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by swimfar 11y ago
It's linked to on that page, but here's a good paper on scaling/interpolating pixel art. They use a lot of SNES sprites as examples. Some of these are implemented in emulators so you can play around with them a little. htt
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by swimfar 11y ago
Could you try it again and see if that still works? I couldn't get it (or any of the other methods) to work. Did they maybe update the robots.txt so google can't cache it anymore?
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by swimfar 11y ago
A little off-topic, but a fact that I find amazing is that around the time of the first moon landing the average age of the mission controllers was 26. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tothemoon/kranz.html
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by swimfar 11y ago
I've been looking for something like this for a long time, not just for new photos, but for old family photos too. Another thing that I've really wanted was the possibility for anyone to add different tags to photos. So it could
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by swimfar 12y ago
Can we please stop downvoting comments like these? There were no incorrect facts, or mean statements presented. This person asked a sincere question in a non-aggressive way. I'm sure there are other people who had the same question,
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by swimfar 12y ago
If we assume that people continue to drive the same number of miles per year, the robotaxi concept won't actually reduce the number of cars being produced* . (number of cars produced/year=number of people * average number of miles
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by swimfar 12y ago
I know Europe is a diverse place, but I've studied at three universities in Europe (Germany and France) and at each of them I often had problems with computer access due to the labs being used for classes. This was an issue even as a
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by swimfar 12y ago
That's really cool. I tried it with the birthday problem[1] (real answer 23) and got 16 if I used whole exponents[2] and 19 with fractional exponents[3]. They're a little off but it gives you an idea of the value. [1] https:&#x
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by swimfar 12y ago
For anyone that's interested in creative engineering in motorsports I'd definitely recommend trying to make it out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah for one of their speed trials [1]. It's an amazing experience. You&#x27
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by swimfar 12y ago
In some cities they reward you for returning bikes to certain locations that have a borrow/return ratio imbalance. For example, they will add bonus minutes to your card so if you go over the standard single-trip time period (e.g. 30 m
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by swimfar 12y ago
Yeah, HDMI cables are a really bad example. Even with the monitor example it sounds like a lot of the price difference had to do with reducing the markup. I always assumed that this was monoprice's strategy, find items being sold wit
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by swimfar 12y ago
I like finding out things like this about people. Very talented athletes who are also very smart are not as rare as people would think. (Anecdote warning) Many of the most talented athletes I know are very intelligent people. Here are so
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by swimfar 12y ago
Are you implying that there are people who get accepted to those programs but don't get free tuition because of limits to those scholarships? Or are you talking about the talented high school students who aren't quite "good&
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by swimfar 12y ago
Yeah, that's a pretty cool concept. Here's an example: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-virtual-reality-team-infinite-e... edit: Actually, that doesn't seem to be what I was thinking of. Here are some exam
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by swimfar 12y ago
Ahh, sorry, I missed that (in a display of very poor reading skills). That does make more sense. But if commercial landscaping isn't included in that 7%, this number becomes larger. And if the drought is very serious, why wouldn'
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by swimfar 12y ago
How is 7% close to a rounding error? Especially when, in the case of landscaping, it is not a necessity and is almost completely for aesthetics[1]. If someone said they had money problems and it turns out they spend 7% of their income on
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by swimfar 12y ago
That's cool. It reminded me of a similar (though simpler) visualization I saw for whisky: http://www.gq.com/life/food/201311/bourbon-whiskey-family-tr...
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by swimfar 12y ago
This is a good post for those not familiar with all the details. But I think the rent you listed is unfair. Certainly there are apartments that expensive, but you can get a nice 2bed/2bath apartment for quite a bit less(though it pro
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by swimfar 12y ago
I couldn't find the original, but this seems to be an updated review of the use of silver platings in connectors. It even mentions the rising gold prices as a motivation to look into alternative materials. http://www.te.com
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by swimfar 12y ago
I've wanted something similar to that headline navigation in a browser for a long time. Often times when reading blog-style webpages I want to scroll down to the next story (skipping the rest of the currently displayed story). Using
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by swimfar 12y ago
Not exactly the same thing, but here's a really cool hack where it's possible to use a photosensitive dram chip as a digital camera. https://www.cs.uaf.edu/2007/fall/cs441/support/dram_sensor_1.
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by swimfar 12y ago
Just because not many people making $120k/year aren't driving a Porsche doesn't mean that they can't afford one. In his first question sysk asks if people making that much can afford one. Later, he rephrases the questi
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by swimfar 12y ago
You could easily afford at least a boxter at that price and I don't think a 911 would be too much of a stretch[1]. It really depends on your priorities, though (i.e. do you also want a really nice house/condo, boat, cabin on a la
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by swimfar 12y ago
HEMA=Historical European Martial Arts
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by swimfar 12y ago
The link you attached lists a few different lead-free solder alloys with the lowest melting at 412F(211C) well above 340F(171C). Eutectic tin/lead solder has a melting point of 361F(183C), also above 340F. I'm not sure whether or
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by swimfar 12y ago
Some filter suggestions: camera resolution, year released, battery life, and OS (and version). I don't know where you're getting the info from, but these could all be pulled from gsmarena.
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by swimfar 12y ago
You should post something here: http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue Or try an arcade related forum or subreddit. I'm sure someone out there can help you.
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by swimfar 12y ago
That's half of what is going on with this material. A silver/shiny roof will reduce the amount of solar energy absorbed into the home. But it will also reduce the heat which is radiated out of the house. So this method won&#x27
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by swimfar 12y ago
Honest question, how common are typing lessons in Europe? Is it uncommon in some countries? Because I've worked and studied in France and Germany with people from all over and was surprised at how uncommon typing skills seem to be.
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by swimfar 12y ago
According to a NASA fastener design manual[1](page 9) split-ring style lock washers are useless for locking purposes. They say that star washers do proved some additional friction/locking action, but at the cost of damage to the surfa

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