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efishnc··on Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?
Very cool and super clean website! Talk about your infra please!
efishnc··on Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
As @mplewis said, because it uses the SV API - however, I've since found a way to reduce that cost to practically 0. See https://loichovon.com/posts/streetview-scraper-v2.html

As you say though, another way to go about this would be to scrape the public SV site, which I have not attempted to do. @xnx linked this project in another comment, which seems to do just that: https://tllabs.io/google-street-view-hyperlapse-youtube-vide...

I don't know if/how they evade captchas.

efishnc··on Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
Ahh I see, those hyperlapses look very cool!!

Going back to your first comment, I originally made this as part of an app with an interactive streetview component. I reused the initialization code I had as the base for this. Re-using that code also makes sure the screenshots taken would be close as what you'd see using the embedded streetview (In our project we had a bunch of remote locations without a lot of SV images, so depending on the search radius used when querying for a panorama, we could end up in vastly different places).

However, I realize that I never even considered scraping the public site, which would allow for hiding your identity by not needing an API key. I'll think about this.

efishnc··on Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
Say more? I don't understand the technique youre describing and its objective.
efishnc··on Streetview scraper v1: cheap, arbitrary sized streetview images
no issues yet. I'll update the post if I get in trouble :D
efishnc··on Nice screenshots of embedded street view containers
Yeah but you're limited to a max size of 640x640, get a Google watermarks and it costs .007 USD per image.

If you check out my other blog posts, I use this as a base to build a scraper that's essentially free.

efishnc··on What we talk about when we talk about system design
> The goal of the design process is (...) to instead characterize the design space for a given problem

Any good resources on how to properly define the design space? What makes it a space more than a list of requirements?

efishnc··on Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law in Canada
*coup de grâce ;)
efishnc··on Ask HN: Why is TSMC so competitive in semiconductor fabrication?
So in that case there is no materials secret sauce guarded by TSMC, with the customer either submitting the GDS file with all the info, or signing off on the modified version.
efishnc··on Launch HN: Second (YC W23) – AI bots that add features to web apps
What could be nice is the developer providing some unit tests, and Second using those to ensure the PR is functional, re-generating if not.

Given a set of tests, I guess you could try to generate the code as well, though I could imagine it might overfit on the given tests and create a "hack" solution.

efishnc··on I don’t want to be an internet person
I actually find that I'm more awkward online/in chats than IRL.

The fact that you have longer to think about your messages and modify them before publishing, that you have to think carefully so as not to multi-text (which seems desperate), that you don't have access to non-verbal cues for context, can't smile etc. all contribute to this.

efishnc··on This article is too long for you
What books would you recommend to the motivated person wants to understand global energy markets?
efishnc··on Why are male testosterone levels falling?
source plz
efishnc··on Mild autumn weather has sent European gas prices plummeting
That sounds like fun work! How did you get in that position?
efishnc··on Doing what you love when the money won’t follow
What did/do you love?
efishnc··on AI language models are struggling to “get” math
Maybe that's the problem.

We're trying to train a full composer AI without allowing to learn about different instrument sections independently at first. The human composer will have a good idea of the different parts and know how to merge them in harmony.

I think we might get better results training separate AI systems on percussions, strings, vocals etc. then somehow create connections between them so they learn together. A band AI if you will.

We could try a BERT for each, with the generator learning to output logical sequences of sounds instead of words.