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dktbs··on I turned my security cameras into an automatic bird identification system
The article mentions https://app.birdweather.com/ which appears to be exactly that.
dktbs··on Notes on Private Trackers
As mentioned in the article, myanonamouse has been the easy entry point into these trackers for a while now. They have an invite window opening up in a couple of days: https://www.myanonamouse.net/inviteapp.php
dktbs··on Samsung, SK Hynix, Micron Sued in US over Memory Price Fixing
Not sure I understand this statement. Apple is affected by DRAM price fixing the same as any other PC manufacturer.
dktbs··on It's unlikely that there will be any further releases of mt32-pi
I've found the MiSTer community to generally be pretty helpful, but there are definitely exceptions. The fact that its a project that aims to perfectly match the behavior of the original hardware leads to some strange arguments.
dktbs··on Building a DIY Pen Plotter
There are a lot of options for this but the two I really like are https://github.com/SonarSonic/DrawingBotV3 and https://mitxela.com/plotterfun/

Also, vpype (https://github.com/abey79/vpype) isn't specifically a tool for vectorizing images, but its incredibly useful for preparing vector files for plotting.

dktbs··on Tetr.io
This game plays so well, I really like it. I've sucked at TGM and nullpomino for years and I'm looking forward to sucking at this now. Thanks for posting the video, it can be hard to believe how good some people are at tetris.
dktbs··on NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art
I'm assuming you're talking about this person: https://twitter.com/calvinbecerra/status/1454328591202721796

It was funny to see how they responded to losing their NFTs by being tricked on discord: they contacted the centralized storefronts (rarible, opensea) to have them marked as stolen.

dktbs··on Commodore Back in Germany
yeah, the fact that they have SID chips for sale was surprising to me. And they are 8580s!
dktbs··on How to fend off a jerk
This seems like a good example of this article posted yesterday: https://pchiusano.github.io/2014-10-11/defensive-writing.htm...
dktbs··on Linux has matured into a robust desktop operating system
You address every issue I have with desktop linux at the moment.

The lack of hybrid graphics support is especially annoying. The bumblebee project was working on solving this, but there hasn't been an update on that project since 2013.

dktbs··on Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away from 4Chan
> The Something Awful forums (where 4chan was born, after all)

Would you mind explaining this? I have read that moot was originally an SA user and posted on there to announce when he first launched 4chan. Is there any connection beyond that?

dktbs··on All the steps needed to create deep dream animations on EC2
Thanks for updating and organizing all of this. I got a working EC2 instance with CUDA and CUDNN working yesterday but it took some time. Having all of this is one place is excellent.
dktbs··on All the steps needed to create deep dream animations on EC2
That is definitely the more convenient option for running the defaults, but I think this is for a different usecase. If someone wanted faster results and full access to edit the python code and caffe models, this would be the better option.
dktbs··on Show HN: Deepdreamr – create dreamified images online
nice project. I'm curious what hardware you have running caffe and the deepdream code for this? And which layer is being used?
dktbs··on Ask HN: At what proficiency do you consider 'knowing' a language?
I assume (perhaps wrongly) that the interviewer is less interested in your opinions of the language and more interested in your ability to talk competently about the language for a few minutes.
dktbs··on Show HN: Small C Program to Convert Photos to Audio
This isn't exactly related (as it doesn't produce a spectrogram), but the software pixivisor plays around with this idea: http://warmplace.ru/soft/pixivisor/

The software can act as a transmitter or receiver. In trasmitter mode, you can provide it a static image or animated gif, which it will convert into audio which plays continuously. In receiver mode, pixivisor listens via the mic or line-in (depending on hardware platform and whats attached) and reconstructs the image from the audio. You can then manipulate the audio however you want.

This demo uses a korg monotron's low pass filter and LFOs to mangle an animated gif of a cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=63&v=g2W1W4fwEkg

Its really interesting to me to see how the audio modulation is represented in the receiver's output.

dktbs··on Welcome to America: Here's Your Linux Computer
Its good you posted this, otherwise the article might have been completely indecipherable.
dktbs··on Show HN: The first websynth that's 100% mappable to a MIDI controller
On a real Juno, half of the voice cards would be dead. :)
dktbs··on Seriously, we need multi-column editors
Just curious, why is emacs not an acceptable solution?
dktbs··on Seriously, we need multi-column editors
Emacs provides this with Follow Mode:

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Fol...

dktbs··on Slippery chicken: Open-source algorithmic music composition environment
I really like this idea, and the precompiled lisp images made it simple to have this up and running instantly to play around with.
dktbs··on The Linux kernel, how it is developed, and how we stay sane doing it
I think most people would expect for an audio player to have volume control. I can't think of another web audio player that doesn't offer it.
dktbs··on Superhot game
Why does it look like a failure? As far as I can tell, the kickstarter began this morning at 7AM EST, and it has been pledged $10k in the past 2 hours it has been open. It doesn't necessarily mean it will reach its $100k goal, but I don't see how it looks like a failure already.
dktbs··on Mopidy – Server which can play music from multiple sources
yes, you can access it remotely. mopidy is an MPD server, so any platform that has a compatible MPD client should be able to access it. The docs list a lot of the available clients and their compatibility with mopidy:

http://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/#clients

dktbs··on Why the Only Real Way to Buy Bitcoins Is on the Streets
I assume javert is talking about verifying bitcoin transactions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_of_Bitcoin#Payment_ver...

dktbs··on Clojure-scheme: Compiling Clojure to Native Code via Scheme [video]
This is great, especially since it removes the TCO limitation from running on the JVM. I will definitely give this a try.
dktbs··on The unbundling of Craigslist and Reddit
I agree. SA is far from perfect, but the $10 entry fee combined with a group of active moderators improves the quality of the community.
dktbs··on Is a Nest worth the money?
This has got to be one of the most impressive uses of "My time is worth too much to do X" I've ever seen.

It took me like 10 minutes to program my schedule into my cheap honeywell programmable thermostat. A leisurely 10 minutes. I can't speak to my ROI on the endeavor, but since the thermostat was ~$25 I can only assume I'm rocketing toward breaking even.

dktbs··on Getting started with Clojure
Since the article is targeted at those wanting to get started with clojure, I recommend that newcomers avoid trying to learn a new editor and a new language at the same time.

There are clojure plugins for many popular editors these days. If you already have an editor/IDE you like, I'd recommend starting there and moving to something else in the future once you get used to it.

dktbs··on [dead]
yeah, that bothered me as well.

"Are you sure you want to leave? Stay on this page to try Chakra Healing for 30 risk-free days and join the thousands who have already experienced this phenomenon for themselves."

gross.

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