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Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by acheron »

ryan_j_naughton wrote: post #286
ericd wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Use headphones.

What about when it is a small group playing very low music such that it is quickly drowned out by the sound of the waves and the birds after 10 feet of distance. Headphones are actually impede their enjoyment of the situation there because (a) they cannot easily talk to one another with headphones in (b) they cannot enjoy the mixing sounds of nature and music. In many cases, folk music or classical music at low volum…

Correct. I also see no value to someone’s enjoyment of punching others in the face. I am perfectly fine disrupting and invading their lives to force them to stop punching others in the face.

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Post by acheron »

flatiron wrote: post #300
dmamills wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A gift? Maybe depending on how full you are seeing the glass at any given time. But perhaps OP was trying to say: When you bring a human into the world, you are going have to explain a lot of it to them.

In this thread: people explaining kids to people with kids

The worst genre of HN comment is “single childless dude questions others’ parenting”. It’s not just this thread.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by Thorrez »

pigtailgirl wrote: post #96
olafura wrote: post #36

Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.

wobbly: https://videos.ctfassets.net/svn43w404u4n/4oG6RAF5QALMWEBdlX...

Where is that video from?

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by roughly »

dvt wrote: post #320
roughly wrote: post #158

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I think this is going to be one of those things where we learn that nobody actually cares about any of that outside these forums. MP3s were garbage, early camera phones were garbage, Snap picture quality generally is garbage, bluetooth headphones suck, all of these things were and are decried by the tech community, and it turns out that people just don't care, because even at garbage quality it's still cool to have a…

Except that mp3s sucked until the iPod, and camera phones sucked until the iPhone. The idea that product quality, ease of use, UX/UI, or polish doesn't matter is just wrong. This thing is absolutely going to bomb (reminds me of GoPro's Karma) and I'd bet money on it, but SNAP stock is already in dire straits, so their incompetence is probably priced in.

I’m arguing the opposite of what you think I am. MP3s won because you could download and throw a gazillion of them on a portable device, cell phone cameras won because they were always on you. If this thing wins it’ll be because it’s cheap, you can swap the battery fast enough to make up for the shitty battery life, and the ux is simple enough that people who don’t care about drones can get drone shots. I’m completely on your side - the technical specs don’t matter if the UX is right.

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Post by mygoodaccount »

pigtailgirl wrote: post #96
olafura wrote: post #36

Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.

wobbly: https://videos.ctfassets.net/svn43w404u4n/4oG6RAF5QALMWEBdlX...

sauce on this succubus?

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Post by donthellbanme »

We all know who this is marketed to.

My hope is the females of the world decide selfies are narcisstic, predictable, and shallow.

They refuse to watch programs like the Kardashians, and selfies will just die out like disco.

(I guess there's nothing wrong with getting ahead with your physical looks. I watched my sister pretty much write her ticket in life do to how photogenic she is.)

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Post by williamtrask »

samatman wrote: post #322
meatmanek wrote: post #304

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There's going to be a significant white noise component due to the turbulent airflow, which won't be as easy to cut out.

There's so much white noise outdoors that removing the dominant harmonics that make drones, well, drone,† would make a huge difference in the palatability of being around them. †The noise quadcopters make has nothing to do with why they're called drones, but is the perfect description nonetheless for the noise they emit

If they combined it with audio from the phone they would have a much better chance of isolating noise.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by kiksy »

jolux wrote: post #352
emteycz wrote: post #336

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No, camera phones were very good since the Sony Ericsson days - ~2006. I have a book from that era all about mobile camera photography, written by a professional photographer, and illustrated only with pictures shot on a Nokia phone. The pictures are of excellent printable quality with amazing colors.

~nobody used the Sony Ericsson devices though, everyone had stuff like the Motorola Razr with terrible little cameras in them.

I had SE k800i in 2006. It had a Xenon flash and the photos it took we not surpassed by smartphones for a surprisingly long time, especially at night.

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Post by [deleted] »

olafura wrote: post #36

Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.

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Post by no_time »

mNovak wrote: post #27
chrisshroba wrote: post #8

Say what you will about Snap, I'm all for fun new electronics, and I've often wondered whether a product like this could be viable. Excited to see how it does!

To dive straight into the low end is viable only for a large corp that can subsidize it and/or the massive marketing blitz. I highly doubt they're making money on the $250 price tag unless they sell several million. Anyone else has to start at the high end / specialty, and work their way down.

Huh? If you take a look on aliexpress you can find drones that are better in every measurable metric (except ease of use) for half the money. This thing probably has an insane markup.
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