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by rikroots 4y ago
I agree the author/experimenter seems to have done most of the conlanging here. The development benefit comes, I think, from having the AI reflect back the work so the experimenter can correct output and consider their conlanging decis
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Tempting, but no. I'm too busy failing at Advent of Code to start playing with chatgpt today.
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As a committed conlanger (but not a good one: I didn't land the Dothraki contract), I read this article with some trepidation. Is my weird little hobby soon to fall victim to the oncoming AI tsunami? After the read, I find myself pleas
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We didn't need the help of AI to do this to poetry already. It turns out that access to a text editor was more than sufficient.
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> And I’m just mentioning some of the unfixable problems with this approach I agree that using a canvas instead of leveraging existing accessibility supplied by HTML/CSS/JS and the DOM is an accessibility nightmare. However, I
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I clicked on the Parody Hacker News link which took me to https://news.ycombinator.com/IHopeMyMaxVisitHasntBeenHit and got the response "Unknown" and now I'm struggling to convince myself that I exist...
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This article triggers some thoughts for me, as a person who has developmental prosopagnosia[1]. In my ideal utopia I will wear (normal) glasses which include a tiny camera in the frame. When I'm in a gathering of people I would be able
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by rikroots 4y ago
There can be advantages to undertaking a complete library rewrite[1]: - If you've worked with the library (as a maintainer/developer, not as a user) for a long time you know where the fundamental pain points are and, after a while
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Brief History of Romney Marsh (and Its Corporation of Lords, Baliff and Jurats)(youtube.com)
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None. I've never been a great fan of emojis, mainly because I've never been entirely sure about how I was supposed to translate them. And from reports I've been seeing over the past year, it looks like I'm not the only p
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Things I learned about OKLAB/OKLCH when adding it to my canvas library - Safari latest versions support the color spaces for both CSS and canvas; doesn't look like other browsers are working on this area at the moment[1]. Then ag
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by rikroots 4y ago
I thought design was about how things get put together on the page to make a whole better than the parts. But then I'm not a web designer.
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Not a book, but Paul Bourke's website - Fractals, Chaos, Self-Similarity - has a wealth of information. http://paulbourke.net/fractals/
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Show HN: I built a game to test OKLCH colors/gradients in my canvas library(codepen.io)
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> I'll weasel in a reference t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶u̶p̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶o̶-̶f̶o̶u̶n̶d̶e̶d̶ to my JS library even though it's not directly relevant. Suddenly I feel shallow, and exposed. On a tangent - am I the only person who uses his real
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If anyone else struggles with the concept of "saudade", the Portuguese entry to this year's Eurovision Song Contest explains it beautifully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQul-rkcGPQ
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I just submitted a Show HN post and noticed the system change "JS" to "JavaScript". I've never noticed these changes before; still I found the UX pleasurable - it told me that the change had pushed my title count ov
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Show HN: My JavaScript canvas library now supports the OKLAB/OKLCH color spaces(scrawl-v8.rikweb.org.uk)
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He says in his 4th tweet in the thread "I think there’s a large opportunity to make an experience using many advances in AI (not just diffusion) to make a new kind of Creative Suite. A different set of products with a brand new UX.&quo
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In my view, it's a personal confidence thing. People raised in a (UK traditional) working class family are bought up with lower expectations about what success they can enjoy in later life[1], compared to people raised in (traditional)
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I'm currently battling through the CSS Color Module spec[1] so I can add oklab() and oklch() defined colors to my 2d canvas library. My hope is that it will give me (and anyone else brave enough to use my library) better color ranges,
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Create your own DIY Art videos(codepen.io)
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Creating a watercolor filter which can be applied to an image dragged into a website <canvas> element is on my list of Fun Things To Do Over The Holidays - but having previously looked at the the mechanics that need to feed into the f
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"It's a busy day! There are currently 1048 people in front of you. Please keep this tab open! Estimated wait time: 14 hours, 33 minutes"
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In my view all canvas-related JS libraries should treat accessibility as a foundational requirement. It's not "too difficult" to implement. Here's an explanation of the accessibility features I've added to my canvas
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... wow! I have to disagree with every clause in this statement. First, you don't have to be "old" to become "retired"; people can take extended sabbaticals away from the money race at any time in their adult lives
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by rikroots 4y ago
I've resisted posting my effort at a moving eyes animation, but my resolve has crumbled[1]. In an attempt to make this comment slightly less spammy, I think that it's easier to create this effect in a web page if the code makes go
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I found this reference in the 1988 SIGGRAPH Art Show Review[1] - a possible candidate for the inspiration? "Alan Rath had two works, Word Processor and Bird Cage (see Figure 21) in the show. Bird Cage is a kinetic work created from a m
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I'm trying to remember when I first came across this "animated eyes follow cursor" effect. I'm fairly certain it was on the Amiga back in the last century. I searched Aminet - was it part of the MaxonMagic[1] screensaver
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Do you mean something like Deja News (before its mad pivot in 1999)? Maybe somebody could build a service that offers users an interface to create/consume content shared over a dedicated NNTP-based Usenet discussion group, archiving al

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