kineticfocus
Re:DjVu, an open PDF alternative
on Saturday June 30, 2018 @09:49PM (#17433654)
"...divides a single image into many different images, then compresses them separately." Wouldn't it be better to go the other way and backpack-algo the pages into a consolidated texture atlas based on edge similarity, and then run compression on the result?
Re:Apple Is Looking for Linux Kernel Developers
on Monday April 02, 2018 @05:46AM (#16733371)
I'm surprised I haven't seen Fuchsia mentioned... anywhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fuchsia
Re:Minimodem – General-purpose software audio FSK modem (2016)
on Friday February 02, 2018 @11:45AM (#16291930)
Combining Zipf distribution, Levenshtein distance, and chords/scales -- might lead to something accommodating with aesthetic qualities.
Re:Minimodem – General-purpose software audio FSK modem (2016)
on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:09AM (#16289930)
Do any melodic/rhythmic transmission protocols exist?
Re:Low-dose suramin temporarily improves symptoms of autism in small-s...
on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:21AM (#14467884)
Research connected to cellular metabolism seems to be gaining momentum, I recall something on high levels of folic acid [1] not too long ago.
[1] http://time.com/4327645/folic-acid-autism-pregnancy-b12-fola...
[2] Effect of High Folic Acid Diet on Mitochondrial DNA Content in Young Adult and Aged Mice - http://www.fasebj.org/content/30/1_Supplement/1171.4
Toronto proposes different rules for taxis, Uber drivers
Health Canada library changes leave scientists scrambling
Reuters Graphics The Fed’s Balancing Act
[Public WebGL] GL_RENDERER string needed for performant apps
Re:SimCity Offline Is Coming
on Monday January 13, 2014 @03:08PM (#7052951)
Prince of Persia's source is also available... https://github.com/jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II
Re:Quick tip for developers who use OS X
on Monday January 13, 2014 @01:35PM (#7052410)
Maybe even more than that...lol... (Andy Hertzfeld & Steve Jobs Re: boot times) http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Saving_Lives.txt
Re:Boltzmann brain
on Thursday January 02, 2014 @07:56AM (#6999378)
He was definitely ahead of his time... "Mathematicians Solve 140-Year-Old Boltzmann Equation"(2010) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100513162755.ht...
Re:Electric cars may hold solution for power storage
on Monday December 30, 2013 @01:11AM (#6983309)
It'll be interesting how the energy landscape gets defined in the near future. Of note, there's a funded kickstarter that stores energy in residential flywheels that appears to be another promising solution: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1340066560/velkess-energ...
Cross-Platform Applications in iOS and Android Stores with Qt
EdX Drops Plans to Connect MOOC Students With Employers
Re:Google Acquires Boston Dynamics
on Saturday December 14, 2013 @04:37AM (#6905226)
With all these companies listed I'm surprised Willow Garage didn't join up with Google; given that the founder was a googler.
In conversation with Mike Lazaridis
Re:Github seems to be experiencing security issues
on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @08:53AM (#6761123)
I count five failed attempts within two days (190.39.254.6, 201.209.39.192, 85.152.192.118 ,186.88.197.41, 190.200.20.207). Good to know the password -that I almost manage to forget- is strong enough.
Re:Car Mechanic Dreams Up a Tool to Ease Births
on Friday November 15, 2013 @10:34AM (#6739957)
There's a TED talk about a Plumber fixing his own Heart (Aorta)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-qHrhrTktc
Re:Stephen Wolfram: Something Very Big Is Coming
on Thursday November 14, 2013 @02:19PM (#6734764)
Reminds me of Wolfram's earlier book... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_New_Kind_of_Science
Re:Shopify accepts Bitcoin
on Saturday November 09, 2013 @03:33AM (#6701103)
It's an interesting company... (HR vid 'Draw the Owl') https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwSe2imUyvg
Re:MacKenzie Bezos Writes Amazon Review for Jeff Bezos Biography
on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @10:58AM (#6675745)
I haven't read the book... and I can't possibly be an arbitrar on whose perspective is more accurate. But in my opinion, Bezos' personally worded perspective wouldn't have hurt. I'm happy to hear friends and colleagues were interviewed.
Re:MacKenzie Bezos Writes Amazon Review for Jeff Bezos Biography
on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @08:42AM (#6674952)
Debating biases aside... An author not interviewing their subject is unprofessional. (edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearsay )
Re:Why most published scientific research is probably false [video]
on Saturday November 02, 2013 @10:35PM (#6661934)
Maybe an opportunity for mentioning Simpson's Paradox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox
Re:Ask HN: Any cool ideas for an M.S. thesis involving WebGL?
on Friday November 01, 2013 @01:57AM (#6652052)
A good example of the creative flexibility that GL allows: http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light
AIRO ups the ante with passive nutrition tracking
Re:Why You Shouldn't Interrupt a Programmer
on Monday October 28, 2013 @05:15AM (#6625916)
lol... the current page works as a punchline just as well:
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Re:What causes the green line in the frame before the puck hits the ca...
on Sunday October 27, 2013 @03:41PM (#6623196)
It seems to be a problem with raw sensor information prior to encoding, otherwise I figure there would be more blocky image corruption.
Frame 0-26: Puck Flying
Frame 27: Impact g force shorts capacitor (usually rated for ~10g), scanline loses chroma until circuit at proper threshold again.
Frame 28: Frame dims b/c of occlusion from puck, and collision likely turns glass into a negative meniscus lens.
Frame 29->: Officially an inelastic collision. Time to get a new camera