blur, focus, etc. We'v
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by apu 15y ago
Yes, had a manic hour, but things seem to be under control now. (I should have listened to patio11 the first 100 times he said to turn off KeepAlive.) Also needed to cache a bit more aggressively.
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by apu 15y ago
We're computer vision people ourselves, so it's not an immediate priority =) Also, there was a lot of computer vision work we had to do specifically for this project to get the recognition to work. See elsewhere for my description of that.
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by apu 15y ago
This is my project =) Leafsnap is a project I've been working on for about 2 years and we finally launched this week! It's a free app for the iPhone (with an iPad version coming next week and an Android version later in the summer) that con
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by apu 15y ago
Here are clickable links for the project: Website: http://leafsnap.com/ iPhone app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leafsnap/id430649829?mt=8
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Show HN: Leafsnap - An electronic field guide with automatic identification
11 points by apu 15y ago|4 comments
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by apu 15y ago
No, non-parametric learning is an unrelated topic, which seeks to estimate probability distributions without using "parametric" (= having known structure) models. The canonical example of a non-parametric approach is using histograms, or th
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by apu 15y ago
A good intro page with lots of links: http://deeplearning.net/tutorial/ A lot of the newest work is under a few different names: "deep learning", "convolutional deep networks", "unsupervised feature learning", etc. Here's a great talk by
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by apu 16y ago
Here's spencerfry's fantastic list of what non-programmers bring to a startup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=779448 <- HN post http://spencerfry.com/whats-a-non-programmer-to-do <- full article If you're looking to add som
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by apu 16y ago
Yes: your contemptuous tone is not appreciated. From the guidelines: Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face to face conversation. Would you say your exact sentence to someone who works at a big company or a research lab, so
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Three largest online poker sites indicted and shut down by FBI(latimesblogs.latimes.com)
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by apu 16y ago
The glue that holds it all together is so tied to so many handles for bias both at the hands of the proxy observers as well as within the very bonding agents in the mind of the aggregator that the whole enterprise is rife with corruptive f
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by apu 16y ago
Off-topic, but how do you always know the best books for each historical topic? I've tried looking for books on specific topics but there seems to be no good way of finding the gems (amazon and other recommendation sites of its ilk have not
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by apu 16y ago
No, the software would still know the scores, and use them to sort comments. The scores would just not be displayed.
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by apu 16y ago
If this is true, then why would you presume that it was accidental? It seems like a very major conflict-of-interest that should definitely have been mentioned.
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by apu 16y ago
It would be interesting to see the results of this simple experiment for different web frameworks: almost empty template and no other processing => how many requests per second? If it's much slower than i/o times, something should proba
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by apu 16y ago
I think Smirnoff was saying the YC gets you $150k cash, because of Yuri Milner + SV Angel's blanket convertible note to all YC companies.
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by apu 16y ago
For those who haven't seen the greatest anime series of all time, Neon Genesis Evangelion , "Operation Yashima" is the name of a plan to drain power from all of Japan to fuel a giant weapon to defeat an invader. http://www.dailymotion.com
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by apu 16y ago
Is there a chance he could move to your country? Is he still accomplishing anything? Do you know what his personal situation is like (any recent troubles)? Have you formally started the company? What's the equity split like? Do you have any
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by apu 16y ago
Perhaps you could do some simple detection if a given field is a url (i.e., using a regexp) and auto-link it in the generated reports?
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by apu 16y ago
Heh, I fail at the internet.
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by apu 16y ago
Based on your other comments on this site, I assume that was sarcasm, but I know that a lot of other people would think you were being completely serious.
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by apu 16y ago
There's tons of research on this, including a yearly workshop called PROCAMs (PROjectors and CAMeras). http://www.procams.org/ Building arbitrary arrays of projectors is now thoroughly understood, including projecting on surfaces with cor
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Ask HN: What's your advice on attending SXSW?
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by apu 16y ago
You can't promote something that sucks. Perhaps, but I think 'patio11's point was that even if the product is great, it could be worthless without the right marketing/promotion/SEO/etc. So you could be anywhere from 0% to 100% of the way

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