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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

261 points david927 | 1 comments | 23 Feb 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?
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mavamaarten ◴[24 Feb 25 07:09 UTC] No.43156614[source]▶
I live next to a school, so there's a low speed limit (30 km/h). Still, people drive like race drivers and the city hasn't ever responded to the residents' hopes of introducing a speed camera.

I wanted to have some data on how many people speed, the max speed recorded, that sort of thing. Things the city should be doing after many complaints of dangerous driving and people being almost killed on zebra crossings.

I have a doorbell camera, and by analysing the footage using OpenCV and some code, I can track how fast people drive if you see how fast they move between two known points.

Average speed: 46 km/h :(

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andrewstuart ◴[24 Feb 25 10:15 UTC] No.43157849[source]▶
Publish to Twitter along with number plates and tag the local council.
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kleiba ◴[24 Feb 25 10:23 UTC] No.43157912[source]▶
Possibly illegal, depending on where you live.
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ides_dev ◴[24 Feb 25 13:55 UTC] No.43159590{3}[source]▶
Also a sure-fire way to get some irate drivers banging on your front door, given that it would be easy to work out which house the photo was taken from.
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1. 6510 ◴[24 Feb 25 18:16 UTC] No.43162879{4}[source]▶
Then can make a video beating them up and post it on twitter.