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I couldn't figure out why he was wearing all the French gear, the author isn't french...! I presume it's a nod to the Frenchman, Claude Chappe, who invented Flag semaphore, the system he build it with. @fheisler, if you happened to see this, please let me know if I'm right! :)
I was lamenting the use of "semaphore" but wikipedia supports them: > Semaphore (lit. 'apparatus for signalling'; from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token', and Greek -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier')[1] is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over distance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore I was only familiar with: > [A semaphore] is a variable or abstract data type used…
Knowing about programming semaphores but not visual semaphores seems quite bizarre to me. A bit like thinking flag or register or stack were only computer terms.
I was lamenting the use of "semaphore" but wikipedia supports them: > Semaphore (lit. 'apparatus for signalling'; from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token', and Greek -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier')[1] is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over distance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore I was only familiar with: > [A semaphore] is a variable or abstract data type used…
I learnt it as a cub scout. Or at least I think I was supposed to. Don't remember getting a badge.
I couldn't figure out why he was wearing all the French gear, the author isn't french...! I presume it's a nod to the Frenchman, Claude Chappe, who invented Flag semaphore, the system he build it with. @fheisler, if you happened to see this, please let me know if I'm right! :)
Hm which gear was particularly French? I was just channeling 80s aerobics workout in the intro, or the style of the songs played in the video.
I couldn't figure out why he was wearing all the French gear, the author isn't french...! I presume it's a nod to the Frenchman, Claude Chappe, who invented Flag semaphore, the system he build it with. @fheisler, if you happened to see this, please let me know if I'm right! :)
Hm which gear was particularly French? I was just channeling 80s aerobics workout in the intro, or the style of the songs played in the video.
Author here! Pleasant surprise to find my project at the top of HN this morning with such positive feedback :) I'm happy to answer any questions or hear suggestions for future tweaks. Planning to make this into a customizable full-body game controller as well.
Imagine teaching some ML your personal body movements, and then you could have it transcribe text into Semaphore-output video (or live rendering)... At least well enough that Semaphore-input could read it?
The YouTube video is even funnier: https://youtu.be/h376W93gQq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJexftddVw
EDIT: I just realized that it's the same guy behind this gem, that I randomly ran across a few months back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q-BQ2Q_pqI
(I Made a Remote Lie Detector to Test Zuckerberg's Pulse)