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by jongala 1mo ago
Very nice post, I think it captures and expresses things that many people in the software and design worlds have thought about a lot in the last couple of years. I don't fully agree with it — for one thing, I think you can develop tast
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by jongala 4mo ago
Relatedly, Marcin Wichary wrote a nice post about using FFT to remove moiré and halftone effects when scanning images that were printed with halftones. It's from 2021: Moiré no More ( https://newsletter.shifthappens.site&#x2F
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by jongala 1y ago
Hilary Hahn did the same thing a few years ago. In one case, played a movement from a sonata that wasn't in the program, and in another replayed a movement from earlier. Both very interesting, and fantastic performances!
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by jongala 1y ago
I don't know if they were the first but I think of 37signals and Basecamp as the ones that first nailed the multi-column/highlighted plan form of design that has become so dominant. Here's 2009: https://web.archive
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by jongala 3y ago
I played around with some similar ideas, it's a really interesting corner of generative art, with lots of prior work. For mine, I make fields by superimposing a bunch of harmonic functions. By playing with different periods, phases, et
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by jongala 4y ago
> Super Resolution is used in many fields like surveillance, medical industry, forensic and satellite imaging applications. Computer, generate a list of applications where technology like this should absolutely not be used. This seems te
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by jongala 4y ago
OK nice. A symlink will go a long way for the average user. The way I read the article it seemed like they would rely solely on the Locations list in finder sidebars.
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by jongala 4y ago
IMO the other really big deal here is that ~/Library is a hidden folder by default. For most users Dropbox will only be exposed under the "Locations" section in finder sidebars. That feels like a huge regression to me — the w
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by jongala 4y ago
I'm not trying to talk you out of any criticisms of the OS, but just FYI: you can drag files onto app icons in cmd-tab, too. Start dragging, hit cmd-tab, and then hold cmd. The app icons hang around until you release cmd, and you can d
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by jongala 4y ago
I agree, it feels like a missed opportunity to not explore this. I'd love to see an analysis of the swirl design (or other commonly used manufacturer patterns), with the edges rounded or beveled on the intake face, exhaust face, or bot
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by jongala 5y ago
Engadget did a story around this a while back, apparently. It has less from Okuda, but some different details and other links and examples: https://www.engadget.com/2015-12-04-casio-and-the-sleng-teng... This is a very inte
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by jongala 9y ago
It will be around for a while, as noted in the comments on the article: IEEE 1394B was used in the F-22 and F-35, so unless those are retrofitted the standard will be propped up in some form for decades.
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by jongala 11y ago
I don't understand the suggestion that cooperation and complex social systems are the province of primates. Haven't they heard of dogs, cats, pigs, deer, or the countless other animals that hunt or defend themselves cooperatively
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by jongala 11y ago
Yeah that's how I'm reading it but then I guess the question then becomes whether the projections were made specifically with a hedge fund strategy in mind or if they would have been the same for a more conventional investment app
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by jongala 11y ago
Can someone clarify this? Because the article explains: > "Over the last 10 years, the return on those “public asset classes” has surpassed expectations by more than $2 billion, according to the comptroller’s analysis. But nearly a
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by jongala 12y ago
This is nice, a more attractive alternative to http://www.canistream.it It would be great to be able to set buy/rent/stream filters alongside selecting providers. If you know you don't want to buy, for example, t
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by jongala 12y ago
I love it. Ever since I saw a recreation of Fallingwater in the Half Life engine (1), I thought this would be the future of architectural design (or at least delivering design to clients). Is this becoming common now? (1) https:/&#x2F
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by jongala 12y ago
So two very different thoughts here, and I basically agree with both: yes, there is still a place for simple, mostly analog, NA powered sports cars, and yes, it is a distortion of the system for a 918 to get some kind of green subsidy. I wa
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by jongala 12y ago
Yeah, exactly — once you have an electric motor/generator and an energy store, the whole game changes because you can approach the power sync problem of lag in new ways. Also, the issue of turbo size and over/under producing boos
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by jongala 12y ago
The main thing that helps me is being interested in the technology itself. The actual sport as it plays out is highly optimized/refined, as you say, but if you’re interested in what determines the performance envelope and how the diff
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by jongala 12y ago
Most startups fail; most apps don't succeed to the hopes or expectations of their creators. Just because industry has started taking design seriously doesn't mean we should suddenly expect most startups or apps succeed. And just
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by jongala 12y ago
Very interesting, thanks! I've seen some apparently decorative ink traps before but hadn't really seen fonts really built around them. And good find on Register -- I think part of my confusion or displeasure with that face is t
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by jongala 12y ago
NBC used a face with insanely big ink traps in their titles for Sochi coverage. It looked like a modified version of Stratum. They looked really strange to me on screen. I'll see if I can find some samples. EDIT: OK, check these out:
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by jongala 13y ago
The problem with race-level fuel restriction is you get drivers managing their pace over the course of the race, which can lead to strategies that people find boring. Or worse, the fastest driver running out of fuel just before the end. I
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by jongala 13y ago
Looks nice. Also out there, if you didn't know, is Preceden, which I have enjoyed using. http://www.preceden.com
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by jongala 13y ago
Just guessing here, but the geographical advantage probably requires a fiber link, which seems prohibitive in open ocean. Putting your ship in the right place probably doesn't improve your latency if you have to bounce signals off of
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by jongala 13y ago
At least they didn't reprint the obviously-sarcastic comments that Vettel made in interviews, which Jalopnik put in their article. As far as the tech goes, it is a total rehash of Racecar Engineering's work, but Wired has a very
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by jongala 13y ago
Open Sans is not a Helvetica replacement / poor man's Helvetica just because it is sans-serif. It belongs along side other beautiful sans faces like Avenir, Frutiger, Myriad, and others that have their own styles and worthiness in design
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by jongala 14y ago
To my (naive) eyes, your examples act as a compelling advertisement for her library. The sed/xargs/etc. examples look increasingly like impossible-to-memorize line noise to me, while the --include, --exclude etc. options in `replace` are co
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by jongala 14y ago
Double thanks :)

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