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Figure 53
Company blog · figure53.com/notesstartupsprogramming
Figure 53 is the company blog at figure53.com, writing about startups and programming. Since 2011, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “David and Goliath”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Figure 53 for its QLab show-control software used in theatre and for a 2014 note on a trademark dispute with FiftyThree over the name "Paper". The comments do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
We are a small software company based in Baltimore, MD. We build tools that help people put on great shows in over 100 countries around the world.
Most-linked posts?
- David and Goliath3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-02-04
What Hacker News says?
This is as much as possible what the Camera cue in QLab[1] does (I'm the lead video developer), and there most definitely is perceived latency. It's better than it used to be, when webcams were DV over Firewire, but it's still enough that webcams are generally a poor choice for latency-sensitive situations like live performance. The alternative that usually gets used in productions with a moderate budget is a hardwa…
Comment linking /qlab
on “Turning a MacBook into a Touchscreen with $1 of Hardware (2018)”Submitted We Let Our Employee Set Their Own Salaries as a story · 307 points
HN discussion1 founder, less than 10 employees: http://figure53.com/company/
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on “We Let Our Employee Set Their Own Salaries”Submitted David and Goliath as a story · 46 points
HN discussionMore to this story http://figure53.com/notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/ 53 looks more and more like a jerk here
Comment linking /notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/
on “Paper, by MiSoft”Submitted This is what a job posting should look like. as a story · 12 points
HN discussionDoes anyone know more about the underlying software? QLab[1] is the standard theatre light/sound/video/etc tool, and I can think of a couple of ways you could (in theory) build this in there. Is that what they did, or something else? [1] https://figure53.com/qlab/
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on “National Theater in London Offers Glasses with Live Subtitles”Submitted The IOU of iOS as a story · 3 points
HN discussionFiftyThree also sort of did the same thing to a smaller player as well http://figure53.com/notes/2014-02-04-david-and-goliath/
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on “FiftyThree Files Trademark For “Paper””Submitted A Few Thoughts on Startups from a Company That Isn't One as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Figure53 Handbook as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The IOU is iOS as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Our Second Handbook as a story · 1 points
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