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More backstory: before the modern generation of digital cameras - Magic Lantern was one of the early ways to "juice" more power out of early generations of Canon cameras, including…

Start your talk by telling a little story about yourself and bridge it to your topic. In many of the talks I've listened to - I've felt more connected instantly to the speaker than…

ProjectionLab offers a lifetime plan. How does this factor into profitability - as they'll never be able to bill this subset of customers again (for the same product)? At what poin…

Two CAD other projects using OpenCascade worth checking out: Beegraphy and BitbyBit. Beegraphy uses the Rhino/Grasshopper modeling style and BitbyBit sticks with Cascade's ethos.

Any alternatives to Gumroad in buying this?

Half a can of soda. The main electronics controller visible in the photo is likely 20x20 or 30x30mm, the standard for FPV style drones.

Try different writing devices, too. I love gel pens and mechanical pencils.

"Plus, margin is hard to rally the team around." "Growth is tangible." Love the way he packaged this!

DJI isn't just a drone company. They've been actively moving into audio/video production very rapidly. If this ban sticks, they will lose their FCC license, and your Pocket 3 camer…

This is the correct answer. DJI will happily geofence any area in America to be able to keep selling their project here.

Correct. This is why all the drones come with screens on the sticks now.

From the article: >> Although quantum computers with this capability don’t exist yet, extremely well-resourced attackers can already prepare for their possible arrival by taking ad…

This site needs to be removed from Hacker News.

Batteries are heavy. Teslas are very heavy cars. Aircraft are extraordinary light, compared to ground-based vehicles. Even in flight, large aircraft will burn a lot of their fuel d…

Only if it's using non-vision sensors. Plenty of FPV drones fly at night, and it's all down to pilot expertise.

If you want to try Rogue Light, Vampire Survivors has been a blast to play. Similar: Brotato.

In case you are curious - they are still holding 120Hz for their flagship, the Pixel 7 Pro.

If you want to use a traditional credit card (inside of Paypal or GPay), your options are currently limited. Shopify has the best implementation of this tech with ShopPay ... if yo…

As a reference, folks that fly quadcopters, drones and flying wings often will transmit at 1 to 2 watts of power using line of sight. (Yes, at the edge of legal.) .02 watts is an i…

Differential GPS is what drones use for light shows or mapping or anything requiring high fidelity. This gives them centimeter-level precision, at the cost of a large sensor array …

From the article: "The website asked for permission from a Phantom wallet, and it actually drained all SOL from their wallet." It's possible that he didn't spend all his SOL on thi…

Possible to allow dragging the video directly to the timeline?

This is accurate. Also, most folks that do go to the Hospital with Covid-19 are staying much longer than people who have pneumonia. That means hospital beds that can't be recycled …

This has impacted the video production business in a positive way over the last couple years. Previously, we had to put on gloves, find a 30 amp fuse and use hot tungsten lights to…

Lots of paywall entries in Hacker News today. How are you folks viewing the articles?