Hacker News: tintin

New comment by tintin in "Apollo 17 at Shorty Crater"

tintin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:12:37 +0000

Most of the pictures are taken with a lot of light (flashlight?) coming out of the camera direction. This picture for example shows it very clear: http://astropedia.astrogeology.usgs.gov/alfresco/d/d/workspa...

So there is light from the sun, camera and even earth maybe.

New comment by tintin in "Dial-up modem sound slowed 700% is 100% creepy"

tintin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:57:34 +0000

Even more amazing is Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch software that did the job! http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

New comment by tintin in "Surface: Between a Rock and a Hardware Place"

tintin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 08:57:20 +0000

You are right. Also take a look at the development of tablets.

In the beginning they were small low-res tablets. But people wanted a bigger screen -> bigger tablets with high-res screens. But people hated to type on the screen -> keyboards added. But people hated to hold it all the time -> stands are added. And suddenly it is looking like a laptop.

I think there is a reason why Laptops and Desktops didn't change that much in all those years.

New comment by tintin in "Modern robotics hits Hollywood. IRIS: The most advanced camera rig ever created."

tintin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:41:37 +0000

I don't think the feedback of the servos will detect a human body part. These servos are very very strong. Maybe when it hit the concrete it will skip a step noticeable in the feedback but that's about it.

New comment by tintin in "Modern robotics hits Hollywood. IRIS: The most advanced camera rig ever created."

tintin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:35:54 +0000

Here some action: http://www.botndolly.com/media#/medium/15

I think it's very scary standing next to a moving robot that close. It doesn't stop when you get in the way. Hope someone is holding a emergency stop button.

New comment by tintin in "Let Maya Speak For Herself"

tintin — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:32:56 +0000

Maybe a stupid question: but do you need iTunes to install an .ipa file? I've seen some programs that can just install these files on any iDevice without the use of iTunes.

And isn't Xcode and an Apple acount enough to sign the app?

New comment by tintin in "Final thoughts on Windows 8: A design disaster"

tintin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:36:44 +0000

I can open a program in my quick-launch-bar with one click before you even typed the first letter of that program. Maybe it's not a design feature, but it gets in the way.

(And yes: I'm using Windows 7 with the Windows Classic theme.)

New comment by tintin in "List of Unexplained Sounds"

tintin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:33:06 +0000

Reminds me of the sound of ice. Some examples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd-94VvaT0Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VbyyhCscVc

New comment by tintin in "I don't "get" art"

tintin — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:22:45 +0000

Art is expression and communication. Some get touched by the message, some don't. If some people like to pay big bucks for art, just let them.

Some might say Tracey Emin is a bad artist. But I think here message is very clear: pain from being raped and losing 2 kids. It's a sad message.

Like Hugh MacLeod (gapingvoid) I like to say: "Worrying about “Commercial vs. Artistic” is a complete waste of time.".

Real-time path tracing width the Brigade 2 engine

tintin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:41:44 +0000

Article URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_DrgiwLABk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4110518

Points: 4

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New comment by tintin in "Hello Opera 12"

tintin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 09:03:17 +0000

This might also be a font-issue. Most of the time websites embed different font-types like eot, ttf, woff and svg. But some types lack font-hinting. It depends on the order in the CSS file which supported font browsers will use.

New comment by tintin in "5 Million Farmers Sue Monsanto for $7.7 Billion"

tintin — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:39:06 +0000

Since the site is down, another link: http://naturalsociety.com/5-million-farmers-sue-monsanto-for...

New comment by tintin in "Sunflow Rendering System"

tintin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:06:19 +0000

Sunflow seems dead.

Take a look at LuxRender. Source: http://www.luxrender.net/en_GB/source_code

[edit] also take a look at the forum: http://www.luxrender.net/forum/ There are a lot of nice projects related to LuxRender. From exporters to GPU rendering.

New comment by tintin in "6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked"

tintin — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:49:01 +0000

I know a lot of companies just keep your account including your password in there database while you removed your account.

Can I be sure my account was totally removed when I removed my LinkedIn account? Because the "please change your password as soon as possible" won't help me much.

New comment by tintin in "WebGL: 80,000 particles"

tintin — Tue, 22 May 2012 15:32:37 +0000

Is 80000 particles the limit?

With Flash you could render +300000 particles years ago: http://www.unitzeroone.com/labs/alchemyPushingPixels/

New comment by tintin in "Google bot now appears to emulate users interacting with the site"

tintin — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:06:47 +0000

They also started looking at content above the fold and also monitor request time vs page loaded time for a while. I think it's great that Google is starting to monitor the user experience. It will keep people from building Javascript bloated sites that don't respond well.

I hope this isn't becoming a trend, but lately I see a lot of responsive sites that don't respond to user input. Maybe a little force from Google will stop this trend.

New comment by tintin in "Pixel-fitting – how antialiasing can ruin your logos and icons"

tintin — Thu, 10 May 2012 07:50:53 +0000

Also note that SVG logo's are rendered far better than a scaled down pixel version. I tried a lot of different reduction methods but the SVG version was always "sharper". Just include it in your image-tag:

I think you can use a background image as fallback.

New comment by tintin in "Unicode URL - ☃.net"

tintin — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:13:28 +0000

I think this is very bad, security wise. Take this URL for example: www.paypaᥣ.com Ofcourse it depends on the font used and the characters chosen, but you can trick people into opening a site they trust.

(for those who don't get it: the L of paypal is not an L)

New comment by tintin in "Avoid News"

tintin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:39:00 +0000

One thing that struck me:

"Out of the approximately 10,000 news stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that – because you consumed it – allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affecting your life, your career, your business – compared to what you would have known if you hadn’t swallowed that morsel of news."

When I was thinking about all the news I read on HN, for me there was a very small percentage that really helped me as a developer. But I'm still getting here more times a day...

Avoid News

tintin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:34:55 +0000

Article URL: http://dobelli.com/?page_id=827

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3756151

Points: 1

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