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Interesting hexagonal cellular automata [video](youtube.com)
1 points by calebm 2y ago|1 comments
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by calebm 2y ago
An interesting hexagonal-grid-based cellular automata I came across while building towards a water simulation.
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by calebm 2y ago
I recently was required to renew my glasses prescription because the other one was 2 years old (so considered expired). When I got my new prescription, my optometrist said "your vision improved". I have been spending more time out
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by calebm 2y ago
I published an open-source tool several years ago which helps map out the wifi world: https://github.com/calebmadrigal/trackerjacker .
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by calebm 2y ago
Came here to ask: why store energy in chemical batteries rather than gravity batteries (like pumping water up a mountain)? I know this is done (like here: https://www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric&#
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by calebm 2y ago
Great find. This has serious exploit potential.
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by calebm 3y ago
I always thought it'd be romantic to live in the roaring 20's. Cheers!
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by calebm 3y ago
All learning is compression
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by calebm 3y ago
Video is helpful to show the nature of the bug, and HN is a good place for people who might have an idea as to its cause. I also don't know if the bug is in the codec itself, or in FFmpeg.
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Wave image glitches either video codec or FFmpeg(youtube.com)
2 points by calebm 3y ago|3 comments
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by calebm 3y ago
Any of you hackers know what's going on here?
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by calebm 3y ago
This is a great video on why planetary orbits tend to sync up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyn64b4LNJ0 . Ultimately, it comes down to the concept of entrainment (the same reason metronomes on the same surface tend to syn
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by calebm 3y ago
I do math art ( https://gods.art ), and I've noticed that when I try to take photos of my art, the compression algorithm typically washes out the image - I think as a result of the Fourier Transform-based compression algorith
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by calebm 3y ago
I heard Salmon Khan give a talk earlier this year where he mentioned the "Two Sigma Problem" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem ), where kids with a private tutor perform 2 standard devia
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by calebm 3y ago
Walking is a chance to explore your own mind, which should stay interesting.
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by calebm 3y ago
I wonder how iOS communication works - does it drop down to layer 2 and send raw data frames?
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by calebm 3y ago
Their hexagon grid page is one of the best hexagon grid resources on the web that I've found.
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by calebm 3y ago
"In the beginning was the Tao, and the Tao was with God, and the Tao was God." (John 1:1)
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by calebm 3y ago
Yes.
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by calebm 3y ago
The book, "After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond" (Bruce Greyson M.D.), explores this subject.
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by calebm 3y ago
If the statistics are 90% find new work, then by definition, it was not against all odds.
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by calebm 3y ago
If AI starts helping build mRNA vaccines, the computers may start programming us.
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Ask HN: Can you choose your desires?
2 points by calebm 3y ago|3 comments
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by calebm 3y ago
Python Interoperability seems like a killer feature.
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by calebm 3y ago
Yes. I've tried it - makes it obviously more bitter.
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by calebm 4y ago
This looks amazing! (particularly for some of my interests - https://gods.art )
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by calebm 4y ago
Maybe this is a silly question, but how can a mass spectrometer determine the age of water?
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by calebm 4y ago
WUG? SOJs
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by calebm 4y ago
The importance of pipes in plumbing
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by calebm 4y ago
Go look at the sun

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