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Re:Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as... by philipallstar on Saturday August 09, 2025 @05:04PM (#44850206)
The point is a real skybox is not great for satnav software. It's probably actually worse than a stylised mode, with a predictable colour background for anything that's going to sit on top of it.
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Re:Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as... by jbverschoor on Sunday August 10, 2025 @03:16PM (#44857494)
That's exactly not the point. Where do you think innovation comes from?

It comes from tinkering.

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Re:Show HN: The current sky at your approximate location, as... by philipallstar on Monday August 11, 2025 @01:13PM (#44866747)
It comes from all sorts of different things. Massive capital investment into R&D processes also. Depends on the thing.
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