I see that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB#Translation_to_integers implies what I would call node-centered sampling ("standard" or "mid-tread" in the post), but are you aware of sRGB documentation that precisely…
This is like a 1D version of what a scientific computing person might describe as the distinction between node-centered ("standard" or "mid-tread" in this post) vs cell-centered ("alternative", "mid-riser") samples: do…
But traversing the prototype chain (to figure out method dispatch) is also potentially slow without static typing, and we're managing that ok, no?
This is very cool! I would love the ability to scribble arbitrary smooth curves (like a little right hand, or a comma, something asymmetric to highlight the symmetries in play) and see how they are repeated.
Yes, if it included a spanx-like thing to contain my belly. Otherwise it would not look flattering, on me at least.
Thanks for highlighting this. I've seen a lot of popular press about Magnifica Humanitas that notes the slavery apology. It does make some sense with this (recent, as you note) humanist push, but shoe-horning a…
As a standard for floating point representation and computation, IEEE 754 solved multiple long-standing serious problems better than anything that came before it. I don't think its sensible to judge it with a PL design…
I like this justifiation of NaN != NaN; it emphasizes that NaN has representional intent, more than just some bit pattern. We take for granted that (except for things like x86 extended precision registers) floating…
Thank you for the background info, and sorry for me explaining CFFI (I just wanted to be sure we were talking about the same thing). Being ignorant about PyPy, I honestly had no idea until now that there was a personnel…
Sorry can you explain more the connection between PyPy and CFFI (which generates compiled extension modules to wrap an existing C library)? I have never used PyPy, but I use CFFI all the time (to wrap C libraries…
Is there any visibility or accountability to record exactly what it did and not look at? I doubt it. So we're left with a kind of Rorschach test: some people think LLMs follow rules like law-abiding citizens, and some…
Sure, a license can't create new legal understanding of "derived work", but I think the intent of what Splinelinus said still works: a license outlines the terms under which a licensee can use the licensed Work. The…
but I came here for amusement, not existential dread.
A big 6-foot K&E sliderule hung at the front of my high-school chemistry classroom, but was never used. At graduation ('91) I asked the teacher if I could have the slide rule and she said "sure". I keep it now in my…
It may have jumped the shark, but it may be that now there's space for actual experimentation and innovation again. This talk from Scott Jenson (who worked at Apple in Human Interfaces) was thought-provoking and gave me…
The website says "I basically need to design puzzles in reverse and have built a set of tools to help me with that." Does that mean that each day's puzzle is essentially built by hand? It seems like an interesting and…
Of the various internet .+P, NTP is one I never learned about as a student, so now I'm looking at its web page [1] by its creator David L. Mills (1938-2024). I've found one video of him giving a retrospective of his…
Others have more complete answers, but the value for me of learning Prolog (in college) was being awakened to a refreshingly different way of expressing a program. Instead of saying "do this and this and this", you say…
Circle K in Chicago has them too. Employees are constantly needed to monitor things at checkout. If items aren't clearly separated (which is easy to do out of haste, not malice) it will under-count. The same cashiers at…
Thank you for giving the specific name ("Dynamic XFA (XML Form Architecture)") to the kind of PDF that generates the "Please wait" message. I have seen this and never understood how it arises. Chuck Geschke spins in his…
Note: the improved loop in the "1. They are not exact" can easily hang. If count > 2^24, then the ulp of f is 2, and adding 1.0f leaves f unchanged. What's wild is that a few lines later he notes how above 2^24 numbers…
I started work on Teem [1] as a grad student 25 years ago; a coordinated set of C libraries for scientific visualization. It includes the original implementation of the NRRD file format [2]. One of my goals for this…
I suggest trying to quantify "extraordinarily", using the actual spectral response curve for the tetrachromat's fourth cone, called "Q" in the paper shared by varunneal. Most people casually equate the short (S), medium…
Sure, but noticing a difference between the images and the real world also happens with us trichromats too, e.g. colors online don't match those in the real world if the illuminant isn't correctly controlled. The…
Whether via direct or reflected light, spectra in trichromat's eyes are still projected down to a 3D space (the responses of the S, M, L cones). What you describe would still require a standardized and reliable way to…
I see that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB#Translation_to_integers implies what I would call node-centered sampling ("standard" or "mid-tread" in the post), but are you aware of sRGB documentation that precisely…
This is like a 1D version of what a scientific computing person might describe as the distinction between node-centered ("standard" or "mid-tread" in this post) vs cell-centered ("alternative", "mid-riser") samples: do…
But traversing the prototype chain (to figure out method dispatch) is also potentially slow without static typing, and we're managing that ok, no?
This is very cool! I would love the ability to scribble arbitrary smooth curves (like a little right hand, or a comma, something asymmetric to highlight the symmetries in play) and see how they are repeated.
Yes, if it included a spanx-like thing to contain my belly. Otherwise it would not look flattering, on me at least.
Thanks for highlighting this. I've seen a lot of popular press about Magnifica Humanitas that notes the slavery apology. It does make some sense with this (recent, as you note) humanist push, but shoe-horning a…
As a standard for floating point representation and computation, IEEE 754 solved multiple long-standing serious problems better than anything that came before it. I don't think its sensible to judge it with a PL design…
I like this justifiation of NaN != NaN; it emphasizes that NaN has representional intent, more than just some bit pattern. We take for granted that (except for things like x86 extended precision registers) floating…
Thank you for the background info, and sorry for me explaining CFFI (I just wanted to be sure we were talking about the same thing). Being ignorant about PyPy, I honestly had no idea until now that there was a personnel…
Sorry can you explain more the connection between PyPy and CFFI (which generates compiled extension modules to wrap an existing C library)? I have never used PyPy, but I use CFFI all the time (to wrap C libraries…
Is there any visibility or accountability to record exactly what it did and not look at? I doubt it. So we're left with a kind of Rorschach test: some people think LLMs follow rules like law-abiding citizens, and some…
Sure, a license can't create new legal understanding of "derived work", but I think the intent of what Splinelinus said still works: a license outlines the terms under which a licensee can use the licensed Work. The…
but I came here for amusement, not existential dread.
A big 6-foot K&E sliderule hung at the front of my high-school chemistry classroom, but was never used. At graduation ('91) I asked the teacher if I could have the slide rule and she said "sure". I keep it now in my…
It may have jumped the shark, but it may be that now there's space for actual experimentation and innovation again. This talk from Scott Jenson (who worked at Apple in Human Interfaces) was thought-provoking and gave me…
The website says "I basically need to design puzzles in reverse and have built a set of tools to help me with that." Does that mean that each day's puzzle is essentially built by hand? It seems like an interesting and…
Of the various internet .+P, NTP is one I never learned about as a student, so now I'm looking at its web page [1] by its creator David L. Mills (1938-2024). I've found one video of him giving a retrospective of his…
Others have more complete answers, but the value for me of learning Prolog (in college) was being awakened to a refreshingly different way of expressing a program. Instead of saying "do this and this and this", you say…
Circle K in Chicago has them too. Employees are constantly needed to monitor things at checkout. If items aren't clearly separated (which is easy to do out of haste, not malice) it will under-count. The same cashiers at…
Thank you for giving the specific name ("Dynamic XFA (XML Form Architecture)") to the kind of PDF that generates the "Please wait" message. I have seen this and never understood how it arises. Chuck Geschke spins in his…
Note: the improved loop in the "1. They are not exact" can easily hang. If count > 2^24, then the ulp of f is 2, and adding 1.0f leaves f unchanged. What's wild is that a few lines later he notes how above 2^24 numbers…
I started work on Teem [1] as a grad student 25 years ago; a coordinated set of C libraries for scientific visualization. It includes the original implementation of the NRRD file format [2]. One of my goals for this…
I suggest trying to quantify "extraordinarily", using the actual spectral response curve for the tetrachromat's fourth cone, called "Q" in the paper shared by varunneal. Most people casually equate the short (S), medium…
Sure, but noticing a difference between the images and the real world also happens with us trichromats too, e.g. colors online don't match those in the real world if the illuminant isn't correctly controlled. The…
Whether via direct or reflected light, spectra in trichromat's eyes are still projected down to a 3D space (the responses of the S, M, L cones). What you describe would still require a standardized and reliable way to…