williamsharkey

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by williamsharkey 10y ago
To be more explicit, it is insane that we find it acceptable for text to reflow/ break over lines at different points once the web font is loaded. There is something that bugs me -- On the one hand we are being considerate and trying t
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by williamsharkey 10y ago
I wish that system fonts could be told the size of the characters of a web font upfront, before the web font was loaded. The system font's glyphs should smoothly fade/morph into the target webfont once it is loaded. To solve the p
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by williamsharkey 10y ago
The author makes some interesting comments, view the page source.
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by williamsharkey 10y ago
I wish yCombinator or equivalent would fund a company or organization that is dedicated to making a complete end-to-end opensource fpga ecosystem. The proprietary tools are crap.
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by williamsharkey 11y ago
I would be interested in comparing the performance of Uber's first pass "city-fencing" vs a pre-computed 1D array. EG: Subdivide a flat projection of earth into n^2 squares. Create an array of length n^2. Set the value of e
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by williamsharkey 11y ago
Can you measure the blur that I see when I do not wear glasses, and apply the inverse function to an image, like my computer monitor, so that I can see clearly without glasses? What sacrifices would be made -- dynamic range?
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by williamsharkey 11y ago
Can the progressive data obscure previous portions of the image? If so, it can also be a hacky video format. EG: A flif would specify how many megabytes it used per second. There would not be discrete "frames". If a video flif sai
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by williamsharkey 11y ago
This is really cool. Thanks for doing this and sharing the instructions. Also note, James created the Gameduino 1 & 2, which are worth checking out. http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/ http://exca
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Ask HN: Esoteric Databases
2 points by williamsharkey 11y ago|0 comments
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by williamsharkey 11y ago
The author writes: "Sometimes (unless I am writing in Go) I don't want to bundle all my code together into one giant hulking binary." I am unfamiliar with Go - can someone please offer why this technique might especially desi
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by williamsharkey 12y ago
Can you fuzz an uninstrumented executable to add instrumentation?
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by williamsharkey 12y ago
Challenge - Upload a photo of the print, see it in frame. Extra credit - Take some photos of your frames in natural room settings. Inside the frame, place a color calibration sheet. Find the transformation of the color calibration sheet (EG
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by williamsharkey 13y ago
Does Minuum use the Y position of taps as well as the X? If not, it is throwing a predictor away.
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by williamsharkey 13y ago
Bad algorithms are bad and misused feedback is misused and competent advisers are competent.
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by williamsharkey 13y ago
I collect contact info from individuals who want a wake up call at the same time and pair them by geographic region so they can phone each other. This service not automated, complicated or scalable. It uses a Google form to collect informat
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Pwake - Wake up call pairing(pwake.neocities.org)
1 points by williamsharkey 13y ago|1 comments
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Integer - Tree Isomorphism (Draft A)(drive.google.com)
1 points by williamsharkey 13y ago|0 comments
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by williamsharkey 13y ago
Great this looks fun. Two issues: Control icons (arrows, fingers, etc.) look indistinct. They could made larger to take up more of the icon space, or outlined, or colored. Can you move the email-wall to after I have played one game? I don&#
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by williamsharkey 13y ago
1. Why the popup window? 2. Are developers permitted to strip the Persona branding - to make the login process seem to flow with the current website - not a bolt on? 3. Would you consider including tiny profile icon links next to the button