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iwidji, 6 months ago

My best guess as an AI engineer is that the AI is to detect the difference between cars that are parked vs cars on the road that are stopping at a light and then take the picture at the right time.

I don’t think the article says the bus drivers initiate the photos — presumably SEPTA would rather have drivers drive than framing the perfect shot — so it makes sense to have AI fit in there.

iwidji, 6 months ago

It’s not “are you recording” but more highlighting what to look at. It would take so many union labor paid hours to sift through all those videos to find a violation. It’s probably cheaper, as crazy as it sounds, to train an AI Model to catch the violations and log it so an employee only has to sift through likely violators.

I also wouldn’t be surprised if the PPA is looking into this model themselves for… other reasons.

iwidji, 6 months ago

Yeah normally I’m not a fan of more big brother esque security but given the parking situation in Philly… I’ll shut up and nod.

iwidji, 6 months ago

I’m going to say something unpopular: I think you should make it possible for users to pay you for premium features like notifications.

Writing software is a hard thankless job. I’m sure there are many in the community who’d like to help you so that you can be more recharged and sustained in your pursuit to make Memmy better.

It’s admirable you want to keep it free, I hope there’s always a great free version. But I think you should consider a premium route, for features which actually do cost money to operate, and make a few bucks out of it too.

iwidji, 6 months ago

Because I’d like Lenny/Memmy to succeed Reddit and that means making it more accommodating to the non technical focused folks.

iwidji, 7 months ago

Was that actually the clue tonight? Wow

iwidji, 8 months ago

She gets a lot of undeserved hate but I always felt like her decisions are fair or she corrected it in the appeal. Maybe not the decision I’d like to see happen, but it always made sense as per the judging guidelines

iwidji, 4 months ago

I would also add at this point, I’d be hard pressed to say there are going to be massive changes in the price you’d get. A phone tends to decline in value the most for the first few years it’s been released, sort of like how new cars depreciate the fastest in its first three years. So I suppose to answer your question: yes you’d maximize your money if you gave it up today, I just don’t know how much more you’d be making.

iwidji, 8 months ago

So I’m someone who has to use an orthopedic shoe because I have (really bad) flat foot. So to add more flavor text,

• It is true, orthopedic isn’t really a regulated term, so it gets thrown around pretty aggressively with little meaning.
• Some shoe companies genuinely are creating orthopedic shoes for people with actual foot problems. For me personally, I use Orthofeet brand because I find them to straddle the very weird intersection of shoes with extra wide toe boxes/foots, and terrible arch support, and flexible + lightweight materials. They didn’t pay me to say this, I’m just really really happy with them after nearly a decade of jumping between brands.
• Sometimes orthopedic shoes are not enough… like in my defective case. In my case, I have Orthopedic Insoles which are NOT the same things as the flimsy things in the supermarkets. They’re actually custom molded to my foot, to prevent my skeletal structure from collapsing more under the horribleness of my flat foot. Between my shoes and my insoles, this is literally the difference between me being unable to walk and me being able to run a bit.

iwidji, 8 months ago

No problem! I didn’t get paid to say they’re the best, they just are. Lots of great options and lots of care in designing them for the best intersection of everyone’s foot sins. Plus they always come with extra insoles in different shapes to accommodate both flat foot and… overly-arched foot (you’d think I’d know that term…)

iwidji, 9 months ago

But I would add, don’t hold back money from your higher interest accruing accounts if you have it, if you’re trying to optimize the interest. Once you have the money, deposit it as soon as possible, so interest begins accruing on it, even if it’s not the beginning of the month yet.

In other words, if you hold back money, it’ll never accrue interest. You’re not going to get exponential or compounding growth on money that wasn’t accruing interest. You only get that once it begins accruing interest.

iwidji, 9 months ago

The crime Wells Fargo committed was they used iMessage and other encrypted chat platforms, which is against the law for financial companies.

Just something to think about.

iwidji, 9 months ago

Oh I didn’t realize that, that’s awesome!

iwidji, 9 months ago

They made an announcement that prior users are grandfathered in so I think you’re in that camp

iwidji, 9 months ago

I personally thought their best leaders was when they had Eisner (creative) and Frank Wells (business). Heck you could argue it was also Walt (creative) and his brother for business. Disney just seems to work better when those two different brains/roles are held by two different people.

iwidji, 8 months ago

Well this information is often specific based on which state/country you live in but if you are going through this process in New Jersey, feel free to DM me or comment back! I’d be more than happy to help with any questions or guidance 🙂

iwidji, 10 months ago

I’ve been pretty happy with

• Mint Mobile on the 15 GB/month Plan at $20/month for a year
• iPhone 13 Mini (RIP smaller phones)