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Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by trinix912 »

simgt wrote: post #62
2mlWQbCK wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that really true? It is true for me, but I always assumed that is just because I were younger last century. In 1990 I could easily tell if someone was looking like 1980, but today I could never guess if someone looked like 2015 or 2025. I would be happy to learn that this is because fashion actually slowed down, but until proven wrong I will just assume it is because I am older and not paying attention.

> I could never guess if someone looked like 2015 or 2025 It's the length of the socks

And the width of the pants

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by darkerside »

pngeez wrote: post #34
redbell wrote: post #15

That was fun and definitely a bit challenging to figure out—I scored 3677, landing in the top 46%, with an average of 9.2 years. As for some (hopefully constructive) feedback: I think the year selection slider could benefit from a few adjustments. If an image is from the distant past—say, pre-1950s—it might make more sense to use decade-based precision rather than individual years. For example, a black-and-white phot…

Hi, I made this game. Really appreciate the feedback! Seems like older images tend to be frustrating, so I think I'll use them less going forward. Also, older photos are scored more generously, so being a few decades off won’t tank your score nearly as much as it would on a newer one.

I disagree with all of that feedback. Might be because I got top 3%. I don't mean this in a mean way, but it sounds like sour grapes to me!

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by clippyplz »

psittacus wrote: post #45

There's a similar game, but for guessing both the year and the location https://timeguessr.com/ Discussed on HN a couple of years ago too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37203511 edit: found another game like OP in the linked thread https://www.chronophoto.app/game.html

Another for year + location https://whentaken.com/

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by 8organicbits »

clippyplz wrote: post #94
psittacus wrote: post #45

There's a similar game, but for guessing both the year and the location https://timeguessr.com/ Discussed on HN a couple of years ago too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37203511 edit: found another game like OP in the linked thread https://www.chronophoto.app/game.html

Another for year + location https://whentaken.com/

The whole collection is great:

https://whentaken.com/teuteuf-games

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by victor106 »

cheschire wrote: post #89
TrackerFF wrote: post #39

One interesting observation is how much less variation there has been in clothes for the past 20 years or so. Someone from 2005 could look completely undisguisable from someone today, by just wearing regular non-fashion forward 2005 clothes. Same goes for haircuts. Same can't really said about someone from 1955 and 1975, 1980 - 2000, etc. edit: Score 4695 Avg. Years Off 3.0

Well there's very little "common" cultural influence these days. It used to be that you could see a significant episode of a TV show and EVERYONE was talking about it the next day in the office. Now you're lucky if you can even find one person that has seen the show you're even talking about, let alone if they are "caught up" on it since many people prefer to buffer a few episodes while they watch other things.

Agreed, I think the last of the shows where everyone talked about was Game of Thrones.

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by numa7numa7 »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #68
TrackerFF wrote: post #39

One interesting observation is how much less variation there has been in clothes for the past 20 years or so. Someone from 2005 could look completely undisguisable from someone today, by just wearing regular non-fashion forward 2005 clothes. Same goes for haircuts. Same can't really said about someone from 1955 and 1975, 1980 - 2000, etc. edit: Score 4695 Avg. Years Off 3.0

It's an interesting phenomenon that you can observe with other things as well like tastes in music. I think it has something to do with people having access to about sixty years of people trying out just about everything they could think off. It's all been done before at this point and it's all available in new and fresh forms. So, it's no longer about collectively picking something that is genuinely new but individu…

> It's all been done before

Until something new is done ;)

The sound pallette is just about infinite with what's possible.s.

I think modern music has become homogenous because true art is risky and won't pass a modern focus group.

Re: Which year: guess which year each photo was taken

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Post by conception »

jillesvangurp wrote: post #68
TrackerFF wrote: post #39

One interesting observation is how much less variation there has been in clothes for the past 20 years or so. Someone from 2005 could look completely undisguisable from someone today, by just wearing regular non-fashion forward 2005 clothes. Same goes for haircuts. Same can't really said about someone from 1955 and 1975, 1980 - 2000, etc. edit: Score 4695 Avg. Years Off 3.0

It's an interesting phenomenon that you can observe with other things as well like tastes in music. I think it has something to do with people having access to about sixty years of people trying out just about everything they could think off. It's all been done before at this point and it's all available in new and fresh forms. So, it's no longer about collectively picking something that is genuinely new but individu…

Probably more that’s it’s much easier to market and sell something that’s been done before than come up with something new. Also our supply chains are highly specialized for the stuff we currently make. In 3-5 years we will see bell shaped pants back again as we go from 90’s repeats to 00’s repeats which were 70’s repeats. Etc etc.
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