Seems there are already multiple entries for Cornflower Blue.
Colornames.org – A collaborative effort to name all 16.7M colors
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Re: Colornames.org – A collaborative effort to name all 16.7M colors
#152A few of my favorites so far: Screaming Grey: #AAAAAA It's Still Basically Black: #000001 Nice: #696969 (lol) These would make for some great candidates: https://colors.lol/ ;)
haven't checked if it's there, but
Stubbed Toe: #FFFFFF
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s not right. 256 * 255 * 254
I suspect you didn't catch gp's meaning: To get to 24 bits of color info, you'd need at least 3 words of 8 bit info each. If you want these to be non-repeating and unordered that makes 256x3=768 unique words.
This isn't correct though.
You need 256 base words, and two substitute words, one of which substitutes for the first repeat, and the other for the second, so 258 words total.
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#154I'm still working diligently on counting the grains of sand on the beach closest to me, and hopefully we can pool all of our work together for a final count. As soon as that's done I'll start trying to name all the stars. Colors? I'm tired already.
Grains of sand? Easy! Want a real challenge? Try naming all the numbers between 0 and 1! I've been at it for weeks and struggling to get much past 0.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
May be they should restrict it to 2 or 3 words without punctuation.
If it's 3 non-repeating unordered words, the minimum vocabulary will need to be 256*3 = 768. Realistically you'll need an order of magnitude larger. That's a pretty large vocabulary.
It is a minor point, but 467 words would suffice, as there are 16865705 possibilities to choose 3 elements out of 467. (This is the smallest possible.)
Re: Colornames.org – A collaborative effort to name all 16.7M colors
#156This is cool! Unfortunately it is case sensitive, one search term I tried applied to four different colours, differing only by case.
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>What would it take to get it ported to a better browser? It's waiting for review approval on the chrome webstore.
after checking icon and layout, they just install the extension in a sandbox and if it runs without a javascript error it passes.
It has just appeared now. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/colorify/pipnfjhpb...
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
HN should allow changing of color of top bar via a get parameter. It would be awesome.
Write a Grease-monkey (or equivalent) script, that reads your query variable, applies the value to the top bar, and then add that parameter to all links on the page. Optional: Then write a bookmarklet, that displays a color-picker, and reloads the tab with the changed querystring variable. (HN web server admin might get some "scary" log file entries though, regarding an "unusual" additional QS variable)
That’s called CSS. Use a user style, not javascript. The query is not applicable since its not offered by HN themselves.
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#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
If it's 3 non-repeating unordered words, the minimum vocabulary will need to be 256*3 = 768. Realistically you'll need an order of magnitude larger. That's a pretty large vocabulary.
It is a minor point, but 467 words would suffice, as there are 16865705 possibilities to choose 3 elements out of 467. (This is the smallest possible.)
Strictly speaking, yes, if you just view it as unordered sampling without replacement. Although that would squeeze out nearly all of the creative side of things.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was so happy when I reached that number (or whatever it was) and didn't have to look at the orange bar any more. For anyone looking for a more tasteful topcolor, try d0c8b5. It's just a darker version of the main HN background color, so it's easy on the eyes.
And here I thought it was released for everyone at the point where I apparently hit that number. Is it just me, or is the fact that it's based on karma not clear?
I mean, Hackernews isn't known for its good UX. What does "showdead", "noprocrast", "maxvisit", "minaway", "delay" do in the profile? I've been using HN for a while and I have no clue