Cool, but some of these are a bit of a stretch. I don't think a slug is actually mimicking a cow.
Things mimicking other things
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Judging by the lack of support for this post, I'll have to stand by my comment. The interface poorly displays a great amount of information; the creators need to play more videogames to understand why. We see the limits of an upvote/downvote system. My comment is correct, but costs me "points" to say so because I didn't type three paragraphs justifying the obvious.
You were downvoted for two reasons. One, it's not civil. Two, it does not contribute anything to any discussion; it's conversational noise. Explaining what you mean is not "justifying the obvious". It's starting a conversation.
True, I'm being cranky. Genuine feedback usually looks pretty cranky, I figure. Most people will close things that aren't immediately understandable.
But you see the problem in the other comments as well: it's "cool". Which, in the real world, usually translates to "unusable".
Re: Things mimicking other things
#13Things that remember us other things would be a better description probably. This is pretty random sometimes and can lead scholars to mistakes. To say that Haliotis mimick a rock because iridiscence is like to say that people pretend to be beans because they have kidneys. Iridiscence in living Haliotis is always hidden. This is not a correct example of camouflage in nature.
Moth-mimicking fly is also an incorrect example. They are very different animals that can not be confused with moths because they are minute. As a lot of minute insects they have long hairs in their microscopic wings for a physical reason: to be able to fly/float. Not camouflage intended here.
"Send us suggestions":
Gravel mimicking plants: entire gravel: Lithops, fracturated gravel: Pleiospilus
Rock mimicking plants: Ariocarpus
Coarse Sand mimicking plants: Titanopsis
And the cetaceans that mimick white sharks are also very cool. Very impressive if you are next to them. See Kogia.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
You were downvoted for two reasons. One, it's not civil. Two, it does not contribute anything to any discussion; it's conversational noise. Explaining what you mean is not "justifying the obvious". It's starting a conversation.
True, I'm being cranky. Genuine feedback usually looks pretty cranky, I figure. Most people will close things that aren't immediately understandable. But you see the problem in the other comments as well: it's "cool". Which, in the real world, usually translates to "unusable".
The author of the website isn't reading HN comments for feedback. Your feedback is better placed elsewhere.
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#15Kind of cool. I imagine the author is around here somewhere - have you seen cola.js? [http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/]
http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/examples/browsemovi... http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/examples/sucrosebre...
interesting to think of what kind of interfaces can be created out of stuff like this.
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#16What is the purpose of the springy graph layout?
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#17Kind of cool. I imagine the author is around here somewhere - have you seen cola.js? [ http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/ ] http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/examples/browsemovi... http://marvl.infotech.monash.edu/webcola/examples/sucrosebre... interesting to think of what kind of interfaces can be created out of stuff like this.
Holy cow, that is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing that.