mrob

53 ms·

901.
by mrob 3y ago
The killer feature of FM synthesis is generation of inharmonic sounds. Classic analog waveforms (sawtooth/square/triangle/sine) are all perfectly harmonic, i.e. the frequencies of the higher harmonics are at integer multiples
902.
by mrob 3y ago
Yes, but not any with typography like the article. I use custom CSS and Firefox's Reader View to disable a lot of design/typography.
903.
by mrob 3y ago
Fancy typography is the realm of magazines, not books, and I can't think of a single magazine that's stuck in my memory the way real books do. If you have to use fancy typography to make your text feel more interesting it probably
904.
by mrob 3y ago
Printed text does just fine using maximum contrast all the time, and bold and italics for emphasis.
905.
by mrob 3y ago
160lbs is about the limit for what humans can manage in real battle conditions. Joe Gibbs can shoot heavier than that, but not repeatedly and rapidly for minutes on end.
906.
by mrob 3y ago
>Medieval English longbow archers only used such high draw weights because their arrows had to penetrate thick steel plate armor Experimental archeology shows that this was not the case. Arrows could not penetrate thick plate, and could
907.
by mrob 3y ago
IMO, social media requires a relationship graph, e.g. friends/follows/subscriptions. HN doesn't have this so it's just a forum.
908.
by mrob 3y ago
It's already implemented this way: https://melatonin.dev/blog/implementing-marios-stack-blur-15...
909.
by mrob 3y ago
If that's true it should be renamed to something less likely to mislead people into thinking it's a theory, e.g. "mass distribution anomaly".
910.
by mrob 3y ago
UBlock Origin in advanced mode allows easy blocking of images, both globally and for specific sites. However, in Firefox this only works for the normal view; in Reader View and in the Page Info dialog box it will be ignored.
911.
by mrob 3y ago
Are permissive licenses also "screwing over the community"? Those also allow third parties to use the code in proprietary software. What difference does it make to the community if Element gets paid for this?
912.
by mrob 3y ago
We already make many things from materials that can be degraded by microbes (wood, cotton, leather, etc.). They can be preserved by keeping them dry, or with paint or other surface treatments. For the rare circumstances where this is imposs
913.
by mrob 3y ago
Elastomeric half-face respirators with suitable filters are more comfortable than N95 masks, and if used and maintained correctly are probably more effective: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK540078/
914.
by mrob 3y ago
Not all food toxicity risks are immediately obvious. E.g. hijiki seaweed is a traditional food in Japan, but it often contains dangerous quantities of inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2F
915.
by mrob 3y ago
I wonder if this is the reason for the traditional association of bats with evil. Bats aren't directly dangerous to humans, they don't look scary like sharks, and they don't eat our foods, so it seems strange that they had su
916.
by mrob 3y ago
All hands tools (including common things like pencils and toothbrushes) react to your movement with zero added latency. Computers should be the same.
917.
by mrob 3y ago
I've never seen a UI animation that quick. Most UI animations are hundreds of milliseconds. And even if somebody did make one, it would still be annoying. Even a little latency is enough to break the sensation that the computer is part
918.
by mrob 3y ago
It's useful the first few times, and annoying time wasting all the thousands of times after that. Animations should only be included if there's an easy way to turn them off.
919.
by mrob 3y ago
But why do China and Korea get to change English naming conventions? What makes Japan an exception?
920.
by mrob 3y ago
Nobody can force me to fight. Maybe I would get imprisoned, maybe I would get executed, but whatever happens, it's my moral duty to ensure that whoever attempted to force me into military slavery does not benefit from the attempt, and
921.
by mrob 3y ago
What if the manufacturer changes the sensitivity but keeps the Bluetooth identifier the same? I assume Apple would rather set a conservative limit for everything than risk getting sued for allowing hearing damage with an incorrect custom li
922.
by mrob 3y ago
It's unrelated to post-processing. Moving the camera around makes things blurry at low frame rate (and 50fps is low) because of sample-and-hold blur. This can be mitigated by strobing the screen at the same speed as the frame rate, but
923.
by mrob 3y ago
There are CPU/GPU meters on the screenshots. Highest CPU load I saw is 78% on one core and lower on other cores, but GPU is always 100% or close to it.
924.
by mrob 3y ago
HEPA filtration only matters if you have a clean side and a dirty side. Most air filters exhaust clean air into the same room as the intake, so all that matters is clean air delivery rate [0]. It's often possible to get better clean ai
925.
by mrob 3y ago
The inside of a hot furnace glows with the uniform illumination simulated by the test.
926.
by mrob 3y ago
LBA1 uses Gouraud shaded polygonal characters on top of tile-based 2D backgrounds. LBA2 does the same for indoor areas. For outdoor areas it uses a technique I don't recall seeing in any other game: every time the camera changes positi
927.
by mrob 3y ago
Use of video clips for backgrounds was possible but rare. The opening of Final Fantasy VII is a good example, where it blends seamlessly from the opening FMV to control of the characters. You are correct that it affected the quality. You co
928.
by mrob 3y ago
If you're talking about the original X-Com, there's no hard time limit. The game gets more difficult over time, but you can never lose purely by playing too slow. Notably, the aliens never attempt to infiltrate Russia, so you can
929.
by mrob 3y ago
The standard meaning of "confabulate" is just "chat". The "memory reproduction error" is psychology jargon. For this reason, I support continued use of "hallucinate" for LLM errors.
930.
by mrob 3y ago
Cheap LED lighting typically uses full-wave rectification and strobes at double the AC line frequency, so 120Hz or 100Hz depending on region. It's the same flicker as seen with magnetic ballast fluorescent tubes, which also lit up on b

More ›