DJohnBenton

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   by DJohnBenton 7y ago

   Like the Tao Te Ching passage: Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub; It is the centre hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes wh
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   Somewhat related, there was also a "capitalisation shift" in the late 1600s where everyone (or their editors) started writing more nouns as capitalised (e.g. "The quick brown Fox jumped over the lazy Dog"), and then swit
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   That sounds kind of fun, can you give some examples?
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   Show HN: The Great Capitalisation Shift(s)(github.com)

   1 points by DJohnBenton 9y ago|0 comments
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   Rude (but accurate https://i.imgur.com/kCPdTTB.png )
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   Interesting. It looks like I can use d3-geo to get a map of the world and then clip it down from there. I'll have a play with it after work.
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   Wow that's a pretty good idea - I'll see if I can find a way to make this. I think I'd need some kind of map API that lets me plot coordinates and define mouse-over text for each pin.
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   by DJohnBenton 9y ago

   Interested to know what folks think - if there are any obvious mistakes, if you have any requests for strings to map, or any cool ideas we could try with the data.
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   Show HN: Study of British place names: locations and frequencies of n-grams(github.com)

   5 points by DJohnBenton 9y ago|5 comments