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Re: Show HN: Names

#101

Post by jstjnsn »

toppy wrote: post #78

Hilbert'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..…

Amazing! Thank you for taking the time to make this :)

Re: Show HN: Names

#104

Post by cycomanic »

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).

Re: Show HN: Names

#105

Post by thih9 »

jhardy54 wrote: post #11

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Now I with there was support for functions. In the meantime:

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Re: Show HN: Names

#107

Post by andrelaszlo »

spdustin wrote: post #27

a..b..c..d..e..f..g..h..i..j..k..l..m.nopqrstuvwxyzz.a..z.b..z.c..z.d..z.e..z.f..z.g..z.h..z.i..z.j..z.k..z.l..z.m.z.nz.oz.pz.qz.rz.sz.tz.uz.vz.wz.xz.yz.zz.z.a..z.z.b..z.z.c..z.z.d..z.z.e..z.z.f..z.z.g..z.z.h..z.z.i..z.z.j..z.z.k..z.z.l..z.z.m.z.z.nz.z.oz.z.pz.z.qz.z.rz.z.sz.z.tz.z.uz.z.vz.z.wz.z.xz.z.yz.z.zz.z.z.a..z.z.z.b..z.z.z.c..z.z.z.d..z.z.z.e..z.z.z.f..z.z.z.g..z.z.z.h..z.z.z.i..z.z.z.j..z.z.z.k..z.z.z.l..z.z…

Haha my first thought as well:

bbddffhhjjlln..n..p..p..r..r..t..t..v..v..x..x..z..z..n.n..n.n..o.o..o.o..p.p..p.p..q.q..q.q..r.r..r.r..s.s..s.s..t.t..t.t..u.u..u.u..v.v..v.v..w.w..w.w..x.x..x.x..y.y..y.y..z.z..z.z..a...z.a...z..a...z.a...z..b...z.b...z..b...z.b...z..c...z.c...z..c...z.c...z..d...z.d...z..d...z.d...z..e...z.e...z..e...z.e...z..f...z.f...z..f...z.f...z..g...z.g...z..g...z.g...z..h...z.h...z..h...z.h...z..i...z.i...z..i...z.i...z..j...z.j...z..j...z.j...z..k...z.k...z..k...z.k...z..l...z.l...z..l...z.l...z..m..z.m..z..m..z.m..z..n.z.n.z..n.z.n.z..o.z.o.x

Re: Show HN: Names

#108

Post by jstjnsn »

nonethewiser wrote: post #83
jamesgreenleaf wrote: post #79

I'm impressed by the responses here. I wonder if it's possible to write something in plain language that can be read, which is also represented by the image it generates. An attempt: pick a card, any card. pick a card, any card. pick a card, any card. pick a card, any card.

There is: .

Hehe

Re: Show HN: Names

#109

Post by probablypower »

What was your motivation for the following function?

  function rotateLine(position) {
    if (position  halfabet) {
      context.rotate((90 \* Math.PI) / 180);
    } else if (position === halfabet) {
      context.rotate((180 \* Math.PI) / 180);
    }
  }
I'm sure you have your reasons, but when I was writing the alphabet to make a spiral I found the rotation reverse on me at 'n' which is where the other cases of rotateline() kick in. Why isn't this function just:

  function rotateLine(position) {
    context.rotate((-90 \* Math.PI) / 180);
  }
Is it because it creates uninteresting results for actual names? Everyone just becomes spiral variations?

Re: Show HN: Names

#110

Post by toppy »

xcambar wrote: post #97
toppy wrote: post #78

Hilbert'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..…

Best unexpected use of the tool. I'm less impressed by the achievement than by the time and energy you used towards it. Well done!

Recursion helped a lot ;) It took me like 15 minutes to make it. Reminds me of L-systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-system.
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