Focals by North • Hacker News Board

Re: Focals by North

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Post by baud147258 » Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 7:26 AM UTC

rebuilder wrote: post #35

baud147258 wrote: post #20

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Sometime at parties I wish for a HUD that would show me people's name and the last time I saw them. On the other hand I dislike wearing glasses at social events, since I don't really need them.

I really don't look forward to trying to politely explain why I don't like having my face uploaded into the facial recognition/person-tracking system that will involve.

I agree. Of course such system have some pretty important downsides. I'll perhaps have to pay more attention to people then.

Re: Focals by North

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Post by akavel » Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 9:04 AM UTC

pj_mukh wrote: post #36

akavel wrote: post #27

Anyone has any leaks or something regarding what's the pixel resolution of the display? I'm curious if it would be theoretically possible to display vim in some 8x8 font on this...

300x300px as per Verge[1] [1]: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/23/18010468/...

Cool, so seems not worse than a CGA at 320x200, if that shows up to be true! :) That's something I'm totally looking forward to hopefully be able to use at some point in future. Will probably take some time however till it trickles down to people with my levels of financial affordance. Also, till somebody hacks the software open for installing some kind of FOSS firmware. And finally, I have a sneaky suspicion, that the 3-sec-per-notification display time limit is there mainly to make the batteries last long enough on one charge to call it "a day" ;)

Re: Focals by North

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Post by Eridrus » Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 2:32 PM UTC

biztos wrote: post #52

fermienrico wrote: post #47

Am I the only one who doesn't want - Digital Glasses, Google Glass - Smart assistants - IOT devices - Smart door locks - Internet enabled washing machines, refrigerators, ovens, etc. - Push to order dash buttons - Smart watch - Smart cameras/webcams These devices are solutions looking for a problem. The value proposition is overshadowed by loss of privacy, interruptions by social media, potential for security flaws,…

I don't want a lot of those things, but I really want a couple of them in a different form than currently available: - Smart driving (sun|eye)glasses. - Smart plant waterers for when I'm out of town. - Something that does what Apple Watch does without displacing my real watch. It seems I'm unlikely to see the second two -- AFAICT plant watering is stuck in DIY mode, and it looks like the Apple Watch business is boomi…

It seems like there are a tonne of smart plant watering things... https://www.postscapes.com/wireless-plant-sensors/

Re: Focals by North

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Post by biztos » Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 9:25 PM UTC

Eridrus wrote: post #103

biztos wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't want a lot of those things, but I really want a couple of them in a different form than currently available: - Smart driving (sun|eye)glasses. - Smart plant waterers for when I'm out of town. - Something that does what Apple Watch does without displacing my real watch. It seems I'm unlikely to see the second two -- AFAICT plant watering is stuck in DIY mode, and it looks like the Apple Watch business is boomi…

It seems like there are a tonne of smart plant watering things... https://www.postscapes.com/wireless-plant-sensors/

Thanks for that link! I keep getting stuck on the "needs a dedicated tap" problem but I will investigate further.

Re: Focals by North

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Post by core-questions » Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 11:31 PM UTC

iends wrote: post #94

lanewinfield wrote: post #91

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Unless the idea of tracking and data analysis is... part of the fun and motivation to continue doing it.

Even amateur's can use the data to make better workout decisions that lead to better outcomes, too. My workouts and quality of life are objectively better by using a smartwatch, and I'm a bit surprised by the luddites here on hacker news of all places. Oh well, the markets have clearly spoken about the objective benefits of smartwatches.

Luddite? For not using a fucking smartwatch?

Check yourself, you elitist jerk

Re: Focals by North

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Post by nine_k » Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 2:53 AM UTC

fermienrico wrote: post #47

Am I the only one who doesn't want - Digital Glasses, Google Glass - Smart assistants - IOT devices - Smart door locks - Internet enabled washing machines, refrigerators, ovens, etc. - Push to order dash buttons - Smart watch - Smart cameras/webcams These devices are solutions looking for a problem. The value proposition is overshadowed by loss of privacy, interruptions by social media, potential for security flaws,…

As somebody here on HN once said, internet of things is not going to happen until a local network of things happens.

I do want smarter things. But I don't want them to depend on anything outside. They should be entirely under my control, tightly isolated from the big public internet and the company that produced them alike.

Re: Focals by North

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Post by dang » Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 6:42 AM UTC

core-questions wrote: post #105

iends wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even amateur's can use the data to make better workout decisions that lead to better outcomes, too. My workouts and quality of life are objectively better by using a smartwatch, and I'm a bit surprised by the luddites here on hacker news of all places. Oh well, the markets have clearly spoken about the objective benefits of smartwatches.

Luddite? For not using a fucking smartwatch? Check yourself, you elitist jerk

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