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Re:Show HN: Find the best recipe for any two foods, based on over 600k...
on Tuesday February 16, 2016 @12:10PM (#11111336)
Cool! I did something similar awhile back http://www.ingredientpairings.com/ http://www.cookthing.com/
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Re:Palaeolithic diet: Should we all eat like cavepeople?
on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @08:36AM (#7903994)
Paleo diets happen to be high protein and low carb. Protein is the most satiating macronutrient and carbs are the least. This type of diet is effective because macronutrient ratio it makes it easier to have a calorie deficit and not be hungry.
Re:Amazon granted patent for taking photos against a white background
on Saturday May 10, 2014 @08:42AM (#7725195)
its seems to be a bit more specific than that
Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more
on Thursday April 17, 2014 @01:54PM (#7605138)
dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=512 count=1500 oflag=dsync
768000 bytes (768 kB) copied, 0.3325 s, 2.3 MB/s
Re:The New Linode Cloud: SSDs, Double RAM and much more
on Thursday April 17, 2014 @12:51PM (#7604722)
Not a scientific benchmark, but I have a linode that has 8 cores before and after that just finished its upgrade. Previously it was consistently using just under 5/8 CPUs and is now using a ~2/8 CPUs with the same in/out traffic.
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @08:14PM (#7601342)
I look forward to a review of this software vs HTC vs dSLR. My first instinct is this is much less artificial.
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @05:21PM (#7600611)
Focus point of the large camera should be the exact center of the image. The center of the ball is a little out of focus as the center of the image is the top left of the ball. User Error :)
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @04:08PM (#7600245)
They did hire Marc Levoy. I have been hoping for this for awhile. Can't wait for the next iteration. There are certain things you can't replicate with just a single tiny camera, but they are doing a great job!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6483182
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @04:00PM (#7600203)
Side by side comparison http://onionpants.s3.amazonaws.com/IMG_0455.jpg
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:52PM (#7600139)
I did a quick comparison of a full frame slr vs moto x with this lens blur effect. I tried to match the blur amount, but made no other adjustments. Work really well compared to everything else I have seen!
http://onionpants.s3.amazonaws.com/IMG_0455.jpg
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:26PM (#7599957)
Compare HTC's bokeh or any other attempt at this vs Google's and you will see that there is definitely a difference in how the out-of-focus areas are rendered.
Re:Lens Blur in the new Google Camera app
on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @03:24PM (#7599935)
From what I have seen the HTC implementation does not work better. It looks really synthetic. Google is doing a much better job.
Re:iOS holding my phone number hostage = the worst bug I’ve ever exper...
on Monday February 03, 2014 @07:39AM (#7170310)
I have the same issue. I called apple support and they simply could not help me.
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Re:Nexus 5 to be first smartphone with MEMS camera
on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:54AM (#6483182)
Google has hired the developer of SynthCam, which is IMO the most interesting computational bokeh app. Combine that with the ability of the mems system and a fast image sensor to capture images at every focus point and estimate depth based on what is in focus in each image. You can then pick what you want blurry and what you want in focus and even how blurry you want the blurry parts to be. I hope they can make this all seamless in the nexus 5.
Re:The iPhone 5s Review
on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @01:08AM (#6403639)
iphone battery size isn't much compared to android phones, but they are constantly on top of the web browsing battery life tests in spite of this. disappointing that the 5s was a small step backward here.