batterylow
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Founder at https://PlotAPI.com and https://DataCrayon.com
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Comment · 2 years ago
It was often brought up in conversations with universities and their libraries - having them made things more convenient. The books were selling for a year or so without ISBNs, no problems either way!
Comment · 2 years ago
Things like this are why I purchased some ISBNs and self-publish/distribute.
The books (e.g.:Data Analysis with Rust Notebooks[1] and Practical Evolutionary Algorithms[2]) are doing well, and whilst I'm likely "leaving money on the table", I'm happy with how it's going.
[1] https://datacrayon.com/shop/product/data-analysis-with-rust-...
[2] https://datacrayon.com/shop/product/practical-evolutionary-a...
Comment · 2 years ago
Similar for the PlotAPI docs [1] which are all Jupyter notebooks!
Comment · 2 years ago
Pen plotters are great fun. I set mine up a while ago - a slightly cheaper setup than most https://shahinrostami.com/articles/my-pen-plotter-setup/
Comment · 2 years ago
I run a plotting/visualization library.
Instead of a time-limited trial, we have just one of the plot types (Sankey) freely available indefinitely (https://plotapi.com/page/sankey/).
We tried a time-limited trial, and we just ended up with people re-registering new accounts every 2 weeks.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yes! I need to test it on some devices first, then re-register as a play store dev.
Comment · 2 years ago
My daughter wanted an app like this that would help her with sheet music, so that was enough motivation!
I was tinkering with Unity at the time, so I thought I’d use it to make future releases on other platforms a little easier.
I’ve tested it on a few iPhones, iPads, and a MacBook Air (running the iPad app). It’s worked nicely on those. I don’t recommend using the AirPod microphone as I noticed some poor recognition on the lower notes!
Comment · 2 years ago
Nice analysis and visualisation! I used a Pareto approach for my exercise and a project I’m working on - https://limitgym.com
Comment · 2 years ago
I used to write long and technical blog posts. I think it's unlikely someone will go out there way to give you negative feedback, i.e. not constructive.
My motivation came from my younger days where everyone (including myself) had their own little corner of the Internet, made with things like AngelFire and GeoCities. I missed that.
Nowadays, I prefer to make short posts, e.g. [1, 2, 3]. Of course, before I started, I had to write my own static-site generator... It's been years since I've ran my Patreon and I don't post on YouTube like I used to, so there's little to no engagement - which is OK with me.
[1] https://shahinrostami.com/articles/different-adjustments-for...
[2] https://shahinrostami.com/articles/my-pen-plotter-setup/
[3] https://shahinrostami.com/articles/colours-and-patterns-whil...
Comment · 2 years ago
It doesn't work for me on Safari, macOS, M1: "Error: WebGPU not supported".
WebGL pixels works in the same browser, e.g.: https://plotapi.com/docs/visualizations/terminus/#default-vi...