maxmunzel

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by maxmunzel 10mo ago
Not yet, but I used VLMs to read out water meters with mixed results. It is definitely the easiest approach to prototype. For my balcony, all vision based approaches are limited by viewing angles that don’t expose any neighbors. But even wi
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by maxmunzel 10mo ago
Cool! Do you have the STLs of the turret online somewhere? My setup also had its occasional false positives but that’s not a problem if all you do is spray a bit of water around. I also looked into yolo, but I couldn’t find any good dataset
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by maxmunzel 10mo ago
Hey, author here — thanks for posting it again! As of 2025 the pigeons are back and version 2 with aiming and a microphone array for target acquisition is still work-in-progress. I’m heading to bed now, but I’ll happily answer any questions
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Hi mbreeze! > this seems to just be a SQLite database with values in fields? Sqlite is used as a storage format ("SQLite competes with fopen()"). The key-value pairs are stored as a modified Append-Only CRDT. The LUB-Operatio
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
SQLite allows me to keep multiple versions of the same entry, which is convenient for state merging. Half the sync logic is actually implemented in SQL. Other than that, I’m already familiar with it and the storage backend is not very perfo
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Redis is in-memory so it's prohibitive for big files. Also kvass still works if its disconnected from the server. This is important, if you want to use it for config files. On the other hand, using redis (/skate) for storing files
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Cool! If this gets implemented, I'll definitely use is instead of raw AES.
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Mainly self-hosting and generating share-able urls. If your key's end in ".html" the mime type is even set accordingly and you can use it for toy-websites ;) This is by no means meant to replace the backend of your app. It&#x
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
I think it's fair to say that skate is the more mature tool. Kvass on the other hand is more focused and simpler. Especially self-hosting kvass is even simpler than skate, and I had issues linking/syncing skate in the past. It wou
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Thanks for the critique! I wanted to use symmetric crypto as its trivial to use without domains and certificates. The possibility of replays is a non-issue, as the key-value store is implemented as a CRDT and therefore all operations are id
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
The primary use case is for shuffling around files or clipboards between different computers. I also regularly use the url-sharing capability. Prior, I had to deal with ephemeral http servers, which I didn't like from an ergonomic pers
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Show HN: Kvass, a personal key-value store(github.com)
227 points by maxmunzel 4y ago|116 comments
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
This is pretty much what I’m doing. Except that I’m using an exponential moving average so I don’t have to mess with windowing.
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Cool project!
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Thanks for the hint!
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
I wanted to add video recording in the future to gain some lol-points. But to be honest, the still images of the pigeons + my imagination had me jumping like a child in excitement already ;)
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Actually not, but it looks similar (minus the network insanity)
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
I don’t aim it at all at the moment. The pigeons mostly land directly behind the railings, as documented by their… presents ;)
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Interesting question! The geometry of my balcony kind of restricts the number of places that observe the pigeons without spying on my neighbors. Therefore I’m not sure where else I could put another camera. I’m thinking about a auto-aiming
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Hi HN! I commented about this project of mine a month ago [0] and decided to write a more in depth blog post about it. Feel free to ask any questions :) [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31024099
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The overengineered solution to my pigeon problem(maxnagy.com)
261 points by maxmunzel 4y ago|102 comments
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
After a quick burst of manic energy during exam phase, I decided to solve the pigeon problem on my balcony once and for all (and in a humane way). So I bought a cheap electric water gun from Amazon, built in WiFi using an ESP8266 and a rela
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by maxmunzel 4y ago
Have you tried Spectacle? https://www.spectacleapp.com As a long time i3 user that switched to Mac, it gives me almost all the benefits while still integrating nicely with the general UI. It's also not nearly as steep of a
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by maxmunzel 5y ago
This is really nice! I like the combination of the aesthetics and the dialogs that combine mundanity with deepness.
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by maxmunzel 5y ago
One thing that really improved quality of life for me as a southpaw, is the PS4(/5?) feature to remap button assignments system-wide.
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by maxmunzel 5y ago
For my bachelor thesis, I used Postgres on a compressed btrfs partition. For my text-heavy dataset, this gave excellent results without compromising on ergonomics. As the implementation is block-based it is also faster than the naive approa
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by maxmunzel 5y ago
In some countries it is allowed to vote, but your employer or landlord may request you to prove to you that you voted for the „right“ guy by sending them a picture of your filled out ballot. A feature like this (properly implemented) could
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by maxmunzel 6y ago
„How to win friends and influence people“ ranks pretty high.
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by maxmunzel 6y ago
Void and Alpine Linux.
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by maxmunzel 6y ago
If I understand it correctly, contact tracing should rely on bluetooth only. Does it require location services and/or network on Android?

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