x*sin(y) • Hacker News Board

Re: x*sin(y)

#21

Post by amelius » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:44 AM UTC

While this is nice, I don't like the idea of one company being the one-stop-shop for all of our knowledge.

Re: x*sin(y)

#22

Post by noel_ » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:48 AM UTC

thwd wrote: post #13

Mildly interesting, if you search for: x * tanh(y) you get the graph for: x * (exp(y)-exp(‑y))/(exp(y)+exp(‑y)). [Edit: asterisks on HN are hard]

JavaScript doesn't have tanh built in, so you have to use an approximate:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6118028/fast-hyperbolic-t...

Re: x*sin(y)

#23

Post by scrollaway » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:51 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #21

While this is nice, I don't like the idea of one company being the one-stop-shop for all of our knowledge.

Our civilization is doomed. Society will fall apart because Google decided to do 3d plots in their search engine.

Re: x*sin(y)

#24

Post by contradictioned » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:51 AM UTC

MereInterest wrote: post #11

nodata wrote: post #9

The link doesn't work for me (Firefox). I have to hit Enter in the search box for it to work.

Chrome here, with the same issue.

I guess, we're flooding the maths-render servers.

Re: x*sin(y)

#25

Post by CyberShadow » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:54 AM UTC

nodata wrote: post #9

The link doesn't work for me (Firefox). I have to hit Enter in the search box for it to work.

Compare the submitted URL:

    https://www.google.com/?q=x*sin(y)

with:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=x*sin(y)

The resource is still the index page, not /search for the search results page; the query is simply prepopulated.

Re: x*sin(y)

#26

Post by xendo » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:55 AM UTC

kardos wrote: post #16

Axis labels? Anybody?

There are labels in the legend associated with axis colors.

Re: x*sin(y)

#27

Post by upofadown » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 11:59 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #21

While this is nice, I don't like the idea of one company being the one-stop-shop for all of our knowledge.

I think it could be argued that the graph of a function isn't actually knowledge... but otherwise I agree there is a potential problem here...

Re: x*sin(y)

#28

Post by RobAley » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 12:02 PM UTC

HarrietJones wrote: post #15

Pringle: https://www.google.co.uk/?q=(x*x)%2B(y-x)-(y*y)

Or hyperbolic paraboloid, to give it a non-brand name

Re: x*sin(y)

#29

Post by chrisBob » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 12:02 PM UTC

Anyone else feeling left out?

I poked the link on my phone and just got search results (safari). Same thing in mobile chrome even after "request the desktop site". It wasn't until I got to work and saw all of the comments that I figured out what was going on.

Re: x*sin(y)

#30

Post by smaili » Fri, Apr 17, 2015, 12:06 PM UTC

For those having issues, adding the hash should do the trick: https://www.google.com/?#q=x*sin(y)