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aptly_yclept
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aptly_yclept
5mo ago
To expand on what the previous said, here's a link to a seminal paper on pixels - "A pixel is not a little square" by Alvy Ray Smith. https://alvyray.com/Memos/CG/Microsoft/6_pixel.pdf
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aptly_yclept
1y ago
It would be practical in strong wind.
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aptly_yclept
1y ago
There's an analogue method too - just do a very long exposure of a busy street. There is so little reflected light from people (relatively speaking) that it barely registers on the film/sensor, hence they are 'invisible'
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2y ago
That's interesting to me, for I (a non-native speaker) am well familiar with the word 'cagey' from more contemporary movies and books. The dictionaries I checked list etymology as unknown, however. I'll see if I can