Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by drewmck » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:28 PM UTC

Make this into an iPhone app and you'll probably get some very nice monthly dosh from it.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#62

Post by jarnix » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

This reminds me of this website: https://makr.io/

I think I found it on HN a few months ago.

Fun little project anyway :)

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#63

Post by chezmo » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:34 PM UTC

thedangler wrote: post #49

Just wondering how you render the final image?

i transfer all parameters via json to php and redo the rendering on the server with the GD library.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#64

Post by kenkam » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:43 PM UTC

Love how it works, possibly a new way to create memes...

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

#65

Post by switch007 » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:43 PM UTC

Cool! I found it difficult to place the call-out in the right position because a smaller version is showed while dragging.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by JonnieCache » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

kurtvarner wrote: post #12

It's sad that people call their little/fun projects useless. I just used your project and thought it was awesome. And even the worst project ever is useful for you . It's how you learn, build and explore. Plus, some truly great things have started out as "useless."

    All art is quite useless
        - Oscar Wilde

Perhaps "pointless" or "aimless" might be better than useless, but a useless item can be a item which exists merely to delight the mind/spirit. Of course, internet pedants and other cutting edge point-missers would likely argue that this is in fact itself a use. Such is the way of things.

Maybe "intrinsically motivated" would be a more HN compatible term.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by corkill » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

This is awesome great work, please do a follow up post on how you built it :).

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by KMBredt » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

One suggestion: A quick check, if Cancel is really what the user wanted or, if the site gets reloaded or the user leaves it by accidentally hitting a bookmark display a notification, that he/she might want to save first.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by olalonde » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

kurtvarner wrote: post #12

It's sad that people call their little/fun projects useless. I just used your project and thought it was awesome. And even the worst project ever is useful for you . It's how you learn, build and explore. Plus, some truly great things have started out as "useless."

Sadly, it's often a good idea to preface "Show HN" submissions with this nowadays so that someone else doesn't tell you how useless your project is in the comments thread.

Re: Show HN: my useless weekend project, add speech bubbles to images

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Post by JonnieCache » Thu, Jan 03, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

marquis wrote: post #45

chezmo wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just removed the NSFW image as i can not edit the title any more. Sorry for that! Did not think that far when posting.

There are safe places to get random images for testing, like placekitten, perhaps others have more recommendations. Personally, I didn't get an unsafe image and found your site easy to use and effective.

Both flickr and google image search can be made to return only CC-licensed SFW images.