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by colinthompson 10y ago
For their animatronic robots, their numbering system has historically referred to the number of uniquely articulated motors/servos of a particular model.
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by colinthompson 10y ago
These are incredible. I'm especially impressed with how high res the scans are. Time for some new office posters!
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Slow motion waves of jumping genes in the human genome(phys.org)
1 points by colinthompson 10y ago|0 comments
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by colinthompson 10y ago
I think the biggest thing missing on the list is a full featured compositing package. Fortunately there's Natron: https://natron.fr
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Looks really cool. Too bad it’s not out in time for christmas. The thing would sell like crazy this year. What I find most notable in the video is their nod to competitive-gaming / esports, which Nintendo has such a long history of shu
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Indeed. The main reason they weren't replaced sooner was because parameterizing subdiv and poly surfaces for texturing was historically a pain in the neck, whereas NURBS was essentially free. New techniques like PTex and better UV mapp
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Maybe they love the fact that every time they play a tape it is slowly being destroyed. Most VHS tape will reduce to noise after repeated playback over time. Especially if the player is lousy, you can see quality loss within a few viewings.
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by colinthompson 10y ago
This reminds me of seeing proscuitto for sale that was labeled "gluten free!".
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Amazing. Thanks for sharing. Also, +1 on Daniel Tiger's neighborhood. One of the few shows my 2.5 year old is allowed to watch, since the vast majority of them are trying to sell something, or promote disturbing body image messages, et
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Agreed. Along the similar lines, I like a nice double cream brie, or a gruyere cheese. I also like a good slice of kraft american cheese. They all have their time and place.
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by colinthompson 10y ago
This is a really nice write up! The graphs really show how a noise signal is built up of its components. Additionally, while un intentional, it also shows how Perlin noise can exhibit "gridding" artifacts from the regular spacing
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by colinthompson 10y ago
When Google Reader was in its heyday, I remember thinking the futuristic promise of the web from the early 90s had finally arrived. I so miss it. So much effort is put into unique "platforms" nowadays — I get why Reader (and by ex
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by colinthompson 10y ago
Agreed. Plus, even if it is decided to modernize any of these systems, we would likely have to run an old system with the new one in parallel for quite some time to ensure a properly smooth transition. Air traffic control is an example of w
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by colinthompson 10y ago
This is such an interesting article to me because it describes a time when a fundamentally unique paradigm of computer science was in it's nascent form. It makes me wonder, were people aware of the watershed nature of their work at the
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by colinthompson 10y ago
I found Rdio to be the best of all possible options. It still is disappointing to me that 1) Apple didn't buy Rdio and 2) Pandora still has done nothing with the IP they got out of the deal. Rdio had some really creative curation fea
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by colinthompson 10y ago
A quick google image search turns up a few: http://www.bellerbyandco.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05... http://www.bellerbyandco.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/0
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by colinthompson 10y ago
This. One of the things that saddens me most about this deal is that there are likely many talented artists and engineers down in Glendale who will be let go as a result of this consolidation. I would love to be proven wrong, but that is my
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SF MUNI delayed deploying dual train subway stops due to a monster code review(hoodline.com)
3 points by colinthompson 11y ago|0 comments
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by colinthompson 11y ago
Where would silicon valley, and the world in general, be without DARPA? Not that I am trying to support any big brother agenda, but it's hard to deny that your smartphone and computer owe at least some part of their existence to effort
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by colinthompson 11y ago
As a computer graphics professional, this fascinates me. The integrals you describe are remarkably similar to a large variety of solutions we employ for area estimation and integration in general. For example, in a path-tracing paradigm, I