Animal Body Fat Match
Consumer and social
quiz and comparison toy
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How HN took it
5 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 21 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score -0.22.
Docs: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Funny, fun project
From 3 comments
Between this today and one square minesweeper yesterday, we're batting 1.000 on funny dumb projects that make me laugh. I don't know why you made this either, but I'm glad you…
grumpwagon on HNThis is fun! Take my internet points! Good job.
onlyrealcuzzo on HNHéhéhé. That is fun!
p4bl0 on HN
Objections
Animal images are AI-generated and unrelatable; real photos preferred.
From 2 comments
It's very fun! The only change I'd make would be to use real photos of the animals instead of the AI images. It's hard to relate to them the way actual pictures would be. Pexels…
jaysonelliot on HNYeah, fun idea, but the AI-generated animal caricature images are a real turn-off for me.
pimlottc on HN
Source data looks inaccurate (cow, walrus, insect values).
From 4 comments
What was the source video for the data BTW? I'm a little unsure about some of these, like cows having 5% body fat! According to this[0] webpage a "moderate" condition cow has 19%…
n4r9 on HNSource data is very wrong. A walrus is not 20% body fat.
ProjectArcturis on HNCow is not 6% body fat unless it's been starving or decided to join a body building contest. The source data is bad, probably got the data from ChatGPT.
kelipso on HNI can understand the excitement in principle that you made an app with little effort, but there is no reason this can't be a static page with a table of animals and their average…
nonameiguess on HN
Body fat measurement via the calculator is imprecise.
From 1 comment
Note that body fat percentage is notoriously difficult to accurately measure. The linked calculator uses the navy circumference method which gives readings ±3-4 points for most…
cmiller1 on HN
Form-based input is awkward; a table would be better.
From 2 comments
id rather see a table than have to enter a form. that way you don't just get "your" score, but you get to see the whole list of animals and learn about which ones have high/low…
parpfish on HNThis is neat! I have a few thoughts: - my intuitive sense of animals that are thin or fat is totally off. I think of cows as being fat (ex: "fat cow") but their body fat…
christiangenco on HN
Requests
Use real photos of animals instead of AI images.
From 2 comments
It's very fun! The only change I'd make would be to use real photos of the animals instead of the AI images. It's hard to relate to them the way actual pictures would be. Pexels…
jaysonelliot on HNThis is neat! I have a few thoughts: - my intuitive sense of animals that are thin or fat is totally off. I think of cows as being fat (ex: "fat cow") but their body fat…
christiangenco on HN
Show a sortable table or sliding scale of all animals.
From 3 comments
id rather see a table than have to enter a form. that way you don't just get "your" score, but you get to see the whole list of animals and learn about which ones have high/low…
parpfish on HNThis is neat! I have a few thoughts: - my intuitive sense of animals that are thin or fat is totally off. I think of cows as being fat (ex: "fat cow") but their body fat…
christiangenco on HNI think it'd be cool if the input was to calculate the % (if you didn't already know) and the area below was just a timeline-like output with the different animals marked along…
zamadatix on HN
Put BMI state in the URL so results can be shared.
From 1 comment
It needs to push state the bmi to the url so that I can send it to people. It could also be fun if one could fill out the age, weight, height and gender to calculate the bmi. Now…
6510 on HN
Add age, height, weight and gender inputs.
From 1 comment
It needs to push state the bmi to the url so that I can send it to people. It could also be fun if one could fill out the age, weight, height and gender to calculate the bmi. Now…
6510 on HN
Questions
What is the source video for the data?
From 1 comment
What was the source video for the data BTW? I'm a little unsure about some of these, like cows having 5% body fat! According to this[0] webpage a "moderate" condition cow has 19%…
n4r9 on HN
What are the image sources?
From 1 comment
What's the source on the images? are they AI-generated?
BigFnTelly on HN
Alternatives named
Pexels for real animal photos.
From 1 comment
It's very fun! The only change I'd make would be to use real photos of the animals instead of the AI images. It's hard to relate to them the way actual pictures would be. Pexels…
jaysonelliot on HN
Static table of animal body fat values instead of an app.
From 1 comment
I can understand the excitement in principle that you made an app with little effort, but there is no reason this can't be a static page with a table of animals and their average…
nonameiguess on HN