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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#421

I'm working on a few projects. Firstly, I've developed a suite of Python libraries to deal with NFL data, including play-by-play statistics and slicing game footage into its play-by-play components. A demo of my work is here: http://demo.nflfan.burntsushi.net/?week=5 (excuse the slowness, my web server is crappy) Everything is on GitHub: https://github.com/BurntSushi/{nflgame,nfldb,nflvid,nflfan} Secondly, I'm also w…

Great stuff! Where do you get the game footage from?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#422

This thread needs more hardware. I'm making bike lights. First a little story. I was late to class one day in March, pothole season. I was cruising in the drops, when I came up to a T intersection. A van pulls up, and stops at the stop sign. As I approach the intersection, I see a pothole, swerve to avoid the hole, and the van pulls forward. I have about 1 second before I hit the van, land with my back on the hood, s…

Can you explain a bit more about how this is improving communication between bikes and cars? Auto-on is nice, but we have lights that last a long time already. You mention brake lights. Are you actually riging this up to the bikes breaks? How about turn signalling? Stuff like that?

Clearly, it appears you've hit a thread here, maybe you can share more.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#423
Hiresync (http://hiresync.io/) -- collaborative coding interview tool / tool to send out screening questions to candidates, record their response, and being able to pass that recording to your team to review at a later time.

Currently pretty early in development, alot of features are incomplete, but it feels nice to have something deployed online.

Mostly feeling like I'm stagnating at my day job so this was a good chance for me to learn some new skills.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#425

A book that explains the core ideas of neural networks and deep learning. Cool because: * The book incorporates lots of running code for readers to explore and extend. * The book's philosophy is to go deep into the core concepts of deep learning, not to superficially cover a long laundry list of ideas. This gives readers a solid foundation to build on, and makes understanding other material much easier. * Deep learni…

What language are the examples in?

Python. I wanted to make the underlying ideas as transparent as possible, so I chose a language which many people will find accessible, and I've tried to use simple, easily understandable idioms. I hope it will also be easily accessible to people who use Python rarely.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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I've been slowly working on a few things, and hopefully can finish them during the winter: 1) Shared Places The idea is that you can have public or private lists of locations that can be shared with other people, and would be integrated with mapping software on your phone so it is easy to navigate to them. Some private lists that may be useful: a) A family one that keeps track of extended relatives, friends houses, s…

take a look at placeling, sounds a lot like your first idea.

Thanks, but it looks like it has been shut down?

http://www.placeling.com/

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

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Nimrod ( http://nimrod-code.org ). It's cool because it's a systems programming language which compiles to C with generics, an awesome Python-like syntax, AST macros and other metaprogramming features. I am one of the core developers. I developed a lot of the standard library and tools such as the Babel package manager, Aporia IDE and a build farm all written in Nimrod.

I love nimrod. Just waiting the right time to {learn,use,play with} it.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#429

Insignia ( https://github.com/Zolmeister/insignia ) A Personal project showcase and landing page My page: http://insignia.zolmeister.com/

My 2 cents: add padding around the top left image/icon/logo so it matches the columns padding of the layout.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?

#430

Everyone is working on new 3D printing hardware but the software is still years behind. PrintToPeer ( http://www.printtopeer.com ) is connecting 3D printers to the internet for remote control and analytics. We have a web dashboard with a real-time connection to your 3D printer(s) for queueing and monitoring, and we've built a printer driver that works on the majority of current desktop 3D printers. A hardware-agnosti…

very cool! - is it just a monitoring app or can you actually launch printings like in octoprint? - Is there a way to encrypt the code sent so that the owner of the printer couldn't grab not even the G-code and reproduce the file once it's on his printer?
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