I'd never heard of that story before I heard the Decoder Ring episode. America sounds _wild._

https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2024/09/how-if-you-g...

We're getting ai summaries on HN now?

I am always fascinated by articles that contain technical details like:

"In order to run all of these, you will need a 64 bit computer (ideally little endian, on BE you will need to use a JIT like box64 which decreases performance) with 4 or more processor cores at over 900 MHz. A minimum of 4 GB of RAM is recommended, with some trickery like zram you might get away with less but it will cause slowdown. Ideally youd want an OpenGL capable graphics card too."

Alongside text like:

"Now, click on the right facing triangle (play button"

its fitting given the Forum this Post is from its running on a camera via uart debug port

I think GP’s point was that it’s talking about LE vs BE while simultaneously explaining what a “play” button is.

It reminds me of my “electronics” class back in school (2010): Day 1 was learning how to use a computer mouse. Day 2 was straight into how a CPU works on an electrical level.

That’s awesome though, re: serving the site from a camera. Are there details on that somewhere?

Edit: Nvm, found it here: https://lenowo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2

Edit 2: I also like this thread, in which they are considering moving the site to a Galaxy S5, but decide not to after seeing that the site survives the HN hug: https://lenowo.org/viewtopic.php?t=28

The second thread has other exciting options !

- samsung galaxy s5

- router

- mips switch

- disposable vape

All of those phones should have been within warranty and swiftly replaced.

yes, hence the part about "would not recommend if you're a digital nomad."

you need to be in the united states to get service

I get the impression that the 'handheld scanner' may be tethered to the till (like in B&Q) rather than one you can carry round with you (like Sainsbury's/Asda/Tesco)

And after meeting that person you thought, "wow I wish this person didn't have an alternative income stream that allows them to feed their family"?

Many people in this world wish they could do something different with their lives, but to blame the activity they're currently doing is shortsighted.

lol. Sure I felt happy that he had something else to keep his family fed. But I as a tourist with more valuable cash come into this country with an artificially low value cash, take up the very resources of that country to … give me a tour! This guy is probably a skilled archeologist who made a huge effort to learn history of an ancient civilization and was actually able to translate whatever we asked him to translate.

And here he is could be doing something so much more valuable … than giving this idiot (me) a “tour”.

I am appreciative that I met him. And that he was my guide. But my money didn’t give him an income. It took away the finite resources of his country.

People generally become tour guides because alternative jobs don't exist. It's extremely common for the local workers who help with excavation to become tour guides for the areas they've helped excavate. Many of these people are more knowledgeable (in certain respects) than the archaeologists they're helping.

I'm fairly certain you weren't taking him away from something more valuable that he would have been doing in your absence.

If there was less tourism there would be even less demand for archeologists and the guy would have likely been forced into an even lower skilled job

In Egypt, archaeology is funded by foreign governments and universities who use the discoveries to write papers. Before they would also extract the treasures until a law was made that prohibited that.

Nothing stops you from giving the guy a donation.

What stopped him from doing his work? A more lucrative alternative field. Only one of the works is more worthwhile.

I have used this tool to run the same analysis with Lightroom:

https://www.lightroomdashboard.com/

(Turns out I love 35mm on my Fujis)

The _one_ thing I wish would be improved is the georeferencing pipeline.

The fact Arc gives you a transparent live preview of where your image will end up is 1000x better than QGISs, "save a tiff, load it, check it, do it again" approach.

It’s been a while since I georeferenced in qgis, but there used to be some great plugins. Looks like some of those are gone now, and the core module has improved a lot. This newer plugin looks promising, though: https://github.com/cxcandid/GeorefExtension

You're so correct. It's an odd shortcoming in the whole suite of tools and I desperately wish it would get a refresh.

Where on the page are you quoting from?

I know HN takes a dim view on them, but that post was a joke. Of _course_ China isn't a bastion of free speech, that is why the joke is funny.

I think HN has a higher than average number of people who are unable to detect irony or sarcasm.

Due to Poe's law, one can never be sure if such views are expressed genuinely.