rsiqueira

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   by rsiqueira 10y ago

   I thought the drum sounds would be generated using JS, but they are just pre-recorded samples (bass_drum.wav, snare_drum.wav, low_tom.wav, mid_tom.wav, hi hat, cymbal, cowbell, hand clap, hi tom, conga, claves). I'm looking for drum-ge
2. 92.▲
   by rsiqueira 10y ago

   I'm also searching for automatic text summarization and I found a list with the 100 best automatic summarization software from GitHub. I would like to know what are the best from this list: http://meta-guide.com/softwar
3. 93.▲
   by rsiqueira 11y ago

   Perl6 example: sub Σ(@array_to_sum) { return [+] @array_to_sum; } say Σ (1,2,3,4); # It will display 10
4. 94.▲
   by rsiqueira 11y ago

   The Wikipedia page about Karplus–Strong string synthesis says that there is a refinement of the algorithm that could also be used to model acoustic waves in tubes and on drum membranes. I wish a JavaScript MIDI player could use those high q
5. 95.▲
   by rsiqueira 12y ago

   From Wikipedia: "Some people claim that by recognizing chart patterns they are able to predict future stock prices and profit by this prediction; other people respond by quoting 'past performance is no guarantee of future results&
6. 96.▲
   by rsiqueira 12y ago

   In case you don´t know, Andromeda is approaching the Milky Way at about 110 km per second and will collide with our galaxy. See NASA collision animation and also the amazing illustration of how big we'll see Andromeda Galaxy (in 3.75 b
7. 97.▲
   by rsiqueira 12y ago

   Intel's disclaimer says at the end of the page: "products do not contain conflict minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten and/or gold) that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Co
8. 98.▲
   by rsiqueira 12y ago

   I also received (yesterday) this same message from Google: Subject: [Webmaster Tools] Notice of removal from Google Search "We regret to inform you that we are no longer able to show the following pages from your website in response t
9. 99.▲
   by rsiqueira 12y ago

   You can help the Wavepot project: Contributors can join the discussion and mailing list here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wavepot They also have a funding campaign (accepting paypal) to finish this pro
10. 100.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Each reload may get results from distinct servers that may be not yet updated with the current number.
11. 101.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I was reloading her picture (the first she posted during Oscar) and it was shared more than 500 times per second. When it was retweeted about 70000 times, the retweet and favorite status counter was not available anymore.
12. 102.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    You showed that account 1M1ZkWpHfuQthji2AVsGDvpfY2PrcXQar6 had about 430000 BTC and split coins in 2 other accounts and so on. I followed one of the splits and its subsequents: 14qKyR7b86JVHn5mfm6Dm3G756BgxhMqMP received 203002 BTC. Then it
13. 103.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    When following the splits-in-2 of this transaction, many accounts still have about 1000 BTC in their final balance according to blockchain. E.g: 1BoGw97oS9L2mU8HTQqpm7yxC72H4LCm6i (Final Balance: 1,000.35 BTC). The question is: who may be t
14. 104.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    The authors of this paper also have other amazing image processing/optimization algorithms. Eg: Deblurring, Optimizing Color Consistency, Content-aware Automatic Photo Enhancement, Object Discovery and Segmentation in Internet Images a
15. 105.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Amazing image zoom algorithm, t creates a hires version of a low res image. I would love to see this image zoom feature implemented the in ImageMagick.
16. 106.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I found other patterns! Powers of 3: 1/9997 = 0.0001 0003 0009 0027 0081 ... Powers of 4: 1/9996 = 0.0001 0004 0016 0064 0256 ... Powers of 5: 1/9995 = 0.0001 0005 0025 0125 0625 ... And so on...
17. 107.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Since 1/9998 is a rational number, the result is a repeating decimal. The powers of 2 may sometime repeat its digits? According to according to WolframAlpha, 1/98 repeats after 42 digits. 1/998 repeats after 498 digits. And 1
18. 108.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I found this division 1/9998 by chance. I was trying to remember the number from a previous HN discussion, that was 1/998001 = 1.002 003 004 005 006 007...: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3514721
19. 109.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    The pattern is not really breaking. What happens is that 16384 doesn't fit in a 4 digit space so it's first digit "1" jumps to 8192 and it becomes 8193. Then the next number (32768) add it's first digit "3&quot
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    1/9998 = 0.0001 0002 0004 0008 0016 0032 0064 0128 0256..(wolframalpha.com)

    617 points by rsiqueira 13y ago|96 comments
21. 111.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I'm also trying to do a search in this library and had no success. Not even using Google image search. The collection is useless if one can not search for images inside. It's not pratical to browse through millions of images to fi
22. 112.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    EDIT: Fortunately VirWox was nice to refund the Paypal payment that I made since the amount that I deposited there was not enough to buy Bitcoins with it.
23. 113.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I've just tried VirWox and unfortunately I was not able to buy bitcoins there since there is a minimum of bitcoins that I need to buy (this was not informed in their FAQ). So I'm requesting that they refund my paypal payment. Let&
24. 114.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    It works with $(this).addClass instead of this.addClass: $('img').load(function(){ $(this).addClass('loaded')});
25. 115.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Are you banned from Adsense just because of the porn pics/videos? Or have you been banned for other reasons (e.g. not having your own content, making duplicate content from twitter, copyright issues, dmca, gambling, site quality or oth
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    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    In Brazil, it is illegal to share Internet connection with neighbours, the fine is about US$ 4000. Article from Brazilian newspaper "Share internet with neighbors can generate fine of up to R$ 8000": http://bit.do/
27. 117.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    TL;DR: Poor people are 13 IQ points below non-poor because they spend "brain bandwidth" thinking about their poverty instead of doing other brain activities.
28. 118.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    I was horrified by the Milgram experiment (psychological test to test obedience to authority) that the author cites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment And (but not related to the article) I was amazed to
29. 119.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Error message says: "502 Bad Gateway". And many other sites are down right now: instagram.com, vine.co (Vineapp), parse.com, codecademy.com
30. 120.▲
    by rsiqueira 13y ago

    Many sites are down right now, including instagram.com, codecademy.com and vine.co