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I taught my $20 camera to see — YOLO, waving hands, and a museum of my own mistakes
Last time I took a $20 cloud camera off the cloud. This time I gave it eyes. It counts people, draws boxes around them, knows which hand you're waving, and can spot 'I love you' from across the room. Also: the evening I drew beautiful boxes onto an invisible sheet of glass and wondered why the room looked empty.
Read postTaking a $20 cloud camera off the cloud
How a $20 Xiaomi camera that only wanted to phone home to China ended up streaming to my browser instead — with every wrong turn left in, a museum of things that broke, and a healthy respect for the fact that nature cannot be fooled. A pet project, for learning only.
The BMW Mirage: Influencers vs. Engineers, and the Comparison That's Rigged Against You
A viral reel, one shiny BMW, and a question that's messing with a lot of heads: "Is studying a waste?" Let's look at it in plain words, with simple charts and a few jokes — and remember the best move of all: running your own race. 🏁