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by lanewinfield 5y ago
I once was tasked with creating a version of this as an interview assignment for a job at Apple. Definitely one of the more fun interview tasks I've had.
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by lanewinfield 5y ago
I grew up in Milwaukee, WI and had this exact experience from an early age through 15 when I got my driver's license. A lot of biking between friends' houses and school. Not to say that bike lanes and bike protection couldn't
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by lanewinfield 5y ago
This is awesome. We made a game in a related vein: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/21/opinion/priva...
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Not to be confused with https://heeeeeeeey.com/
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Hahaha. Didn't even notice. Er, I mean, this comment is now for sale.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
I am reminded of the work in equation form by Craig Damrauer: Modern art = I could do that × Yeah, but you didn't https://design-milk.com/images/2010/11/modern-art-craig-damr...
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
I made a pullchain that immediately ends your video call to avoid awkwardness. https://twitter.com/lanewinfield/status/1339257875034566656 It was hacked together in an afternoon and def not ready for prime time, b
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Agreed. And I can't fit my professional title within the character limit either. But that's probably more of a sign of a personal/professional problem than a bug... :)
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Bay Area != California Stopped reading at "urban hellscape like NYC"
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
This is like the code you write on the stuff you blast off into space—sometimes the most important things need the simplest, most trustworthy, and, yes, oldest code.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
I was going to say, Lens works incredibly well. Working with a farm box of random vegetables that we couldn't identify, Lens had a 95% accuracy and instantly, too.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
We made something similar a couple years ago that zoomed out from earth and showed you what you'd be listening to if you tuned into radio waves lightyears from the planet. http://www.lightyear.fm/ ...It's two year
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Wo-ah! Livin' on a prayer!
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
First of all, that is absolutely not the definition of voter suppression— it is much broader voter disenfranchisement, from voter ID in neighborhoods with low ID ownership, to this example, which is giving people who do not want to risk the
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
Always and forever with any linux laptop, the major question is: how is the trackpad?
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
For the same reason they wouldn't call the iPod an "Apple MP3 player" or the iPhone "Apple cell phone"— they're reserving the space for their branding which is not yet solidified.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
I did this exact thing for the first time the other day after a friend's recommendation. It worked FLAWLESSLY. I was as amazed by it working so well as I was the first time I used the inside-out tracking of the Quest.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
I really appreciate the defense here of the pig.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
See also: Privacy Chicken https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/21/opinion/priva...
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
It's simple. There needed to be an outside force to push large scale testing of remote to convince people to try it. That's the pandemic. It wasn't going to happen on large scale without it. Now that it's been proven in
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
One minor difference in the story: a global pandemic
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
was just going to say—I'd read your book.
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by lanewinfield 6y ago
FYI, this github link and rt.live are both by Kevin Systrom.
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
Fifth paragraph: "Officials also call twice a day to ensure people don’t avoid tracking by leaving their phones at home."
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
As soon as I read that line, I closed the window. Not worth it.
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
biggest problem: you have to touch your face to train it! :)
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
the joke . . . me
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
We tried a lot of different strategies in— pre-made models hand and face detection separately training the algo yourself and it felt like the last one was the strongest (which is what we released). The one we built is as strong as the train
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
Nah, none of us are original—the amount of people working on this exact idea and execution is huge. We just got out before a lot of them. Plus, it's all front end, so it's not hidden!
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by lanewinfield 7y ago
We made this a week ago! https://donottouchyourface.com

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