daniel_reetz

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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   This is how the battle for openness is won. Not by endless online argument, but by building stuff. Stuff that, by virtue of its openness and flexibility, is too awesome to be needlessly and arbitrarily constrained. Beats the shit out of d
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   I read the writeup. This is a great example of a classy way to end an experiment in the face of enormous snark and doubt. Jonathan had every opportunity to become defensive and flame out, but instead he kept it cool and emphasized the posit
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   There is at least one reason that an itty-bitty sensor like this would be interesting - you could use all C-mount and possibly even 16mm or 8mm lenses with it. That is a world of lenses that is relatively unexploited in the APS-C and M43 wo
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   Tayib, Overall, it is a nice portfolio. The flow from the top left logo to the "get in touch via email" button works well. A few things stood out at me. 1. Get rid of the Emerson quote. On a smaller display, it hides your contact informati
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   Of course they're not really holograms - they deal on the "pencil" ray level and not the wave optics level - even so... seeing the first 3D reconstruction of a light field (the apparent image of the lamp) must have been totally thrilling. F
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   The idea has been around since the turn of the century.Lippmann proposed it [1]. But the first guy to BUILD a light field camera was a Russian in 1911 [2]. He built a light field camera AND display using a copper plate drilled with 1200 pin
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   "Never explain with stupidity what can be explained with economic self interest." Nasmorn's Law
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   by daniel_reetz 15y ago

   I did see the http://hackerhouse.bluwiki.com/ site from searching HN, but there's no info regarding vacancy. Any lesser-known places come to mind?
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   Ask HN: Anyone looking for a hacker roommate in the Bay Area?

   5 points by daniel_reetz 15y ago|2 comments
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    by daniel_reetz 15y ago

    With respect to size, you could easily get a suitcase full of these into any developing country, while a suitcase full of "pentium-class machine" contains only 1. You can also own and carry these things without making yourself a target. On
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Imagine if they had bothered to put an ethernet jack on it, or wifi in it, or made it time-lapse capable out of the box. Or made the whole thing USB-stick-sized. There are so many things you can do with cheap cameras that you can't do with
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Related: Adafruit just pointed out that Johnny Lee was behind the original Kinect bounty- http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/02/21/johhny-lee-was-behin...
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    I am so glad to be present for the early stages of this kind of emergent support network. Recent examples from Reddit (who often choose to support people with no "internet standing"), job offers here at HN, and the intense support people li
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Donated. Look at it this way. Sony has repeatedly fucked me as a consumer. Rootkits, copy protection schemes, fucking memory stick. I put thousands of dollars into Minidisc before I gave up. Now, geohot. Well, this guy gives me free code an
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Great points, but I'd like to hear a second opinion. Anyone tried this? Some of the most innovative stuff is happening in some of the most lawless places almost by definition. I've had the inclination to try some of my personal projects out
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    In fact, I'm even working on some of the super-low-budget stuff we talked about at FOO East.
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    I have ideas and experience. We've met IRL...
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Totally! Array cameras and coded apertures ahoy. I'm convinced that CompPhoto stuff has a lot to offer - now that we've seen the technology can work, even on a DIY level, it's time to get it in the hands of people that will actually use i
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Thanks, Derek, hadn't heard about these guys.
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Who are the startups making physical things as part of their business? I've seen wakemate and square... and few others. As a hardware hacker/builder, I'm very, very interested in startups that make physical things, or need people that make
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Any hackers heading out to this? I'm looking at getting a flight up from LA... I have such love for the EFF.
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Hey pontifier -- that's great! Congratulations! Be sure to check out clemd973's build thread -- he really worked out a lot of the problems with the New Standard. Link: http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=... Also,
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    You're totally welcome -- I'm absolutely grateful to all the people that shared back. It's kept me going this whole time.
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Thanks for the mention - we're watching the Ion with interest. It's pretty obvious that the Ion design is inspired by the DIY book scanner builders out there (DIYBookScanner, BKRPR). I hope they do a good job of it. Honestly, I'll be shocke
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    by daniel_reetz 16y ago

    Yeah, we can. That is why I am so excited about the Logical Engine that Rob B is building at http://halfbakedmaker.org/ -- he makes concrete progress on his rod-based mechaputer practically every weekend. Check it out, it's a well-thought