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Show HN: Live Demo of Composite Image Retrieval (CIR)

Hacker News - Sat, 09/14/2024 - 8:59pm

The recent progress in multi-modality retrieval is to augment image search with text instruction, so called Composite Image Retrieval (CIR). Related research includes https://huggingface.co/BAAI/bge-visualized and Google's https://open-vision-language.github.io/MagicLens/. We built a live demo for people to play with it and get a feeling of the quality of this retrieval approach.

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Show HN: A X/Twitter bot that creates Google Maps lists

Hacker News - Sat, 09/14/2024 - 8:58pm

I'd love your feedback on my latest project.

To try it for free, simply reply "@maplistbot create a list" to any thread with place recommendations. The bot will reply with a Google Maps link to your newly created list of places.

If you like it and want to explore the Pro features, use the code PH40 for a 40% discount. Pro Features include: - Lists include notes for each place - Unlimited places in the list (Free version is limited to 10) - Add places to your already existing Google Maps lists - Create lists by category. For example, create a list with the restaurants mentioned in the thread but ignore the sightseeing places.

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Knightian Uncertainty

Hacker News - Sat, 09/14/2024 - 8:38pm
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Ask HN: How do I earn more money a JavaScript developer?

Hacker News - Sat, 09/14/2024 - 8:08pm

I'm in Australia, and I work as a contractor on AU$1200/day (US$800, EU730, GBP610).

I'm a full-stack JS developer, I mainly build apps in React Native. Usually I'll come into an agency or a startup for 6 - 12 months and build an MVP, shaping the pre-launch product, system architecture, blueprint design, that sorta thing.

I've done this sort of contracting for ~10 years, and while it's fine it's starting to feel a bit stale for me.

I also have a family (and a mortgage) now, so I want to earn more money.

The problem: I earn ~AU$300k (US$200k, EU180k) as a contractor, yet the only full-time roles for a lead dev or tech lead here pay $160k - $180k.

So I can give up contracting for more career progression, but that means taking a massive pay cut.

I could also try to become one of those LevelsIo / MarcLou #buildinpublic "I earn $50k/mo!" guys, but at 37 with two toddlers I don't have the mental fortitude to post self-promotions on X and TikTok as often as this requires.

Has anyone been in this situation before? What did you do?

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Website for hackers to share their projects

Hacker News - Sat, 09/14/2024 - 7:46pm

Article URL: https://www.homebrew.so/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41543971

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