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    Vas3k

    vas3k.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2018

    Vas3k writes long illustrated explainers on computational photography, machine learning, AR, and home automation, plus pieces on teams and tooling.

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    What HN says

    Commenters recommend his computational photography and machine learning articles as clear, relaxed overviews, and praise the old-school site. One notes another company copied an article.

    Stats for nerds
    34HN people shared it
    31linked in comments
    1.6Kstory points
    Dec 2025last shared
    2018people per year2025

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    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • zuppyJun 2019

      you can already do that without hacking anything, Spotify exposes that information through Apple Script:

      if application "Spotify" is running then
      tell application "Spotify"
      if player state is playing then
      return (get artist of current track) & " - " & (get name of current track)
      else
      return ""
      end if
      end tell
      end if

      source:
      https://vas3k.com/blog/touchbar/#scroll60

      You can also install a collection of scripts from here: https://goldenchaos.net/goldenchaos-btt.html

      You will need Better Touch Tool for that: https://folivora.ai/

    • anta40Jan 2022

      True, for any non hobbyist, smartphone is more than sufficient.
      You take some pictures, do some editing, and post them to family Whatsapp group or Instagram. Mission accomplished. All done on the same pocketable gadget. Let's how the fancier Sony A7 RIV or Hasselblad XD handle that :)

      You want bokeh, long exposure, HDR, etc? Smartphones are obviously won't compete in image sensor size, but they have powerful CPU. Say hello to computational photography: https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/

      :D

    • glennerooDec 2019

      I don't know if this was recently appended but at the end of the article there is this:

      > The article was originally published by Vas3k in https://vas3k.com/ on 30.06.2019
      Let's Enhance team is very thankful for given materials.

      Granted I still agree it's a blatant copy/paste and I also vote that dang replaces the link with the original.

    • lloekiSep 2024

      I find the Touch Bar to be a brilliant idea, but the released execution didn't live up to the potential.

      https://vas3k.com/blog/touchbar/

      https://pock.app

      https://community.folivora.ai/t/goldenchaos-btt-the-complete-touch-bar-ui-replacement/1281

      https://github.com/niw/HapticKey

    • hbergJun 2019

      Interesting idea, but I've found that making my own custom static touchbar has been the most useful way to use this hardware. Followed this article: http://vas3k.com/blog/touchbar/

      I personally have a mix of app launchers, brightness/volume controls and a play/pause button.

    • vas3kDec 2019

      Usually I don’t mind reposting my articles but with a direct reference to original at the beginning https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/

      Let’s be respectful to the original author, I spent couple of months writing it:(

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