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Hi Everyone! We started building https://kbee.app at the beginning of December after our frustration with other help center/wiki tools. Every wiki/help center tool seems bent on forcing users to learn a new authoring/text editor experience in order to publish new articles. Many times, folks are creating drafts in Google Docs first and then copying it over. We figured, why not cut out the subpar text editors and just…
Seems a lot like https://youneedawiki.com/ Best of luck!
Reddit is awesome and houses some of the best content I've read, but there's a problem. In some subreddits like Writing prompts, ELI5, etc... we care more about the upvotes/score of comments than the comment's parent post. This is a problem because the best comments (explanations, stories, jokes, etc...) are not always in the highest-rated post. Sometimes comments are higher rated than the parent post. This extremely…
https://www.thingybase.com/ It’s a home inventory app! I’ve been working on this and using it for almost two years now in tiny little scraps of time I have between my day job and raising 2 kids. I’ve embraced the “half-baked” aspect of shipping a project like this by drawing silly stick figures for all the illustrations. It’s just been so much fun building and using it. If you use it, don’t worry about me abandoning…
The project itself is not that interesting for the majority of pepole. What was nice for me was this kind of thrill to push something for everyone to share.
I put more attention into the details, description, etc. A very fulfilling learning experience.
This is going to help me release the 10 or so other projects I was keeping private but was ashamed to publish. I just need to find some time to polish them.
Enter Typoglyph. I assign blocks of text a glyph or symbol (#, At the end of each day I simply snap a picture of my notebook pages and all the queued actions in my notebook are executed.
Unfortunately I’m using Google Cloud OCR, as it’s the most accurate at detecting handwriting (that I’ve found). It also doesn’t allow for custom glyphs.
I’m looking to phase out my phone wherever possible, so when I’m out and about I would like to use my notebook to replace some phone functions (notes, non-urgent messages, adding to a list, setting a reminder, new contact, etc). The issue is, once I write in my notebook, I tend to never reread what I’ve written. Enter Typoglyph. I assign blocks of text a glyph or symbol (#, At the end of each day I simply snap a pict…
A few questions, if you don't mind:
1) Do you have any examples of the kinds of "actions" you execute (and what you would write to execute them)? Is the text also in some kind of strict DSL (e.g. @ firstname lastname number to add a contact?)
2) How do reminders work? I'd assume only at-least-next-day ones work well if you only execute/set them at EOD. Do you use them more to remind you of daily things in the morning, or do you have your phone ping you throughout the day as specific-time reminders kick in?
3. Are you planning on releasing this as an app? Planning on adding any support for people adding their own glyphs/actions? (I ask because I've been tempted to do something similar, but moreso for worldbuilding -- where I jot down character/location ideas and OCR them into notebook.ai later or similar). Does it work on any notebook, or do you need a special one to anchor for OCR accuracy?
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1. Are you sharing this website with them? 2. How well do your AI after photos compare to the real ones? Cool project!
1. Yeah, I call and get the receptionist. I tell them about the software and get their interest (which is always seemingly high). They give me the email address of their plastic surgeon. I email the surgeon with a link to this page while explaining to them that I'm creating this software but want to validate the idea before putting more time into it. Nobody responds to my emails. 2. The photos are right there in the…
1. I think the website does your project a disservice instead of amplifying it. This is because it seems to focus on the cool engineering side of the project (really cool!). Instead, I think it should focus on the value it could generate for the clinics and how close you are to make it work.
For example, you change the first paragraph as follows. (English is not my first language, so phrasing and grammar could certainly be improved.)
Current version:
"I'm trying to validate a program I've written to help your clients see what they might look like after a breast augmentation instead of using Photoshop or relying only on vests. Maybe they'd like to see how they could look by using Breastimate? Please take a look at what I've come up with so far and offer any feedback. (These results are from my rudimentary proof-of-concept)"
Suggestion:
The idea
Showing clients how they would look like after breast augmentation often requires Photoshop or wearing a vest. This costs time and money, and results are often inaccurate.
My goal is to immediately provide accurate results, reduce the costs to the clinics, and increase client satisfaction by using artificial intelligence and computer vision.
Proof-of-concept
Currently, my software simulates breast augmentation results that are quite close to real-life augmentation outcomes. The below pictures were produced in 30 seconds from uploading pre-augmentation photographs.
[Photos: "before", "after (software generated)", "after (real-life outcome)"]
Partnership
To improve the results and validate this approach, I am looking for breast augmentation clinics to partner in using and developing this software.
What I am offering:
- Free lifetime access to this software
What I am looking for:
- feedback on improving it from a clinician's perspective
- access to pre- and post-augmentation photographs to further increase the accuracy of produced results
2. I couldn't find the comparison pictures in the format that I described above.
3. I would move the technical details to the very bottom of the page or a separate page. Instead, to build trust, I would write a sentence or two about who you are, add your picture, and link to your resume or LinkedIn.
4. I would remove the "bizarre experiments" because they distract from the main idea and suggest your software is not working well. Someone who skims the text and doesn't know what labels or masks are may think that your software produces Total Recall-like breasts.
5. You could also address how your software is better / cheaper from other options. I found one example here: https://www.epsteinplasticsurgery.com/procedures/breast-proc... BTW, you need to make sure that the vast majority of clinics indeed relies on Photoshop and vests. Otherwise, your main selling point suggests that you don't know this space and may turn off people you are contacting.
Just my 2c.
I hope this helps and that you succeed!
I’m looking to phase out my phone wherever possible, so when I’m out and about I would like to use my notebook to replace some phone functions (notes, non-urgent messages, adding to a list, setting a reminder, new contact, etc). The issue is, once I write in my notebook, I tend to never reread what I’ve written. Enter Typoglyph. I assign blocks of text a glyph or symbol (#, At the end of each day I simply snap a pict…
This sounds super cool. A few questions, if you don't mind: 1) Do you have any examples of the kinds of "actions" you execute (and what you would write to execute them)? Is the text also in some kind of strict DSL (e.g. @ firstname lastname number to add a contact?) 2) How do reminders work? I'd assume only at-least-next-day ones work well if you only execute/set them at EOD. Do you use them more to remind you of dai…
Edit: new line characters don’t seem to work on HN. So the commands might not make much sense.
1. A couple of examples I’ve been using for development:
# Joe Smith 314 395 112
% why is the sky blue?
+¥:3 Carrots Avocado Tomato Spaghetti
$Joe Smith Long time no talk Hi Joe, it’s been a while. How are the kids?
# - create contact % - research (will open browser with this search term when getting home) + - add to list ¥ - shopping : - denotes length of list. The above will ignore spaghetti. $ - send email
Regarding the separators, I’ve obviously been using new line for the different arguments, but could use anything. More so I was trying to make it so you could annotate any page from the past in glyphs. Just annotate a few glyphs on an existing page (or whiteboard) and it’d run operations.
I’ve tried lots of systems, but there’s always pros and cons. Open to suggestions!
2. More so I’d use them to remind me of dates or set wake up alarm. Reminders throughout the day doesn’t really help me (plus the phone isn’t with me). But there’s no reason you couldn’t do all of the options you mentioned.
3. I did a proof of concept as a desktop app. I’d just upload pictures I took to cloud, and pull down. Because desktop is much more powerful for the user, I could write custom scripts and run them from the notebook. But an app would be a good idea for those who don’t mind the hit in flexibility.
DEFINITELY have support for custom glyphs. Because I’m using Google OCR I don’t currently have support for custom glyphs (a little shape or squiggle), hence the glyphs are just symbol characters. But yes they can be created and assigned actions.
I’ve been using it on any old book. Just make sure the lighting is ok. Of course it’s not always perfect, but it’s close enough if you take effort to write clearly.
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What about watching a persons bank account via Openbanking etc then you can easily (!) determine which ones are subscriptions ?
Hadn’t thought of that! Interesting idea.
A massively multiplayer game with a fresh start every time, that's easy to learn and easy to start having fun, doesn't guilt you into playing (healthy long-term relationship with the player), and has lots of replay value: http://vnav.io Currently there are multiple major bugs with damage.
I really like this. Wish it had a little bit of a tutorial. In about 10 lives I haven't figured out what all the shapes/colors do, or how to use them, or why I'm getting almost insta-killed by guys who I seemingly can't hurt (maybe the damage bug). Either way, very cool!