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752 points calme_toi | 2 comments | 14 Apr 25 04:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.608s | source
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kmoser ◴[17 Apr 25 17:24 UTC] No.43719795[source]▶
The illustrations are definitely the secret sauce that makes this so engaging and informative. I'd also like to see links to where I can learn more about particular topics online. For example:

> Or maybe you’ve wondered why we call it a Gaussian blur?

Nowhere is Carl Friedrich Gauss mentioned, which is unfortunate. This should really link to the Wikipedia entry for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_blur.

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sfn42 ◴[17 Apr 25 17:41 UTC] No.43719991[source]▶
When you know the term gaussian (blur) it's trivial to do a Google search
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1. internetter ◴[17 Apr 25 21:57 UTC] No.43722672[source]▶
Google does not return the best content.
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2. sfn42 ◴[18 Apr 25 06:20 UTC] No.43725525[source]▶
It usually returns good enough content for me