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Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by vunderba »

imdsm wrote: post #12

I love looking at books in people's photos. Here's what I found in yours. I hope you don't mind! ---- Bad Blood by John Carreyrou - A detailed account of the Theranos scandal. The Founders by Jimmy Soni - Explores the early days of PayPal and its impact on Silicon Valley. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - Memoir by the founder of Nike. Measure What Matters by John Doerr - A book about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and or…

I'll give a shoutout to Skunk Works - even if you're not particularly into aviation or aeronautical engineering it's a highly engaging read.

There's this one section covering part of the development of the stealth fighter F117 Nighthawk where one of the engineers makes a discovery that the amount of radar energy returned to a sender is INDEPENDENT of the object's size if it is composed principally of flat surfaces.

This is why the F117 looks like such a polygonal mess from Starfox on the Nintendo 64.

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by tylerjrichards »

stavros wrote: post #8

This is cool, I have two observations: * You say that you used a better model than Dalle 2, don't mention which, and the next line says "Dalle" again. I assume you're using Flux, though. * Your photo display code might be wrong, your friend's selfie is squished in that photo.

I did the insane thing of .... just updating to Dalle 3. My buddy recommended Flux, haven't tried it out just out of lack of time + Dalle 3 working pretty nicely

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by tylerjrichards »

vunderba wrote: post #21
imdsm wrote: post #12

I love looking at books in people's photos. Here's what I found in yours. I hope you don't mind! ---- Bad Blood by John Carreyrou - A detailed account of the Theranos scandal. The Founders by Jimmy Soni - Explores the early days of PayPal and its impact on Silicon Valley. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - Memoir by the founder of Nike. Measure What Matters by John Doerr - A book about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and or…

I'll give a shoutout to Skunk Works - even if you're not particularly into aviation or aeronautical engineering it's a highly engaging read. There's this one section covering part of the development of the stealth fighter F117 Nighthawk where one of the engineers makes a discovery that the amount of radar energy returned to a sender is INDEPENDENT of the object's size if it is composed principally of flat surfaces. T…

I love Skunk works! the book right next to it is called the Goal and is my highest recommendation, so you two should check that one out as well.

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

Nevermark wrote: post #18
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s about power cords not properly installed electrical wiring. Google for “power cords in walls” for tons of discussion about why not, and for national electrical code section 400.8 for the actual regulations. Probably US-centric but the general concerns apply.

If hiding TV power and video cables behind a few feet of walls is a code violating disease, the US has an out of control epidemic! Note the practical difference between running fat insulated cables (so safe they are built to live bare in living spaces, often piled in knots behind furniture), from infrastructure wiring meant to be inaccessibly buried in home structures. You may be right that technically it’s against c…

> the US has an out of control epidemic!

No argument on that one.

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by brian-armstrong »

Nevermark wrote: post #18
loloquwowndueo wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s about power cords not properly installed electrical wiring. Google for “power cords in walls” for tons of discussion about why not, and for national electrical code section 400.8 for the actual regulations. Probably US-centric but the general concerns apply.

If hiding TV power and video cables behind a few feet of walls is a code violating disease, the US has an out of control epidemic! Note the practical difference between running fat insulated cables (so safe they are built to live bare in living spaces, often piled in knots behind furniture), from infrastructure wiring meant to be inaccessibly buried in home structures. You may be right that technically it’s against c…

It is not against code to hide low voltage signal cables behind the wall. It's only against code for mains voltage. And there are good reasons for it. Just because you showed up to this conversation not knowing what they are doesn't mean they don't exist.

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by Nevermark »

brian-armstrong wrote: post #27
Nevermark wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If hiding TV power and video cables behind a few feet of walls is a code violating disease, the US has an out of control epidemic! Note the practical difference between running fat insulated cables (so safe they are built to live bare in living spaces, often piled in knots behind furniture), from infrastructure wiring meant to be inaccessibly buried in home structures. You may be right that technically it’s against c…

It is not against code to hide low voltage signal cables behind the wall. It's only against code for mains voltage. And there are good reasons for it. Just because you showed up to this conversation not knowing what they are doesn't mean they don't exist.

1) I was the person who suggested hiding the cords.

2) Zooming into the picture of the hanging digital picture, those looks like fat highly insulated consumer cables to me.

Re: Creating a social photo frame from scratch

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Post by Galanwe »

brian-armstrong wrote: post #27
Nevermark wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If hiding TV power and video cables behind a few feet of walls is a code violating disease, the US has an out of control epidemic! Note the practical difference between running fat insulated cables (so safe they are built to live bare in living spaces, often piled in knots behind furniture), from infrastructure wiring meant to be inaccessibly buried in home structures. You may be right that technically it’s against c…

It is not against code to hide low voltage signal cables behind the wall. It's only against code for mains voltage. And there are good reasons for it. Just because you showed up to this conversation not knowing what they are doesn't mean they don't exist.

I think he suggested hiding the power cable of the screen (so probably USB at 5v), not bringing a power cord up the wall.
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