jack_riminton

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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   I love it! hashtagging is a really interesting idea. One feature that I plan to do soon is to offer a search function, so as well as people being able to search by area perhaps I can add tags to these so that people could search by trail na
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   I hear your concerns and thanks for taking the time to respond. I will try to work on the messaging edited: flippancy
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   Fixed! :) (e.g. https://www.gif.direct/pyongyang )
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   Ah yes, couldn't have done without it, will add now
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   Thanks! yes they'd be great first B2C users Later I'll be creating an API and marketing it to delivery companies in a kind of B2B2C
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   Thanks! changed :)
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   Thanks for the kind feedback! Yes I'm looking into a few of these options at the moment One I've just been given is metomic.io/alias which looks to solve that
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   That's fair. Someone just pointed me to use metomic.io which protects a user's email so I'm currently looking into spinning that up
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   by jack_riminton 6y ago

   You're correct, I'm using mp4s instead of actual GIFs. Much more compressed. I think most people understand GIF to mean a short, possibly sped up video
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    Fixed :)
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    Fixed :)
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    Yeah great suggestion. My aim is to automate this using a simple computer vision algo that detects the lateral movement of objects in a frame and slows down those specific parts Until that point I'll have to persuade people to slow dow
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    I envisage it would primarily be used by people who live or work in a place that people have problems finding. This is normally a big deal for businesses who deal with a lot of deliveries. An especial problem for places that have specific e
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    That was one of my first thoughts too when making this. I'll have a go and see if I can hack something together :)
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    Changes made!
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    Very helpful feedback thanks
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    by jack_riminton 6y ago

    The problem I was trying to solve is the difficulty/speed of finding places relying on 2D tech of maps and GPS. For some scenarios (unmapped areas, indoors, congested environments, no address system) a gif makes finding a place much ea
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    Show HN: GIF Directions(gif.direct)

    127 points by jack_riminton 6y ago|67 comments