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Ask HN: Why do Chinese datasheets have these iconic serif fonts?
4 points by npgatech 9y ago|3 comments
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by npgatech 9y ago
The problem isn't that he used color to make interesting new art. I think he explored new areas of color which were not known before - and I applaud his artistic efforts. However, Josef Albers went beyond his art to make false claims a
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by npgatech 9y ago
Edwin Land also made tremendous contributions to color science through empirical measurements and finding the deeper "mathematical" models[1]. Besides his scientific achievements, he was a real renaissance man, a tour de force of
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by npgatech 9y ago
This is amazing, thank you!
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by npgatech 9y ago
I am looking for startup advice for founders that don't want to build a billion-dollar company or need VC funding. How to efficiently target a local market? Or perhaps start a niche business that appeals to a small market. Every time
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by npgatech 9y ago
Just like any technology, it took time to mature. You are hard pressed to find a brand new analog oscilloscopes today. WHY? Because, they provide enormous benefits even if the bandwidth was identical to analog counter parts. For one, you c
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by npgatech 9y ago
>> "Digital tends to have more latency by its nature" - So...GPS satellites, atomic clocks, operation of a modern processor are full of latency that humans can detect? Human reaction time is in the order of 100ms. This state
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by npgatech 9y ago
"I've played with analog audio and the immediacy of alterations and infinite resolution is palpable in comparison to their digital equivalents." This kind of statements bother me because they are simply not true. You can have
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by npgatech 9y ago
Go to reddit please. I am seeing HN degrade day by day with jokes and puns.
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by npgatech 9y ago
Thanks for the laugh. That said, I am concerned that HN is becoming more and more like reddit. No offense, but the reason I come to HN is for serious informative discussion, not puns and jokes. I realize this is an asshole thing to say but
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by npgatech 9y ago
Fair point, but you are omitting the fact that brain itself (that invented the wheel) was evolved through biological means. That said, evolutionary optimization is generally considered unreliable(convergence) and inefficient.
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by npgatech 9y ago
This article doesn't teach the most fundamental aspect of drawing, i.e. to internalize a 3-dimensional object and being able to express it on a 2d plane. In order to efficiently and quickly learn this, you need to be able to accurate
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by npgatech 9y ago
I totally applaud 1blue3brown's videos but for some reason, his approach leaves me more confused than ever. Long winded unnecessary visualizations, especially when animated, annoys me for a reason that I cannot explain. Don't get
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by npgatech 9y ago
Processing, especially the javascript library is ready to go on HTML canvas.
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by npgatech 9y ago
Thanks to AMD, we are finally seeing the break from sub 4-core era that has dominated the mid segment of consumer grade processors. I clearly remember in 2006 when QX6600 was introduced and we were complaining about the lack of support for
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by npgatech 9y ago
I like how you think. 2D ---> 3D ---> 2D. Nothing has changed and yet we feel the latter is more "comprehendible"!
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by npgatech 9y ago
I think this is more of a vanity/luxury than actually TRULY useful thing. Many complex geometries are designed on CAD - from Airplane assemblies to intricate VSLI circuits. Physical model is nice...but its utility is not justified for
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by npgatech 9y ago
Is it that much more "enlightening" to 3D print vs just rotate the model on a computer screen? I can rotate a rendered model and get a pretty solid idea of the shape. I don't have to hold a physical model.
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by npgatech 9y ago
I find it the opposite. The syntax is the most intuitive of all plotting applications. Layers are as follows [1] 1. Data 2. Aesthetic mappings 3. Statistical transformation (stat) 4. Geometric object (geom) 5. Position adjustment Once you g
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by npgatech 9y ago
Oh wow, thanks. I feel like Apple is a step behind in pretty much all things AI.
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by npgatech 9y ago
How so? Google developed a server class TPU for Datacenters. Apple is trying to build on-device low powered custom chip.
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by npgatech 9y ago
Why hasn't anyone press charges? Where is FBI on this? Everyone of these pieces of shits need to be deported back to Turkey.
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by npgatech 9y ago
Does anyone know what font is used in the main code in the following image? https://raw.githubusercontent.com/corkami/pics/master/binary...
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by npgatech 10y ago
I think it would be amazing if Adobe incorporated some of these projects (Neural Style, etc.) as part of their "Creative Cloud" offerings...actually compute it in the cloud and return the result back to Photoshop.
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by npgatech 10y ago
I think that's only going to change. Here is a $560B company that uses new gTLD: https://abc.xyz/ More https://www.quora.com/Which-Companies-use-io-Domains
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by npgatech 10y ago
>> One bit of advice I highly recommend, let the availability of the domain name you want dictate your name. Nothing worse than coming up with a great name and discovering you can't buy the domain name you want. This has changed
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NASA Space Colony Art from 1970s(settlement.arc.nasa.gov)
4 points by npgatech 10y ago|0 comments
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by npgatech 10y ago
> Society as a whole isn't so different, and Feynman is not a good guide to civilized, socially conscious behaviour. Remember the time he got someone seriously injured because he wanted to unmask a perpetual motion hoax? http:&#x2F
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by npgatech 10y ago
Scott's TEDx presentation says otherwise[1] - he was pretty much against Chuck's allegations to the point where he did a tongue-in-cheek presentation. > It's still obviously a Chuck Close filter that acts in a way that com
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by npgatech 10y ago
From the link: > Chuck Close does not want his art to be trivialized. He will exercise his legal rights, even if your motives are good. If he knows about your project and does nothing, that will put him in a position where he cannot figh

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