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> Apple doesn’t have the patent on this. But they do: D558,757 and D670,286. Don't people remember Apple v. Samsung case? https://patents.google.com/patent/USD558757S1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/USD670286S1/en
Apple’s use of continuous curvature in iPhones came around iOS 7 iirc. I might be mistaken but I think they’re subtly but consequentially different subjects.
> Apple doesn’t have the patent on this. But they do: D558,757 and D670,286. Don't people remember Apple v. Samsung case? https://patents.google.com/patent/USD558757S1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/USD670286S1/en
Last year I wanted to have a table custom built using those shapes. It's easy with CNC: https://shapescience.xyz/blog/creating-a-super-ellipsis-tabl...
I think you could if you had a small bench top cnc or laser cutter.
You’d have to split up the DXF into pieces that fit on your bed, but you’d be able to make a template by joining the parts together.
Then rough cut your workpiece to the template, followed by a flush bit router.
I guess I have really bad eyes but I can’t tell the difference at all. They both look like rounded corners to me. I don’t think the aesthetic effect is that pronounced. I’d like to see the author do a blind taste test and be able to identify this magical “curvature comb” without seeing the brands.
The curvature combs are confusing to me. Is this equivalent to saying that Apple’s rounded corners have a continuous second derivative while naïve rounded corners only have a continuous first derivative but a discontinuous second derivative? Or am I misunderstanding this?
The curvature comb consists (it seems to me) of a normal line segment at each point, whose length is directly proportional to the curvature there.
The curvature combs are confusing to me. Is this equivalent to saying that Apple’s rounded corners have a continuous second derivative while naïve rounded corners only have a continuous first derivative but a discontinuous second derivative? Or am I misunderstanding this?
thats pretty much it yes. the reason they dont just say 2nd derivative is that the derivative isnt a geometry property. you can have two curves with the same shape but different derivatives. curvature only depends on the shape of the object.
I guess I have really bad eyes but I can’t tell the difference at all. They both look like rounded corners to me. I don’t think the aesthetic effect is that pronounced. I’d like to see the author do a blind taste test and be able to identify this magical “curvature comb” without seeing the brands.
edit: it’s definitely subtly noticeable in the image posted by sibling
I guess I have really bad eyes but I can’t tell the difference at all. They both look like rounded corners to me. I don’t think the aesthetic effect is that pronounced. I’d like to see the author do a blind taste test and be able to identify this magical “curvature comb” without seeing the brands.
Out of curiosity, are you really not able to tell which is which in this unlabeled image? https://imgur.com/a/xhCZgds
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thats pretty much it yes. the reason they dont just say 2nd derivative is that the derivative isnt a geometry property. you can have two curves with the same shape but different derivatives. curvature only depends on the shape of the object.
It's called C2 continuity.
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My apple cables are consistently the first to wear out. I must be using them wrong.
It's always weird to read things like that because I definitely mistreat my cables, and I've had lots die, but my Apple ones hold up very well. I have just one Lighthing cable that recently broke and that one was from 2013 IIRC so I guess that's ok. Everything else seems to hold up about as well as expensive Anker cables, if not better, including Macbook chargers going back to 2005 or so. I'm in the EU though, maybe…