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    Jason Cole

    jasmcole.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2014

    Jason Cole writes occasional investigations into maths, physics and data, such as WiFi placement, rolling shutters and signed distance fields.

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    What HN says

    HN commenters recommend it as a very decent blog, and link its posts on signed distance fields, rolling shutters and a swipe-keyboard analysis.

    Stats for nerds
    19HN people shared it
    28linked in comments
    2.3Kstory points
    Jun 2024last shared
    2014people per year2024

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      “The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason”
      3 people · 869 points · first shared 2017 · 270 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Rolling Shutters
      2 people · 708 points · first shared 2014 · 41 comments on HN
    3. 3
      Designing Stereographic Lampshades
      1 person · 190 points · first shared 2014 · 16 comments on HN
    4. 4
      England and Wales House Price Analysis
      1 person · 153 points · first shared 2016 · 60 comments on HN
    5. 5
      Helmhurts: Placing a WiFi router with the Helmholtz equation
      3 people · 147 points · first shared 2014 · 19 comments on HN
    6. 6
      Wait ages for a bus and then two come along at once
      1 person · 86 points · first shared 2015 · 46 comments on HN
    7. 7
      Cooking the Books: Optimizing Purchase and Use of Ingredients
      1 person · 62 points · first shared 2018 · 17 comments on HN
    8. 8
      On which shaped planet am I the heaviest?
      1 person · 25 points · first shared 2015 · Discussion on HN
    9. 9
      Simulation of light passing through a raindrop
      2 people · 24 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
    10. 10
      How thick is a three-sided coin?
      1 person · 13 points · first shared 2022 · Discussion on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • gus_massaOct 2014

      I'm still not sure if this is "republished with the author authorization" or simply plain blogspam. The original article is linked at the bottom: http://jasmcole.com/2014/10/12/rolling-shutters/ and it w previously discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8446932 (705 points, 5 days ago, 41 comments)

    • tucnakJun 2024

      > I've been tempted to run some analysis and try find a keyboard layout that minimises errors

      You should check this out; https://jasmcole.com/2017/06/04/swype-right/

    • ramses0May 2021

      What are signed distance fields? https://jasmcole.com/2019/10/03/signed-distance-fields/

      …very decent blog post!

    • jasmcoleApr 2020

      https://jasmcole.com

      Started 6 years ago now, occasional investigations into maths, physics, and data.

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