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Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

#121

Hey, cool idea. Would you be able to tell me the tech stack for the whole app? I want to build a similar application for some other use case. I have built a static map with all my labels using leaflet in Python. To turn it into something like you have, what technologies will I need?

Thx, see here: https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/cluster/

I use MapBox, but similar things can also be done on Google Maps.

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

#122

Awesome! How long did it take to run locally on your Mac? Any details you can share about the stack used for processing (other than YOLO for detection)?

Thx! Downloading all the photos took the most time. Object detection process took only several days.

At TripOffice, we use simple and widely-used tools: Python, NextJS, and MySQL.

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

#123
Unfortunately digital nomads aren't going to be staying in hotels. Maximum 30 days, plus terrible internet.

https://thewirednomad.com is better suited because they are all non-hotels and have verified internet speeds.

Previously posted on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37176439

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

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IMHO There is a huge gap for affordable hotels for normadic workers and business people. Hotel rooms suck when you need to use them for work. Typically there are massive beds and I travel alone if for work. There is no proper chair, no writing table at all or one too small, and the sockets tend to be in the wrong corner of the room. If I was an entrepreneur outside of software looking for a gap, I might have invented…

Hotels all have 30-day maximum stays. And they always use the cheapest bandwidth pool so internet speeds are not good. And it's shared.

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

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Most that I've stayed in don't but often have pools and gyms. I suspect it comes down to if they're targeting a 'business traveler', for example it's definitely a thing in 'corporate' hotels or ones by a airport.

I have very rarely used a business center in literally years of days traveling on business. Maybe I've printed a few pages over time.

I’m pretty sure they either fall under “useless features that sound sort of useful when you’re booking a room,” or “alleviating your guilt for not getting a cheaper hotel room on someone else’s dime.”

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

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I travel a lot and I agree that most hotels suck for work. But the primary function of a hotel is to provide a safe place to sleep. If I want to do work, my best bet is to stay late in the office where I spent the day, since most people will leave at some point. I get good chairs there, large rooms and monitors if I need. It's much better than trying to retrofit a small hotel room into something else.

Yeah and even if you’re a guest of the office I can’t imagine most places would shoo you out after your business with them is concluded.

Yeah, most of the time you just need to ask ahead of time and people will accommodate.

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

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Not really, businessmen/women usually need their stuff ironed.

And they are ironing their stuff on their own in their hotel room? Isn’t there a service for that?

Not at 2am when their flight lands, and they have a meeting the next morning.

Re: Show HN: Using YOLO to Detect Office Chairs in 40M Hotel Photos

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have very rarely used a business center in literally years of days traveling on business. Maybe I've printed a few pages over time.

I’m pretty sure they either fall under “useless features that sound sort of useful when you’re booking a room,” or “alleviating your guilt for not getting a cheaper hotel room on someone else’s dime.”

Probably mostly the former. It's cheap to provide in a larger hotel and some business travelers sort of expect it even if they basically never use.
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