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The data say a male Karen is a Terry(nathancunn.com)
1 points by nathcun 6y ago|0 comments
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Post golden age, The Simpsons averaged more than 1 celebrity cameo per episode(nathancunn.com)
1 points by nathcun 7y ago|0 comments
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The Data Behind the 'Flanderisation' of Ned Flanders(nathancunn.com)
2 points by nathcun 8y ago|0 comments
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by nathcun 8y ago
Maybe my wording wasn't great, I didn't want to say the folding itself is a problem, the problem is that the aspect ratios of the two are dependent on each other, making unusual solutions like you mentioned necessary. Not that tha
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by nathcun 8y ago
The Lenovo Yoga Book is quite different in the sense that the multi-screens are never really viewed as a single form. One screen is more of an input device, while the other is what we would usually see as a screen. I'm not saying that
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by nathcun 8y ago
I'm not saying "aspect ratios don't work, therefore the whole thing's a bust", just that we should expect that one or other of the devices will be quite a bit different from what we normally see.
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by nathcun 8y ago
I'm considering the assumption that the tablet aspect is primarily for watching TV/films, meaning letterboxing is essentially a bezel.
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by nathcun 8y ago
What exactly aren't you convinced of?
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by nathcun 8y ago
Not saying it's a problem for development. I've just seen people ask why the screens have odd aspect ratios.
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by nathcun 8y ago
I was wrong on the tablets, I was meaning an ideal tablet for watching TV/films which is mostly 16:9 or 18:9. Tablets typically are 4:3, which would result in a phone being 3:2 which would be 25% shorter on 18:9 phones, and 15% shorter
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by nathcun 8y ago
I know there isn't a typical size, but the trend has been towards taller phones. The desire to keep to the aspect ratio isn't about conforming to old phones but conforming to the aspect ratio that films/TV shows are in.
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by nathcun 8y ago
I've seen people comment on these articles asking why the aspect ratios were so weird, and why not 18:9 for both? Perhaps, they were just joking, who knows? Regardless, an 18:18 screen can only show 18:9 content at the same size as an
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by nathcun 8y ago
As I mentioned a 1:1 screen (if you want to watch your content in an assumed 18:9 native content) will at most take up half of the tablet screen. Meaning your content will be shown at exactly the same size as the phone screen, just rotated.
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by nathcun 8y ago
I'm saying it's irreconcilable that the phone be like phones we know now (18:9, minimum bezels), and the tablet be like tablets we know now (18:9, minimum bezels). If we have either form conform to what we know now, the other must
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by nathcun 8y ago
I'd be quite happy with it too. The issue is that the tablet side will have the same aspect ratio, which isn't ideal for film/TV.
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by nathcun 8y ago
"Give it a couple iterations, a little trial and error and you'll probably get your aspect ratio or tiny bezels." Did you read the rest of the post? I'm saying that mathetmatically those two things are completely irrecon
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The problem with foldable phones(nathancunn.com)
5 points by nathcun 8y ago|36 comments
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by nathcun 8y ago
Our number system is base 10. The choice was arbitrary, I just wanted enough episodes to reduce the noise in the average ratings.
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by nathcun 8y ago
Or if I'd just used R correctly. The code surely isn't best practice in R, just kind of hashed together. I had actually started doing this in Python, but my limited knowledge of Python meant I was resorting to two different libra
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by nathcun 8y ago
I didn't assume a causal relationship. In the last line I state that a change in writers may not have caused a decline in quality, but the change in the make-up of the writing team around the team most people agree the show went downhi
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by nathcun 8y ago
An interesting thing I came across writing this: the top writers, Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, were showrunners for seasons 7 and 8, immediately stepping down after as: Oakley and Weinstein stood down as showrunners after seas
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by nathcun 8y ago
Your wording here suggests that the later episodes were simply rated lower because they were later. However, I think your point is that the later episodes got worse ratings for something beyond the writers. Certainly possible. Even if nothi
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by nathcun 8y ago
Some of the top writers I picked out (Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, David X/S Cohen) are involved in it, but I agree it's not great.
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by nathcun 8y ago
I still watch the old episodes on an almost daily basis, so I don't know if that's true for everyone.
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by nathcun 8y ago
You're right, I kind of acknowledge this limitation, and am aware I'm doing many of the writers a massive disservice. But, the data that only showed credited writers, and those credited must have done _something_ to be the ones wi
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by nathcun 8y ago
While I admit the logic is somewhat tautologous, that's not quite the conclusion I'm drawing. I, first of all, look at the average rating of the writers involved in the show, and then look at how the make-up of the show's wri
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Why did the golden age of the Simpsons end?(nathancunn.com)
140 points by nathcun 8y ago|136 comments
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A cynical guide to fixing your gender pay gap(nathancunn.com)
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How to organise a World Cup sweepstakes with people in other countries (using R)(nathancunn.com)
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by nathcun 8y ago
> One of those arbitrary costs of budget airlines is paying €50 for having your ticket printed at the airport (Lufthansa). Sometimes you just don't have a printer or the possibility to check in beforehand. Sure, I could 'plan a

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