DJohnBenton
Re:Being Bored Is Good
on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:11AM (#20390969)
Like the Tao Te Ching passage:
Thirty spokes share the wheel's hub;
It is the centre hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel;
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room;
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there;
Usefulness from what is not there.
Re:Great Vowel Shift
on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:43PM (#16774665)
Somewhat related, there was also a "capitalisation shift" in the late 1600s where everyone (or their editors) started writing more nouns as capitalised (e.g. "The quick brown Fox jumped over the lazy Dog"), and then switched back in the mid-1700s. Interesting to know what might have been.
https://github.com/DanielJohnBenton/capitalisation-shift-goo...
Re:Exercises in Programming Style
on Monday March 19, 2018 @07:51AM (#16617696)
That sounds kind of fun, can you give some examples?
Re:Show HN: RoastMe.io – A neural network that has learned to insult
on Thursday February 08, 2018 @11:19AM (#16333212)
Rude
(but accurate https://i.imgur.com/kCPdTTB.png)
Re:Show HN: Study of British place names: locations and frequencies of...
on Friday August 11, 2017 @08:49AM (#14989100)
Interesting. It looks like I can use d3-geo to get a map of the world and then clip it down from there. I'll have a play with it after work.
Re:Show HN: Study of British place names: locations and frequencies of...
on Friday August 11, 2017 @05:50AM (#14988039)
Wow that's a pretty good idea - I'll see if I can find a way to make this. I think I'd need some kind of map API that lets me plot coordinates and define mouse-over text for each pin.
Re:Show HN: Study of British place names: locations and frequencies of...
on Thursday August 10, 2017 @07:23PM (#14985295)
Interested to know what folks think - if there are any obvious mistakes, if you have any requests for strings to map, or any cool ideas we could try with the data.