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What is the advantage of rendering math as images when Mathjax works reasonably well on all modern browsers.
I agree. MathJax renders this both pointless and outdated. All my recent articles use MathJax and I wouldn't dream of going back to graphics for equation rendering.
2. I'm not sure I would ever put it inside any of my web stuff however, because what happens when the service goes down, or disappears?
What is the advantage of rendering math as images when Mathjax works reasonably well on all modern browsers.
I agree. MathJax renders this both pointless and outdated. All my recent articles use MathJax and I wouldn't dream of going back to graphics for equation rendering.
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I agree. MathJax renders this both pointless and outdated. All my recent articles use MathJax and I wouldn't dream of going back to graphics for equation rendering.
This isn't pointless, as it allows you to easily post latex equations on any site that allows images.
There are any number of easy ways to create equation images solely for export to an image site, example http://arachnoid.com/latex . But populating Web pages for display is a different issue, and the fact that modern browsers allow zooming in and out, essentially ruins the appearance of graphic equations.
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I agree. MathJax renders this both pointless and outdated. All my recent articles use MathJax and I wouldn't dream of going back to graphics for equation rendering.
Don't be mean. Calling someone's work "pointless and outdated" when they were looking forward to featuring it on HN is just brutal.
Yes, like reality. Maybe the OP will use his natural gifts to think of a way to answer brutality with creativity. That will prepare him for a more direct experience of reality, the kind where people pay you for your work, not because they're compelled to do so, but because they have no choice -- they want what you have, and you deserve to be compensated.
Would be great if it supports somehow retina display, maybe returning 2x size?
Good job!
This is good! Would be great if it supports somehow retina display, maybe returning 2x size? Good job!
1. This is awesome. Could be really useful. 2. I'm not sure I would ever put it inside any of my web stuff however, because what happens when the service goes down, or disappears?
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Don't be mean. Calling someone's work "pointless and outdated" when they were looking forward to featuring it on HN is just brutal.
> Calling someone's work "pointless and outdated" when they were looking forward to featuring it on HN is just brutal. Yes, like reality. Maybe the OP will use his natural gifts to think of a way to answer brutality with creativity. That will prepare him for a more direct experience of reality, the kind where people pay you for your work, not because they're compelled to do so, but because they have no choice -- they…
Somehow everyone thinks their opinion is reality.
The plotting is interesting. These are REALLY basic plots, but I do not know of any other web service out there which implements plotting functionality on the server side. (There seem to be a few defunct gnuplot services; I cannot find a working one.) There are many client-side libraries for charts, but none which concentrate on plotting functions. I'm glad to see it here, but I would like to see it improved as well.