I wondered what word would represent a square and did a quick guess with otto (a German name), which was actually very close (after investigating a bit more I'm even more surprised).
"noon" and "poop" make pretty good squares.
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#112I wondered what word would represent a square and did a quick guess with otto (a German name), which was actually very close (after investigating a bit more I'm even more surprised).
"noon" and "poop" make pretty good squares.
"popo" (German word for butt) makes a closed rectangle that's _almost_ a square
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
"noon" and "poop" make pretty good squares.
"popo" (German word for butt) makes a closed rectangle that's _almost_ a square
Not a word, but "zzzz", or any four character repetition makes a perfect square. So now the previous comments that generate almost-squares make sense to me. It all clicked a little late for me :)
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#114Why does it draw a different picture for a word written in reverse?
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#115Pasting all plain text on the discussion page here at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34470287 as of 22-01-2022 16:00Z renders Hilbert curve prominently while the rest is a Hodge podge of blocks and lines.
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#116Hilbert's curve: bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbdb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..f..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bdbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbfbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bbb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbfbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbdb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..f..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bdbb..d..b..bbb..b..…
I pasted this into chatGPT and it seems like it was able to understand the sequence as representative of a Hilbert Curve.
Very cool!
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#117Hilbert's curve: bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbdb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..f..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bdbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbfbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bbb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbfbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..d..bbb..d..b..bbb..b..d..bbdb..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..f..b..bdbb..b..bbdb..b..bdbb..d..b..bbb..b..…
I pasted this into chatGPT and it seems like it was able to understand the sequence as representative of a Hilbert Curve. Very cool!
Did not work for me
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#118Sorry, I don't under how the visulization designed. Any explanation please?
For every letter typed a line is drawn. The length of the letter is determined by its position in the alphabet. The next line will be drawn with a rotation depending if its in the first or the second half of the alphabet. So it goes to the left is its between a and m and to the right if its between n and z. Hope that clears it up for you!
Thanks. got it. It would be great if you add an example in the site :)
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#119Sorry, I do not understand, any explanation please?
Basically it's a drawing program that takes as input letters and then moves a cursor different distances and rotations based on which letter is next. So people are having fun coming up with letter permutations that draw something insteresting.
Thank you. I got it.
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#120Pretty cool, do wish the input box was larger though