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Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by silviot »

criley2 wrote: post #121
drexlspivey wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s one thing that Apple got right, you can cancel any subscription from settings so you don’t have to deal with that crap.

Apple and Google both have all subscriptions in a single place that are easy to manage, this user just doesn't know how to access them. This is normal. My parents do not understand the iOS settings app at all, and it confuses them that they have to leave their app to manage their apps in a different app. I don't think Apple (or Google) got this right, there is definitely room for improvement for average user UX

Definitely correct: I didn't remember how to access them (I actually did it in the past, but forgot exactly how. My point still stands, I believe: it's too hard, not prominent enough. In particular I was disappointed by the "Manage subscriptions" link that brought me to a screen where I could not do that.

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by Kaibeezy »

fnordpiglet wrote: post #143
Kaibeezy wrote: post #97

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27693560 Barely a year ago. I thought it was maybe 5 years ago. Time itself must be accelerating. I need an app that can scan my hard drives, connectome and biochemistry > bleep bloop > tell me what I can still do with my life.

That’s not hard. Metabolize sugars until cellular and genetic damage is so severe you stop metabolizing sugars and decompose.

Did I need an app for that?

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by robbrown451 »

totetsu wrote: post #91
robbrown451 wrote: post #57

Very cool. Now what I want is something that will scan a pile of rocks and tell me how to put them together to build a wall with minimal space between them. https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/stone-wall-texture-pict... Or better yet, tell my robot how to do it.

That is a problem in three dimensions, a Photo wont tell you the 3d shape of each rock.

Of course. But I didn't say a photo. (it could be video, it could be lidar, etc) And yeah maybe you need the robot to pick up each rock and look at it from different angles.

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by rdtwo »

sandworm101 wrote: post #137
gog wrote: post #80

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This is an easy problem to solve, find the socks you like and then buy 20 pairs of the same socks and get rid of the old ones.

Im in a military. I get issued 15 pairs of socks each year in three different styles. But from one year to the next, pairs are never constructed exactly the same. Then the wear/washing history of each pair divides them even within a given year's issue. I have 43 pairs of socks now in my "work socks" drawer (just counted) but no two are interchangeable. When they come out of the drier i still have to individually matc…

Ha I have the same problem. Even the exact same sock won’t match dye colors. Sometimes it’s brighter or darker colors.

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by mynameisvlad »

criley2 wrote: post #121
drexlspivey wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s one thing that Apple got right, you can cancel any subscription from settings so you don’t have to deal with that crap.

Apple and Google both have all subscriptions in a single place that are easy to manage, this user just doesn't know how to access them. This is normal. My parents do not understand the iOS settings app at all, and it confuses them that they have to leave their app to manage their apps in a different app. I don't think Apple (or Google) got this right, there is definitely room for improvement for average user UX

Apple asks you if you want to keep or cancel your subscription when you uninstall an app that has an active sub. There’s also several entry points to the UI, including from the App Store and Settings. Ideally there’d be a deep link option for other apps to link into it, but I’d say Apple clearly has a better experience and makes it easier to cancel these subscriptions.

https://ibb.co/JBz5Rgh

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by telcal »

ttcbj wrote: post #124

To be honest, what I love about legos is the free play aspect. When I play with my kids, (now 8 and 10), I find that the key thing is not what pieces we have (admittedly, we have a lot of pieces), or instructions, but developing some theme or challenge. The theme could be ‘space’ or ‘under water’ or ‘I’m going to build the taller possible leg structure’ or ‘I’m going to build a vehicle that can be blown across the fl…

I can't be the only one but free play/build gives me a TON of anxiety. It's like I become paralyzed and my mind just goes blank. I have a young son with a couple tubs full of lego pieces.

OTOH, I love to build Lego kits with directions. I could do it for hours... it becomes meditative.

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by totetsu »

robbrown451 wrote: post #173
totetsu wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is a problem in three dimensions, a Photo wont tell you the 3d shape of each rock.

Of course. But I didn't say a photo. (it could be video, it could be lidar, etc) And yeah maybe you need the robot to pick up each rock and look at it from different angles.

My source is that I once leafed through a Japanese in a book store book for rural diy homesteader types that had detailed instructions on how to make a retaining wall for terraced rice fields not dissimilar to the one you pictured, and my impression is that there is a lot of engineering behind the surface, and also the arrangement of the sizes of the stones to make it stable and movement resistant (like to settle back into place after a quake), that make this more than just fitting the shapes together like a jigsaw.. I wish i had actually bought that book now.

Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by [deleted] »

ttcbj wrote: post #124

To be honest, what I love about legos is the free play aspect. When I play with my kids, (now 8 and 10), I find that the key thing is not what pieces we have (admittedly, we have a lot of pieces), or instructions, but developing some theme or challenge. The theme could be ‘space’ or ‘under water’ or ‘I’m going to build the taller possible leg structure’ or ‘I’m going to build a vehicle that can be blown across the fl…

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Re: Brickit scans your pile of bricks and gives you ideas, with instructions

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Post by robbrown451 »

totetsu wrote: post #178
robbrown451 wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course. But I didn't say a photo. (it could be video, it could be lidar, etc) And yeah maybe you need the robot to pick up each rock and look at it from different angles.

My source is that I once leafed through a Japanese in a book store book for rural diy homesteader types that had detailed instructions on how to make a retaining wall for terraced rice fields not dissimilar to the one you pictured, and my impression is that there is a lot of engineering behind the surface, and also the arrangement of the sizes of the stones to make it stable and movement resistant (like to settle bac…

Yes it is a challenging problem to do it well. But cool to think about!
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