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by wcedmisten 3y ago
I recently made a small webapp to make me "touch grass". The idea behind it is that you enter some activities (or keep the random defaults), and when you are bored or doom scrolling, it call tell you what to do. It's a bit si
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Koi Pond(koipond.fish)
43 points by wcedmisten 3y ago|3 comments
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Apologies for the confusion! I meant that the data is represented as an image (of square pixels). But you're right, the actual land that each pixel represents won't be a square. The dataset just says "100m resolution", s
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Yeah, I think using another data source for hospitals would be better, I'll look into using supplemental data as the other comment suggested. I suspect that hospitals are better represented than other POIs because their building footpr
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
I don't have a great data source for hospitals to cross reference, but I suspect hospitals are better represented than other POIs in OSM. Hospitals generally have very large and distinctive building footprints, which means "armcha
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Thank you! The roads leaking is only an issue for determining the percentage of state residents within an area, because the regions also include out of state residents. But what you describe is another limitation of my approach. Currently,
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Thank you! Being able to create interactive map visualizations without needing a server or paying for an API key is a real game changer! Big shoutout to the Protomaps project and all the other open source projects in the ecosystem.
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Thanks! You're doing awesome work, I read the blog post about the insurance data mess you're working through. I'll see if I can incorporate that into my project! I'd love to see what this map looks like filtered for spec
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Awesome, thanks! I'll look into that
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Mapping hospital accessibility with OpenStreetMap(wcedmisten.fyi)
151 points by wcedmisten 4y ago|33 comments
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Smart is knowing that Frankenstein isn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
It would be fairly trivial for HN to add rel=noreferrer to links https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes...
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
For me, the label is just as arbitrary. I've taken the (self reported) test about 3 different times throughout my life and gotten 3 different results. I agree with the other comment that assigning a binary classification to a unimodal
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Yeah that sounds like a good choice for managing complexity. Probably a trade-off with cost I'm guessing. For my project I was trying to get the cost as low as possible, since it's just a side project for me. Interesting point abo
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Not OP, but I started up a project running Postgres, a Python backend (with FastAPI), and a NextJS frontend on the cheapest DigitalOcean droplet. Hosting+domain came to $7.68/mo I can't say it's had very much production load
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Ask HN: Best pretrained OCR model for dashcam footage?
2 points by wcedmisten 4y ago|0 comments
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Ah yeah, I think you're right. I may have been looking at old documentation on pricing.
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
OSM is really a dataset. They do offer a raster tile server, but it's intended to support community mapping (improving the dataset), and not necessarily for end users using a map for other purposes. Basically they want you to host your
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
OpenStreetMap tile servers aren't really meant to be used for this. They do allow some use, but are also subject to throttling if your application puts too much load on their servers. > However, OpenStreetMap’s own servers are run e
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Only for a static image of a map. The "slippy" map that supports zooming and panning isn't free.
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Here's another article summarizing the OC article [1]. It summarizes the details without any narrative, and concludes with: > While he was mostly stone-walled, Galuten was able to confirm this from at least one major producer. A Gen
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
This reminds me of Stephen King's reflections from his book "On Writing": > Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it goes out. Once you k
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Personally I felt more engaged with the story due to its narrative style. A lot of the corporate responses wouldn't have as much impact if they were stated more neutrally like "These 3 stock manufacturers declined to comment"
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
I recently started a project using FastAPI and it was a real breeze to set up. I got an MVP set up integrating with PostgreSQL and handling authentication in under 100 lines of Python. Their OAuth2 tutorial [1] was especially helpful for th
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Making a Stateful Webapp on a $7.68 per Month Budget(wcedmisten.fyi)
2 points by wcedmisten 4y ago|0 comments
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
Obviously this depends on the jurisdiction the website is complying with (e.g. US-only websites may not comply with GDPR), but since GDPR requires consent to be opt-in (cannot be assumed by default or have pre-checked consent boxes), I thin
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Introducing: The IPv6 Canvas [Now Closed](blog.tugzrida.xyz)
2 points by wcedmisten 4y ago|0 comments
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
I thought this part was interesting: > The New York Times provided one of the few available data points, stating that only a fraction of readers interact with non-static content, and suggested that designers should move away from interac
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
This is pretty cool! It is interesting seeing visuals of historical events all on one page. Some feedback: I think the layout for the popup could use some work, especially on desktop. I would add more padding for the text, and reduce the wi
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by wcedmisten 4y ago
The tutorial on the beta docs page should be up to date: https://beta.reactjs.org/learn

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