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Cameron MacLeod
Personal blog · cameronmacleod.com/blog · on HN as notexactlyaweprogrammingcareer
Cameron MacLeod's personal blog at cameronmacleod.com covers programming and career. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “How does Shazam work? (2022)”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The comments do not discuss this blog's writing. The threads concern LG smart TV automatic content recognition and tracking claims, and an idea for Shazam-style identification of piano notes for a practice app.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Hi! I'm a software engineer that enjoys writing both code and English in my spare time.
Most-linked posts?
- How does Shazam work? (2022)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-12-05
What Hacker News says?
> So they are claiming that ACR is done entirely through audio processing, and no visual data from the screen itself is used? That...doesn't seem plausible. It's probably easier to do and every bit as accurate as just using a screenshot. And it's still exactly what I don't want them doing. There's literally zero reason for LG to be building an advertising profile on me because I was foolish enough to buy one of thei…
Comment linking /blog/how-does-shazam-work
on “LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'”Submitted How does Shazam work? (2022) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThere are multiple parts to this problem, but it seems quite doable. Shazam can do generic look-up of music since around 2003, see for example this page on abracadabra [1]. I'd guess that if you limit things to a piano, one could relatively easily find the notes being played with some Fourier magic, and then solve a Hidden Markov Model to find the most plausible position in the music. Using a MIDI interface makes it…
Comment linking /blog/how-does-shazam-work
on “Show HN: Hanon Pro – piano technique and exercises for the digital age”Submitted Build a snake game on micro:bit (simulator included) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Abracadabra: How does Shazam work? (2022) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is a topological sort good for? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What a computer science degree looks like in 2020 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why I chose product management over software development as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mistakes companies make recruiting software interns as a story · 1 points
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