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HDR Photography in Microsoft Excel (2017) [video]

339 points by rayshan 9y ago

aeleos 9y ago
This is very similar in style to my favorite presentation and paper of all time, titled On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint [0]. The research, presentation and paper were all created inside of powerpoint and it is probably the greatest thing ever made. If you enjoyed the above video you will definitely enjoy this. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8
- IncRnd 9y ago
  That was a great video! Unfortunately, clicking on each cell's entries really slows down computations. At National Supercomputing Center For Energy and the Environment we retrofitted all the PowerPoints to use timed animations. Now all computations execute in constant time. There is no need to click! As a special bonus, the code is no longer susceptible to side-channel timing attacks.
- romwell 9y ago
  The style seems to be clearly inspired by the said awesome presentation (e.g. the inclusion of the "Motivation: N/A" slide).
post_break 9y ago
I wish I could find the article about the guy who wrote a program in excel for working with digital surround sound like 5.1 and 7.1 Dolby.
jonplackett 9y ago
Love the little joke about the sublime text pop up.
JepZ 9y ago
For those who are wondering who the hell calls his software 'MatheAss': Its German and could be translated as 'Math Ace'.
cjdell 9y ago
Reminds me of a comedy show where they were making colour images in Excel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I
jimmies 9y ago
Among all the software that came out of Microsoft, Excel is one fine software. The other one is Solitaire.
- aaronbrethorst 9y ago
  Ski Free.
  - Terretta 9y ago
    Microsoft Bob (codename "Utopia", seriously) “Assistants” and the vestigial Office Paperclip beat Siri, Home, and Cortana to the punch, commercial products anticipating agents and chatbots by two decades. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
    - paulie_a 9y ago
      Microsoft Bob was an abomination on so many levels
      - tjoff 9y ago
        Arguably so is Siri, Cortana and Home too.
- tinus_hn 9y ago
  Excel is quite powerful but it also tries to do too much and does a lot of it badly. Solitaire does one thing and it does it quite well.
  - ubermonkey 9y ago
    SO true. Imagine how much important business knowledge is tied up in an Excel macro, or -- God forbid -- in a ridiculously long formula stored in cell Q237 or whatever. Less snarkily, Excel is so capable that lots of office workers learn IT and never bother going any deeper, and so they do things like re-inventing relational databases using Excel, etc.
victorqhong 9y ago
Also see rendering 3D in Excel: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131968/microsoft_excel_revolutionary_3d_.php https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131968/microsoft_exce...
cs702 9y ago
Reminds me of ExcelNet (deep learning with Excel): http://www.deepexcel.net/ http://www.deepexcel.net/
- cs702 9y ago
  PS. Make sure to read the related "paper:" http://www.deepexcel.net/paper.pdf http://www.deepexcel.net/paper.pdf
BuildTheRobots 9y ago
Very entertaining and well delivered talk; it not only does what the title says, but also explains some of the math and magic behind making HDR images.
tritium 9y ago
Hmm Yes perfect
IncRnd 9y ago
It's a little known fact, but Powershell runs with Excel as the internal execution engine. The secret is actually hidden in plain sight. Just look at the name for a clue... Powershell = Powexcel = Powered by Excel
deleted 9y ago
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ktavera 9y ago
The humour reminds me of http://oneweirdkerneltrick.com/ http://oneweirdkerneltrick.com/
chuckdries 9y ago
Anyone know what "!!Con" is? I can't google for it, I just get the dictionary definition of "con"
- GrayShade 9y ago
  "Con" is often short for "conference". In this case, it's from http://bangbangcon.com/ http://bangbangcon.com/.
ubermonkey 9y ago
I'm reminded of the oft-linked Goldbloom quote in Jurassic Park. ;) I'm also reminded of a guy I knew in college. He would LOVE this, because when we were working together at a university computer lab, he was the guy who would learn a tool, and then use that tool to the exclusion of all else, even to the point of absurdity. The only tool he really knew when he started working there was Lotus, and he ended up figuring out how to automate all sorts of network administration tasks in Lotus macros.

339 points by rayshan 9y ago

This is very similar in style to my favorite presentation and paper of all time, titled On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint [0]. The research, presentation and paper were all created inside of powerpoint and it is probably the greatest thing ever made. If you enjoyed the above video you will definitely enjoy this. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8

IncRnd 9y ago
That was a great video! Unfortunately, clicking on each cell's entries really slows down computations. At National Supercomputing Center For Energy and the Environment we retrofitted all the PowerPoints to use timed animations. Now all computations execute in constant time. There is no need to click! As a special bonus, the code is no longer susceptible to side-channel timing attacks.
romwell 9y ago
The style seems to be clearly inspired by the said awesome presentation (e.g. the inclusion of the "Motivation: N/A" slide).

post_break 9y ago

I wish I could find the article about the guy who wrote a program in excel for working with digital surround sound like 5.1 and 7.1 Dolby.

jonplackett 9y ago

Love the little joke about the sublime text pop up.

JepZ 9y ago

For those who are wondering who the hell calls his software 'MatheAss': Its German and could be translated as 'Math Ace'.

cjdell 9y ago

Reminds me of a comedy show where they were making colour images in Excel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBX2QQHlQ_I

jimmies 9y ago

Among all the software that came out of Microsoft, Excel is one fine software. The other one is Solitaire.

aaronbrethorst 9y ago
Ski Free.
- Terretta 9y ago
  Microsoft Bob (codename "Utopia", seriously) “Assistants” and the vestigial Office Paperclip beat Siri, Home, and Cortana to the punch, commercial products anticipating agents and chatbots by two decades. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
  - paulie_a 9y ago
    Microsoft Bob was an abomination on so many levels
    - tjoff 9y ago
      Arguably so is Siri, Cortana and Home too.
tinus_hn 9y ago
Excel is quite powerful but it also tries to do too much and does a lot of it badly. Solitaire does one thing and it does it quite well.
- ubermonkey 9y ago
  SO true. Imagine how much important business knowledge is tied up in an Excel macro, or -- God forbid -- in a ridiculously long formula stored in cell Q237 or whatever. Less snarkily, Excel is so capable that lots of office workers learn IT and never bother going any deeper, and so they do things like re-inventing relational databases using Excel, etc.

victorqhong 9y ago

Also see rendering 3D in Excel: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131968/microsoft_excel_revolutionary_3d_.php https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131968/microsoft_exce...

cs702 9y ago

Reminds me of ExcelNet (deep learning with Excel): http://www.deepexcel.net/ http://www.deepexcel.net/

cs702 9y ago
PS. Make sure to read the related "paper:" http://www.deepexcel.net/paper.pdf http://www.deepexcel.net/paper.pdf

BuildTheRobots 9y ago

Very entertaining and well delivered talk; it not only does what the title says, but also explains some of the math and magic behind making HDR images.

tritium 9y ago

Hmm Yes perfect

IncRnd 9y ago

It's a little known fact, but Powershell runs with Excel as the internal execution engine. The secret is actually hidden in plain sight. Just look at the name for a clue... Powershell = Powexcel = Powered by Excel

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ktavera 9y ago

The humour reminds me of http://oneweirdkerneltrick.com/ http://oneweirdkerneltrick.com/

chuckdries 9y ago

Anyone know what "!!Con" is? I can't google for it, I just get the dictionary definition of "con"

GrayShade 9y ago
"Con" is often short for "conference". In this case, it's from http://bangbangcon.com/ http://bangbangcon.com/.

ubermonkey 9y ago

I'm reminded of the oft-linked Goldbloom quote in Jurassic Park. ;) I'm also reminded of a guy I knew in college. He would LOVE this, because when we were working together at a university computer lab, he was the guy who would learn a tool, and then use that tool to the exclusion of all else, even to the point of absurdity. The only tool he really knew when he started working there was Lotus, and he ended up figuring out how to automate all sorts of network administration tasks in Lotus macros.