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Re: Chronophoto

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Post by stjo » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:27 PM UTC

klabb3 wrote: post #34

It’s incredible to see how quickly things changed ~1910-1930 in terms of infrastructure and technology. You’re going from horses and cobblestone to almost modern cars and pavement, within just 20 years or so.

Same thing with smartphones. If the photos is of a crowd, it is immediately obvious if it is after 2012 by the fact that everybody is watching their hands.

Re: Chronophoto

#52

Post by fceruti » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:27 PM UTC

rukuu001 wrote: post #45

fceruti wrote: post #37

I feel proud and eager to share my 3150 score point. PS: No such sharable gold nugget was presented.

Lol I took a screenshot. Endorphin hit from getting 2 in a row exactly right was ridiculous

that's the good stuff

Re: Chronophoto

#53

Post by atoav » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:27 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #48

Love it! I got some terrible scores but then realized a good strategy is to judge a photo by its quality and aesthetics rather than the content.

Except when you don't do it. My first (and best) guess was one year off, because I guessed based on a specific war with a specific way of building trenches.

Re: Chronophoto

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Post by swyx » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

softfalcon wrote: post #14

Wow… for the first time in my life, knowing intricate information about film development colouring paid off

do geoguessr style livestreaming but for old photos and talk thru your process, people will love it

Re: Chronophoto

#55

Post by swalling » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:50 PM UTC

Addictively fun. I'd love to see a leaderboard for this or at least what the score distribution is.

Re: Chronophoto

#56

Post by jeremyis » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:51 PM UTC

3244! The first photo was hard because it was recent but had an old car in it.

Re: Chronophoto

#57

Post by charles_f » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 10:57 PM UTC

tobr wrote: post #25

Simple and fun game. I just wish the score was more forgiving the older the photo was. It’s a lot harder to tell 1905 and 1910 apart than 2015 and 2020, from the perspective of 2023.

Interesting, unless there was a major clue, I've had as much pain in both cases.

Re: Chronophoto

#58

Post by antihipocrat » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:14 PM UTC

This is great! I'd love to see some stats on the distribution of all guesses for each photo

Re: Chronophoto

#59

Post by grodin » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:16 PM UTC

It's a shame, but its privacy policy[1] is pretty clearly contravening the GDPR. There's a link on the top of the privacy page which seems to be supposed to show you a consent modal, but it doesn't work on my Chromebook, and their claimed justifications for using the user's data are clearly not actually justified.

[1]: https://www.chronophoto.app/privacy.html

Re: Chronophoto

#60

Post by pwenzel » Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 11:16 PM UTC

This is really fun. My only wish is that I could see some information about the photos in the summary screen. Maybe a photographer credit or link to a Wikipedia?