Interesting. I have been having fun working on "NewHat" for a while - meant for Toyota/Tajima machines. https://github.com/wjkennedy/NewHat/blob/feature/model-train...

I used to use the Melco and Pantagrams digitizing software and operated kiosks doing custom embroidery.

People always asked "can I get anything on a hat?" The reasons I said no before no longer exist.

Punching out a DST is not the same as clean sewouts and NewHat attempts some machine emulation and classification of generated designs. They're virtually sewn and ranked for some reinforcement learning.

You can play a nice little round of Bocce with the stones

Kind of reduces the importance of “the rest” of the code,

Personally, I have never been left wanting a Microsoft-like experience literally anywhere.

clankers should have enough sense to look for collisions

Why the eyeglass form factor? As people have mentioned, fitting eyewear is no joke. Not everyone has a face for RayBans.

Why not simpler, more discreet electrode pads? Get nifty with flex PCB and wearables instead of another "Smart Glasses".

Sweatband, tiara, smart crown, halo.. No crowding here.

It was bad in 2015. I have watched people leave and come back though, which says something.

If you had to manage what has become critical infrastructure around the globe using something like Launchpad, you'd understand.

It's not optional.

and of all those patches, the ones that have staying power get upstreamed as Debian packages all over again.