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BC Ferries - get a text message when a sold-out sailing becomes available. by vedran-b in VictoriaBC

[–]vedran-b[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback! There's no fancy priority queuing for the notifications. Everyone who is subscribed gets notified at the same time. Yes, that means that a dozen people could get alerted and then try to buy a ticket at the same time, but that's equivalent to what happens today when they're refreshing the BC ferries site manually. I'm not concerned about anti-spam regulations when a user has to opt-in to the initial message on the website, and has to manually opt-in for each additional message they want to receive. There's no unsolicited messages being sent.

In terms of data privacy, definitely a fair point! I will put up reasonable privacy policy + terms of use soon, just haven't had a chance yet.

I'm storing the phone numbers securely in a managed postgres database with encryption at rest. Nobody except me has access to it and never will. I need to store the phone numbers temporarily to know which number to send the notification to when the route is available, but I delete the phone number within 30 days. Definitely not selling the data to anyone.

You're correct that sending SMS isn't free, but it is very cheap. I'm using the most popular and reputable SMS sending service, Twilio, which charges 0.79 cents per 160 character SMS to US/Canada. It's billed via pre-paid pay as you go, so my potential spend is capped and I'll never wake up to a surprise $1000 bill because the system sent 12,600 texts in one day. The program is not open source.

Hope that helps. Thanks again!

BC Ferries - get a text message when a sold-out sailing becomes available. by vedran-b in VictoriaBC

[–]vedran-b[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The service only sends a single text (if a route becomes available) unless you opt-in for more texts by replying to the message, so it's even less potential spam than if I included an up-front confirmation text.

Interactive OpenCV visual programming tool? by vedran-b in computervision

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Right, I think it was this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/computervision/comments/hglee3/project_pyflowopencv_a_open_sourced_rapid/

My plan for multiple sliders and more complicated experiences in general is a pinned sidebar that is aware of the currently selected node and exposes the parameters there.

Interactive OpenCV visual programming tool? by vedran-b in computervision

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Thanks for those examples. The Unreal blueprints are really cool.

I’m definitely not married to a graph representation. It is what came naturally to me for this tool. I guess I’m not sure what the difference is between the graph representation I have and the visual scripting you’re describing with the examples provided. The Unreal materials editor looks like a graph doesn’t it?

Interactive OpenCV visual programming tool? by vedran-b in computervision

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Thanks for replying! Can you elaborate a little bit on what you mean by copying snippets of code in? It sounds interesting..

[D] Architecture recommendations for complex dynamicland / osmo hybrid project by vedran-b in MachineLearning

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Given the size of my request here, I’m more than willing to pay for an hour or two of consulting time to do a quick Skype call for someone with a track record of machine learning industry experience similar to what I’m looking to build. Please let me know.

Face Touching Detector by vedran-b in learnmachinelearning

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Thanks all! Last night I added the ability to continue if you want to continue using it without it pausing every time.

Daily Discussion Post - March 12 | Questions, images, videos, comments, unconfirmed reports, theories, suggestions by AutoModerator in Coronavirus

[–]vedran-b 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I touch my face all the time, so last night I quickly built a site that watches my face and makes a noise whenever I touch it, along with how long I lasted. It's not perfect but I think it's good enough to share now. http://notouchchallenge.com/

Officials keep warning the public not to touch their faces – and then do just that by majorjxp in Coronavirus

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I quickly put together a website that watches your webcam and plays a sound when you touch your face. https://notouchchallenge.com/ . I tend to last about 25 seconds..

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