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LaTeX Coffee Stains (2009)
- gibsjose 10y agoThis is right up there with \usepackage{amsmath} as a truly must-have package for any real scientific paper.
- bjd2385 10y agoLove it! Any thoughts on supporting different shades too? I like extra cream.
- JohnHammersley 10y agoLian Tze created this handy variant if you prefer to give a different impression :) https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cdzqvdhxtgft https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cd...
- jballanc 10y agoI feel like this package is more appropriate for the humanities than sciences. (I kid!)
- bjd2385 10y agoThey should make the scale of ``lightness'' by creams too; i.e. 1 cream, 2 cream, etc. and by roast as well. At least...that's what I would do if I knew enough LaTeX to write a package.
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- improbable22 10y agoSome earlier research on this topic: http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3365 http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3365 and http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3367 http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3367
- fizixer 10y agowrong thread?
- justifier 10y agoany idea as the to the purpose? are the stains preprint(o) identifiers? or just good humored researchers? or troll(i) identifiers like bad grammar often is? or some undiscussed other? (o) http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2011/12/12/to-post-or-not-to-post-publishing-to-the-arxiv-before-acceptance/ http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2011/12/12/to-post-or-not-to... (i) http://snarxiv.org/vs-arxiv/ http://snarxiv.org/vs-arxiv/
- grzm 10y ago(2009)
- sctb 10y agoThanks! Updated.
- ci5er 10y agoReally? Why? EDIT: I see this terse comment (or rather, a comment with the form of) often, but since the articles are often javascript framework related, I just assume it's because that world keeps shifting. But, here, not so much. I don't see any guidance in the guidelines to denote the age of "timeless" publications. On the other hand, I saw somebody demand/request/suggest "(1912)" after an Edgar Rice Burroughs work some time back. I guess I'm missing something?
- grzm 10y agoIt's common to provide the year of publication if it isn't current as some additional metadata. Edit to add: This short, terse comment serves two purposes: lets mods or the submitter know that they may want to update the title, and lets viewers know the year in the meantime. While it's not in the guidelines, it's customary. Currently six of the submissions on the front page feature years. The "[pdf]" and "[video]" "tags" are similar.
- ci5er 10y agoGotcha. That makes sense. Thank you. > It's common to provide the year of publication if it isn't current as some additional metadata. I haven't seen that elsewhere (on other sites), except in posting bibliographies, and where it is common, I've seen title-author-publication-date as a bundle. It's not in the HN Guidelines; has this become a community thing? Is it considered (by the community members) helpful?
- grzm 10y agohas this become a community thing? Is it considered (by the community members) helpful? Yes to both. If it weren't, I doubt members would continue the practice. I find it useful to know that it may be something I've come across in the past. It also puts it in some context.
- chrisper 10y agoSeems to be down for me. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:93GWNN820H8J:hanno-rein.de/archives/349+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:93GWNN8...
- reduced_ 10y agoA must have.
- tedmiston 10y agoSlow load but eventually got through. Here's a direct link to the PDF with examples of the coffee stains provided: http://hanno-rein.de/downloads/coffee.pdf http://hanno-rein.de/downloads/coffee.pdf
- p4bl0 10y agoI looked for something similar but with red wine instead of coffee for my PhD thesis. It didn't exist so in the end I just used a scanned stain of red wine and the wallpaper package :).
- JohnHammersley 10y agoThere is now a wine stains version too :) https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cdzqvdhxtgft https://www.overleaf.com/latex/examples/latex-wine-stains/cd... (although I like your workaround!)
- amelius 10y agoI'm wondering if these stains would still be realistic if made on a full black background, and an evenly colored background.
- throwanem 10y agoHow common a use case is that, though? I suppose it's possible someone might print a paper for distribution on paper of some shade other than white, but I've never seen it done.
- wyc 10y agoYes! This would go wonderfully with LobLib, the Lobster library: https://github.com/bae43/LobLib/ https://github.com/bae43/LobLib/
- yellowapple 10y agoI normally wouldn't pair seafood with coffee, though. However, a tea stain or wine stain package would indeed pair nicely with LobLib, now wouldn't it?
- bitwize 10y agoExcellent. I've been looking to write some papers in heptapod, and found that LaTeX was woefully not up to the task. This looks like a great starting point for future expansion; thanks!
- k2enemy 10y agoAlong similar lines, I'm a fan of the "latex-therefore" package: https://github.com/bgschiller/latex-therefore https://github.com/bgschiller/latex-therefore
- zoom6628 10y agoThis could create a whole digital market for food stains. Mac&Cheese, soy sauce, pesto-drip,...... for those whose keyboard/desk is also their 'feeding station' could be huge. Seriously though - its clever and great to have some put their talent to something with humour instead of lets have the 57th variant of some js thingy. Well done.
- SpicyPython 10y agoOr another goddamn python datetime library
- bbcbasic 10y agoCan we have wine stains and blood stains too?
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