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Show HN: Textbox implementation for Canvas(ptsjs.org)
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by metaphorical 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Pass
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by metaphorical 9y ago
Such beautiful, thoughtful writing. Thanks for sharing.
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by metaphorical 9y ago
Beautiful. Reminds me of Wilson Bentley's old photos: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Bentley
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Show HN: Pts.js – a typescript library to compose and visualize points(ptsjs.org)
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by metaphorical 9y ago
I found this to be quite condescending -- "lower levels of Maslow hierarchy". Have you considered that perhaps most Chinese people are "made unready" for democracy simply because of the extreme suppressions by an authori
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by metaphorical 9y ago
More readable than In Search of Lost Time by Proust :)
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by metaphorical 10y ago
You can also argue that if the theme is about something as expansive as the "dark forest" (no plot spoiler!), flat characters and telling-not-showing are not bad choices for writing style. The humankind can be as insignificant or
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by metaphorical 10y ago
Everything looks perfect. Every face looks plastic. I think I prefer the imperfect photos. But that's just me.
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by metaphorical 10y ago
> "dog people are more outgoing, measured in terms of Facebook friends." Or, perhaps, cat people just don't like adding friends on Facebook as much as dog people!
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by metaphorical 10y ago
Funny how 1 data point can be extrapolated to make such a bold claim (best cities for X). Hong Kong is a terrible place for book lovers. - I think almost all the bookstores are not profitable, many of them closing down (especially the indep
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Show HN: Taking a line for a walk -- a code experiment(williamngan.github.io)
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Show HN: Taking a Line for a Walk, a code experiment(williamngan.github.io)
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Not sure how exposed you were to clever soft propaganda in those 3 weeks in China :) As a Chinese, I can tell you I don't feel any social optimism at all. 1) Much political infighting at the top 2) The richer people are moving family t
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by metaphorical 11y ago
The idea "form follows function" (or mission or vision) is as old as modernism itself. Its linear approach, from "vision" down to "visual", neglects an important aspect of design process that is dynamic in esse
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Show HN: Roll.js, just a little library to track position and scroll(williamngan.github.io)
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by metaphorical 11y ago
If its economy won't hit a hard-landing and the current reform is successful, then yes I think China will have a booming middle class by 2020. But does the emperor have clothes on? No one can really say for sure.
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by metaphorical 11y ago
You described the problem very well. When I thought of an idea, it's indeed visual/verbal with memories thrown in. Then when I sit down to code, I have to worry about putting curly braces in the correct places before anything else
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by metaphorical 11y ago
This is a side project I've been working on for a couple years (when not playing video games :P). I hope you'll give it a try, and I would appreciate your feedbacks. Thanks!
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Show HN: Pt, an experiment on visual forms(williamngan.github.io)
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Any demo link?
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Carl Sagan once said: "If you want an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe". As I understand it from this article, it is saying: "Once you invent the universe, then an apple pie will exist... given enoug
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Love the lighting effects!
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Btw2: there's a "Download SVG" link on lower right. The SVG file can be imported to Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, etc.
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Good point. I want to do this as well, but the performance is not good enough yet. To be improved!
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Yep! I didn't use the technical names because it sounds technical ;-)
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Btw, this is the original "Kubist" I made with Processing a couple years ago. It uses opencv instead of JSFeat for feature point detection, and Mesh library instead of d3. http://www.metaphorical.net/note/on&#
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Cool, I didn't know about Bridson's algorithm. Thanks for the pointers!
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Yep, both delaunay ("Triangle") and voronoi ("Cell") uses "best candidate algorithm" to distribute the points by default. It's similiar to poisson disc. The "Analyze image" uses JSFeat to apply a
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by metaphorical 11y ago
Yes. I use d3.geom.delaunay or d3.geom.voronoi to create the delaunay or voronoi tessellation. http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/4341156 Then for each polygon, I take its points (center point or vertices or an arbitrary poin

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