hwoolery

Hi HN! I'm the creator of the app -- happy to answer any questions about my app or how to best survive an attack from a Wampa

adding on to this, don't partner with two people who are non-technical. Early on they won't be needed for any work (unless one is a skilled designer or something), and you will be taking all the risk, and they will control the company (see company 2 above). In this situation it makes the most sense to be ask to be paid for your work, and if the idea takes off, they can take you on as a founder.

Let me give you three examples from 3 companies I started as the technical founder:

Company 1: Started by myself, partnered with a sales guy 50/50 after a few months. Company took off after the sales guy because he was able to close large contracts.

Company 2: Started with two other people I knew well (doctors) who were in the field but non-technical. I ended up leaving company after 3 years. This was in part because they couldn't put in the same amount of work (never partner unless they can contribute full time).

Company 3: Started by myself, raised money by myself.

Moral of the story: Partner with a sales guy if you have something to sell, and make sure they have a proven sales track record. If you're building a product that won't be ready for a long time, work on it alone and test the markets as soon as you can, then partner. There is no right answer, but don't partner with somebody simply because they are on the business side. It's also much easier to pitch with a sales guy. And don't partner simply because the business guy has an idea.

That seems like splitting hairs. Obviously I can do the math, and I'm not saying there aren't more people of color in prison, I'm saying that it's not just black people, as the website would have you believe.

I don't think he's arguing the disparity of the rate, but rather the implied generalization that former-convict = African-American. Look at the statistics posted above, that is not true. I agree, it needs redesign.

Really? From what I understand, the number of black inmates in prison is roughly equal to the number of white inmates (about 40%/40%). There is a large disparity in terms of the incarceration rate of people of color, but your above statement is not true.

I love the idea, and I really want your company to succeed. I don't really consider myself very easily offended or PC, but I thought it seemed a little stereotypical that the first two images in the hero were black people. I think that should be changed as quickly as possible if you don't want to get any backlash. My two cents : )

yup, I actually use the dlib facial detector in this app for a ventriloquist type feature (not shown in video). The facial landmarks detector assume you've framed an ROI for a face already. Locating faces in an image is trivial... locating hands in an image and their orientation, not so much : ) That's not to say a CNN couldn't be trained to do it, it's just going to take some work!

thanks! I saw that page as well a while ago on HN, although I'm not sure how feasible it is for such a network to run smoothly on mobile.

Trolled in what sense? Thanks for the feedback : )