generationP 2 days ago

Nope, but this post is such a neat illustration of the richness of "life" that fits into 39 real parameters (each circle can be coordinatized as 3 real numbers: one for its radius and two for its center) that my first thought on seeing it was also "no surprise then that a matrix with a million entries can talk like an erudite person".

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  • jstanley 2 days ago

    And all of those are simply translation and scaling of 36 parameters with an implicit unit circle at the origin.

    Then if you want to factor out rotations, drop another parameter and say the 1st explicit circle lies on the x axis.

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  • floxy 2 days ago

    Wouldn't you also need a two parameters for the arc starting position and stopping position for each circle, and then a few more to identify the areas that need to be filled, along with the color?

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    • laurentlb 2 days ago

      Once you've drawn the circles, I think you just need to specify which regions are filled.

      Arcs are just intersection of circles, so they are implicit, as far as I can tell.

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y1n0 2 days ago

It should be obvious that this is entirely up to the reader. Take some responsibility for your own happiness. Nobody else is responsible for your enjoyment of anything.

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ajross 2 days ago

Well, sort of? I mean, I've seen plenty of clever art in my life. I'm still figuring out AI. I posted that in the hope that someone in the community here would show up with something insightful to say.

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elpocko 2 days ago

Yes, it is impossible. People will think about things they find interesting regardless of your (dis-)approval. Who are you even calling "obsessive?" The collective of people who dare to mention algorithms you don't like? I mean, what the fuck?

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  • albedoa 2 days ago

    Calm down dude, for fuck's sake. Read yourself back.

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