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Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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Ok, but I wonder if it really needs to be real time like this? Wouldn't it make more sense to have some kind of button: somebody makes a pose, takes a picture, the picture is run through some kind of transformation and comes back as a painting that stays there until someone takes another picture? Wouldn't the illusion of art be better that way? (It would not be a "mirror" anymore though.)

I think it has to be either real time or a very low framerate, like once every 30 seconds. That way you have time to see each "painting"

IMO embrace low frame rate. Better energy use if its AI based on the first place (cheaper, environment... more cycles for fancier effecs) THEN pair that with e-ink display (also good energy use), I'd go for old school charcoal style but color e-ink is a thing. e-ink with some additional effects could resemble a physical paper moreso then a LCD/LED and so would be less obnoxious in the darkness of night... AND this also could be a low key security camera.

Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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Which aligns with this piece in the story. Sticking a webcam shot through an AI filter is a pretty low bar. What makes it art that anyone other than the creator would care about is the real-time rendering. Thats the art that people are interested in discussing. People do all sorts of walks as art. Whether thats Drag or a parade where the art is to make the walk interesting, or walking through the desert, laying on a…

shl0ms exploded a lambo to pieces and sold those as NFT's crypto-art is art too a car can be art ceci n'est pas une pipe

it’s true (i was there)

Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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> "Experts say it cannot be done; amateurs accomplish it every day." I love this because I seem to encounter situations like that every day. Who came up with this saying? Recent example: This guy asked a very simple question about something that's commonly done in industry (wiring two power supplies in parallel and balancing the current between them): https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/1g84zd7/usi... Li…

Since I actually work in this field: Redundant switching power supplies are purpose built to be redundant. They usually have a current share circuit (to balance the load) and output diodes (to stop one supply from feeding the other one). Without that one supply will "over power" the other, fill it's output caps, and then the feedback of that supply will go "Hey the output caps are charged so why do I need to do anyth…

The linked post shows why all that is unnecessary. Paralleling PSUs is so easy that people get it working by accident.

> You end up with an erosion of power balance

Unlike you, the guy powering his PC with two USB-C ports quantified how imbalanced it is. 65W+75W in his photo.

>tens of thousands of lines of if statements

Terrible example because that takes more work than the correct solution. btw the correct solution in this case involves FETs, not diodes. Look up "ideal diode circuit"

Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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post #118

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shl0ms exploded a lambo to pieces and sold those as NFT's crypto-art is art too a car can be art ceci n'est pas une pipe

it’s true (i was there)

invite me on next installation

Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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On the low framerate: why get a pi5 when a Jetson Nano could be had for about the same price?

What do you want a high frame rate for when looking at art? What is the frame rate of the Mona Lisa?

What's the frame rate of a zoetrope, a 1920's silent film, Charlie Chaplin's greatest works, Eraserhead?

Not all art is still.

So, why the snark?

Re: Show HN: Wall-mounted diffusion mirror that turns reflections into paintings

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> "Experts say it cannot be done; amateurs accomplish it every day." I love this because I seem to encounter situations like that every day. Who came up with this saying? Recent example: This guy asked a very simple question about something that's commonly done in industry (wiring two power supplies in parallel and balancing the current between them): https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectronics/comments/1g84zd7/usi... Li…

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