paraplegic
Re:Ask HN: My brother is the director of Alaska VA and asked for help ...
on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:29PM (#22713190)
OpenCV might be a good starting point ... they have facial recognition, and it should be possible to recognize a hand ...
Re:He Died at Pompeii, but His Head Wasn’t Crushed by a Block
on Saturday June 30, 2018 @05:50PM (#17432914)
So, MUCH luckier than previously thought? ;-)
Re:Ask HN: How will it go for Raspberry Pi in the coming years?
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:39AM (#17293108)
If the availability of the pi zero W is any indication I expect trouble ahead. Trying to buy the zero W in bulk through channels is practically impossible, and the vendors sell them only in kit bundles at many times MSRP at 10$.
Re:The Weather Channel has stopped publishing video on Facebook
on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @05:21PM (#17138437)
Fake news? ;-)
Re:A third of parasite species could vanish
on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:03AM (#15212479)
Perhaps some PETA volunteers will allow themselves to be infected in order to save the parasites?
Re:The early history of HP calculators
on Sunday September 10, 2017 @11:01AM (#15212469)
A GREAT calculator. I wrote a portable forth which I use for hex conversion which I still use frequently.
Re:The early history of HP calculators
on Sunday September 10, 2017 @10:57AM (#15212450)
My introduction to programming was a 49 step programmable HP-25 which I borrowed from a friend in residence back in 1978, and subsequently just had to have one ... RPN got me interested in taking a FORTRAN course, and the following year I became an undergrad tutor and computer room assistant ... From lunar lander, to star trek on a mainframe, to a career in software development ... funny how career trajectories work ...
Re:Ask HN: Good stack for a billing and invoicing application?
on Monday July 17, 2017 @09:00AM (#14788049)
Ncurses?
Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:52PM (#13148147)
These guys sell full size or tiny model geodesic domes, which go up pretty quickly on a poured platform. They are supposed to be able to withstand hurricane force winds ...
Re:Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?
on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:12PM (#13146619)
Manufacturers are starting to produce register maps in the form of SVD's (an xml doc?). Would starting with this not be a good start in producing the FDT?
Re:Ask HN: What would you tell your 20 something years old self?
on Monday November 09, 2015 @06:00PM (#10536459)
Don't panic.