Snap launches its first drone • Hacker News Board

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by ryeights » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:17 PM UTC

mNovak wrote: post #19

The camera quality doesn't look great, even in the promo videos. You'd think a software company can put on some some decent color balance at least. Also the video is very wobbly because it's such a small platform and no gimbal. That can be fixed in large part in software too. I suppose they're going for the artistically constrained angle, more like a disposable camera.

This little drone has approximately 0 chance of competing with the big players on video quality. Why not simply embrace its limitations, and make them a part of its character?

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by lanamo » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:18 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #197

The one thing that drives me up the wall is being on a beach, or on a hike, and somebody brings out a drone. The whine of the rotors carries much farther than people would like to admit. The ambient screech makes a beautiful natural landscape feel like an anxious techno nightmare. Now make them cheap, connect it to social media, and target them at teens. Let's hope these don't take off (pun intended). At least they c…

drones make unwanted noise and ruin the atmosphere of natural settings. does the world need your boring selfies from an aerial perspective? No. absolutely not. Only worse than these snapchat plastic teeny drones would a V2 with built-in flood light, for added light-pollution. Let's spoil star-gazing, too! I feel the sudden urge to pick up a book about falconry...

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by cupofpython » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:19 PM UTC

the__alchemist wrote: post #208

cupofpython wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and actual reality will have world peace* *all disturbances automatically nullified** immediately **nullification may include death

What do you mean by that?

if people care more about the imagined world than the real world to the degree described in the comment i replied to, then there is no need for our real bodies to actually do anything other than exist. We only need imagine what we'd like to identify with, and the system will handle the rest. We could each be the supreme leader of our own world as far as we can observe

A bunch of bodies existing in reality with minimal real-world activity would be a form of peace.

Real world activity would be a disruption to that peace, and also unobservable to the imagined world since all content is mediated. So anytime a persons behavior does not fit into the imagined world system, they could be killed and no one would care or even know. Maybe everybody is just told that person had a heart attack or whatever.

it's akin to the dangers of not having a free press but with all of those dangers hyper-industrialized

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by windowsrookie » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:19 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #193

crowbahr wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean this in the kindest way possible: I suspect you're out of touch. Snapchat is used by more than 90% of 13-24 year olds in the USA and Gen-Z increasingly prefers it to any other form of communications social media. The ephemeral, personal nature of snap has been enormously popular with the youngest generation, and there's no sign of it stopping. Latest Q1 reports show daily users up 18% annually, 2 million more…

They're down 45% in the last 6 months. 53% the last 12. They're flagging. None of their cutesy hardware has taken off in the past (remember spectacles?).

In the last 6 months Netflix is down 71%, Nvidia 23%, Facebook 36%, AMD 25%, Amazon 14%, General Motors 29%, Alphabet 20%, Volkswagen 32%, etc.

Are these all flagging companies as well?

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:20 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #230

dymk wrote: post #197

The one thing that drives me up the wall is being on a beach, or on a hike, and somebody brings out a drone. The whine of the rotors carries much farther than people would like to admit. The ambient screech makes a beautiful natural landscape feel like an anxious techno nightmare. Now make them cheap, connect it to social media, and target them at teens. Let's hope these don't take off (pun intended). At least they c…

Sounds like we need a cheap, portable and available EMP device :) Seriously though, noice by electronics should be considered a hazard.

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Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by ckardat123 » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:20 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #193

crowbahr wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean this in the kindest way possible: I suspect you're out of touch. Snapchat is used by more than 90% of 13-24 year olds in the USA and Gen-Z increasingly prefers it to any other form of communications social media. The ephemeral, personal nature of snap has been enormously popular with the youngest generation, and there's no sign of it stopping. Latest Q1 reports show daily users up 18% annually, 2 million more…

They're down 45% in the last 6 months. 53% the last 12. They're flagging. None of their cutesy hardware has taken off in the past (remember spectacles?).

I think it's worth noting that their stock is still up 185% since March of 2020. In spite of the prior failures at hardware, the app is still incredibly popular among young people.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by windowsrookie » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:22 PM UTC

alephxyz wrote: post #58

fullstop wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's far worse on Android since they are creating the video from the "preview" window surface instead of directly from the camera interface.

I keep seeing that claim pop up here and on Reddit but their app has been using the camera2 api since at least 2019

Yet for some reason it's still worse quality than an iPhone. I switched from an S21 Ultra to a 13 Pro Max and snapchat has noticeably better quality on the iPhone. I just wish they would allow you to use the ultra wide and telephoto sensors as well.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by poundtown » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:23 PM UTC

dymk wrote: post #197

The one thing that drives me up the wall is being on a beach, or on a hike, and somebody brings out a drone. The whine of the rotors carries much farther than people would like to admit. The ambient screech makes a beautiful natural landscape feel like an anxious techno nightmare. Now make them cheap, connect it to social media, and target them at teens. Let's hope these don't take off (pun intended). At least they c…

i feel this after spending a weekend at the board walk in jersey. influencers all over the damn place..super soaker? nerf gun? target practice at the beach!

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by a254613e » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:24 PM UTC

lanamo wrote: post #232

dymk wrote: post #197

The one thing that drives me up the wall is being on a beach, or on a hike, and somebody brings out a drone. The whine of the rotors carries much farther than people would like to admit. The ambient screech makes a beautiful natural landscape feel like an anxious techno nightmare. Now make them cheap, connect it to social media, and target them at teens. Let's hope these don't take off (pun intended). At least they c…

drones make unwanted noise and ruin the atmosphere of natural settings. does the world need your boring selfies from an aerial perspective? No. absolutely not. Only worse than these snapchat plastic teeny drones would a V2 with built-in flood light, for added light-pollution. Let's spoil star-gazing, too! I feel the sudden urge to pick up a book about falconry...

You sound so grumpy. People want cool shots from drones for themselves, deal with it.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by walrus01 » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 8:26 PM UTC

flatiron wrote: post #206

dymk wrote: post #197

The one thing that drives me up the wall is being on a beach, or on a hike, and somebody brings out a drone. The whine of the rotors carries much farther than people would like to admit. The ambient screech makes a beautiful natural landscape feel like an anxious techno nightmare. Now make them cheap, connect it to social media, and target them at teens. Let's hope these don't take off (pun intended). At least they c…

Totally unrelated but I feel like everyone smokes weed on the beach now. I’m not a prude, I don’t care, I just don’t want to smell it and have my kids ask about it all the time.

I'd much rather that people smoke weed on the beach than the typical behavior I see from groups of drunk people wandering from bar/club to another bar/club in the "entertainment district" in the evenings in any major city.