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bioplastic | 4 years ago | on: Why we're blind to the color blue

To be honest I need to rethink the arguments of the linked article - if we just use coloured filters in front of our eyes which exclude each channel, the image (I think) remains sharp (or at least that happens with red/cyan anaglyph glasses).

bioplastic | 4 years ago | on: Why we're blind to the color blue

Indeed, green contributes more. Example of the Y channel after blurring r/g/b: https://imgur.com/a/3p15Qe1

And colured versions: https://imgur.com/a/Knq2Ue3

(image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower#/media/File:Flower_post...)

bioplastic | 4 years ago | on: ALiEn – a GPU-accelerated artificial life simulation program

Reminds me of SmoothLife.

Generalization of Conway's "Game of Life" to a continuous domain - SmoothLife (Stephan Rafler) http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.1567

Video of SmoothLifeL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJe9H6qS82I

bioplastic | 5 years ago | on: WordStar: A Writer's Word Processor (1996)

Indeed, such a boost in ergonomics and productivity with just a "simple" choice. Btw, I was always amazed by people breaking this functionality by insisting using other keyboard layouts, more appropriate for text.

bioplastic | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Films that made you see the world differently?

Oh, too many. First coming in mind:

Harold and Maude (1971), Taking Off (1971), Blade Runner (1982), Repo Man (1984), Brazil (1985), They Live (1988)