philiphu

Hi Hacker News!

A month ago, we showed DJ Trump as a tool to make Trump say anything you type. It was fun, but many people mentioned that the videos sounded choppy.

We decided to pivot to focusing on making sure the videos can sound interesting and fun without expert editing. We added filters to create audio and visual effects that make Trump sound intoxicated or like Judge Dredd or Alvin and the Chipmunks.

We'd love to hear if there are any interesting filters you'd like to see added.

Thanks!

I applied a language processing algorithm to a bunch of his speeches, but then we had to manually hunt down words we considered high importance (names, curse words, etc.)

The LLC is for liability protection, though we did do a lot of research to make sure it wouldn't be a huge issue regardless

Thank you! Yes, the autocomplete is based on what words are available. The back-end is EC2 behind a load balancer with the media on S3

Great feedback! Yeah it's not a new page load when the video gets created, so I added a "Compose new Message" button, but it makes sense that people will want the back button to work as well. I'll do something about it, thanks!

Interesting -- great idea! I'll have to think about the right way to implement that.

Sounds pretty realistic :)

https://twitter.com/DeepDrumpf/status/796195299337338881

https://www.getdjtrump.com/videos/bc48090c/i_told_ohio_my

That is brilliant!

Would love feedback on the usability of the autocomplete and whether the output quality is up to expectations! Also, does the splash page make sense? Thanks!

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Thank you! We don't search all possible destinations yet (but stay tuned for updates), but you'll be able to put your origin in on our recently searched savings tool (http://www.cleverlayover.com/#monitor) and see which destinations have recently had high savings!

You're welcome! Hearing feedback like this makes the entire endeavor worthwhile!

Thanks! You can check out some of the savings we find on our recently searched savings tool here: http://www.cleverlayover.com/#monitor

It will show you a fresh list of savings available, and you can even filter the list by origin!

Hi HN,

I built this flight search engine three months ago and showed the first functionality here, which was to search for savings. We've since iterated and added a new functionality that allows you to search for an extended layover to enjoy and wanted to get your feedback on this new feature.

Right now, you can use the dropdown menu at the center of the page right below the large double-round image to select how many days you can want to stay at the layover location. We think this user interface can be improved, but we also don't want it to be too prominent as to be confusing to first-time users. Do you guys have any thoughts?

Very much appreciated!

Thanks, Phil

Thanks for the question!

We run an algorithm to look at all the possible connecting cities and calculate the price of purchasing roundtrips to that connecting city separately (i.e. from origin to layover and from layover to destination). We don't just limit ourselves to layovers specified by airline partners, so we search the entire graph.

The savings we show are in comparison to the cheapest ticket you'll find on Kayak, Expedia, etc. On about 66% of the searches performed (by search popularity), there are no savings, but we show you the cheapest ticket you can find on other sites. On 33% of the searches, we can find savings, and we show you how to book those savings. Typical savings are $100-200, but sometimes it can be up to $500 or more for long-haul flights.

This is hard to communicate visually, so we were hoping to get some advice from HN on how to do this!

Also, to give context, this is a school project that we (a group of 6 Harvard students) hacked together in 2 months.

Any feedback is welcome, especially around communicating the value proposition and making it more useable. Thanks so much, everyone!