Covers, interpolations, and “reimaginings” that mistake recognition for meaning. From Heart to Nine Inch Nails, a tour of pop songs that lost the plot—and the rare ones that actually earned the risk. Some covers reveal new truths. Most just tell you to buy the record.
#Pop #Criticism #MusicEssay #Covers #PopMusic #Songwriting #MusicTheory #CulturalCritique #Interpolation #MusicHistory #PopCulture
https://pablohoneyfish.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/the-semiotics-of-recognition-analytical-perspectives-on-the-aesthetic-dilution-and-reimagining-of-iconic-pop-motifs/
#interpolation
QGIS Trend Surface Generation
Processing Toolbox script to generate trend surface from point data
https://github.com/geosaber/trendsurf/wiki
#qgis #trend #surface #interpolation #regression #residual
💠 Applications in GIS
▫️ Regional slope detection
▫️ Geological trend identification
▫️ Climate pattern analysis
▫️ Pollution gradient mapping
▫️ Temperature surface generation
▫️ Precipitation trend analysis
hub.qgis.org/scripts
Lánczos Interpolation Explained (2022)
https://mazzo.li/posts/lanczos.html
#HackerNews #Lánczos #Interpolation #Explained #(2022) #LánczosInterpolation #Interpolation #Explained #DataScience #ImageProcessing #TechTrends
video2x vừa có bản cập nhật lớn, tái cấu trúc bằng C/C++ cho hiệu suất nhanh hơn! Hỗ trợ Windows (kèm trình cài đặt GUI mới) và Linux. Công cụ này sử dụng Vulkan-powered ncnn để nâng cấp hoặc nội suy video/ảnh, với các engine Anime4K v4, Real-ESRGAN, Real-CUGAN, RIFE. Dễ dàng cài đặt trên nhiều nền tảng.
#video2x #Upscale #Interpolation #Anime4K #RealESRGAN #Vulkan #Linux #Windows #TechUpdate #CôngNghệ #NângCấpVideo #MãNguồnMở
https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1nykzv3/video2x_6x_open
"Shape of You" is a song by English singer #EdSheeran. It was released on 6 January 2017 as one of the #doubleLeadSingles from his third studio album ÷ (2017), along with "#CastleOnTheHill". The #dancehall & #RAndB infused song was written by Sheeran, #SteveMac and #JohnnyMcDaid. Due to its #interpolation of "#NoScrubs" by #TLC, #KandiBurruss, #TamekaTinyCottle, and #KevinShekspereBriggs are also credited as writers. The song was produced by Sheeran and Steve Mac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPvARJW_iVI
In Robofont Mechanic: 🛹 Longboard 1.4.0. This finally offers some support for anisotropic explorations. 🤪🙃🤓🤩😵💫🤡👻 @RoboFont #designspace #interpolation #tools #typedesign
"Shape of You" is a song by English singer #EdSheeran. It was released on 6 January 2017 as one of the #doubleLeadSingles from his third studio album ÷ (2017), along with "#CastleOnTheHill". The #dancehall & #RAndB infused song was written by Sheeran, #SteveMac and #JohnnyMcDaid. Due to its #interpolation of "#NoScrubs" by #TLC, #KandiBurruss, #TamekaTinyCottle, and #KevinShekspereBriggs are also credited as writers. The song was produced by Sheeran and Steve Mac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jh2H5qFb44
🎨 Oh wow, another #techie #bible on how to make your #laptop sweat by #rendering #mesh #gradients with #RBF #interpolation. 🤓 Because everyone knows, nothing says "cutting-edge" like having 17 tabs of #Stack #Overflow open while praying to the gods of Notion that your code doesn't crash your computer. 🚀
https://www.notion.so/Smooth-Mesh-Gradients-with-RBF-Interpolation-1ba8eeb5a3e68046b34cf997fe67d3c1?source=copy_link #HackerNews #ngated
In today's episode of "Math #Mystifies #the #Masses," we dive into the riveting world of #probability #density #functions and #interpolation factors—because apparently, nothing screams excitement like calculating how an "entropy bulge" curves upward. 📈🤯 Spoiler alert: It's concave! Stay tuned for more edge-of-your-seat #algebraic #adventures. 🙄
https://cgad.ski/blog/entropy-of-a-mixture.html #Math #Factors #Entropy #Bulge #HackerNews #ngated
Block Diffusion: Interpolating Between Autoregressive and Diffusion Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.09573
#HackerNews #Block #Diffusion #Autoregressive #DiffusionModels #MachineLearning #AIResearch #Interpolation
I talked about this at ATD3 on SimplexSpaces, around minute 12?
https://vimeo.com/1059784825 Many thanks to @ANRT for organising and indulging. #interpolation #math #typedesign (2/2)
With the new folio comes my first article about the linear interpolation and what I learned building the Interpol javascript library.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
📖 https://willybrauner.com/journal/interpol
I'm heading towards the Automatic Type Design ANRT conference in Nancy for 1, maybe 2 talks. #1: See Also: using Cosine Similarity in type design. #2: Simplexspaces: an exploration of alternative interpolation designspaces. Thursday Feb 20, 16:45 @ANRT #typedesign #interpolation #mathemathics Symposium programme: https://automatic-type-design.anrt-nancy.fr/colloques/automatic-type-design-3
Plan for #ColumnShaft of #IonicColumn
The #shaft of an #Ionic column is not perfectly cylindrical but gradually tapers off in the top 2/3 of the shaft. As such, the #primaryProfileCurve is not a straight line, nor is it composed of regular arcs. Instead, it is a complex amalgam of straight lines, circular arcs, and #NURBS curves, where the fancy acronym stands for an even fancier name — "Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines."
So, the promise [https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/789956327130679640] was that we were going to get through this by drawing just straight lines and arcs. How are we going to draw NURBS? The answer is that we won't. The #CAD program will, as long as we give it sufficient information to carry out the task.
There are three NURBS curves in the profile shown in the plan. The longest and the most important one is between the points marked C through J. There is a smaller one between B and C, and an even smaller one between J and K.
While all three NURBS curves are mathematically similar, the information we must provide to the CAD program for the longest one is different from the other two short ones, and the operations the CAD program carries out to construct the longest one and the other two curves is also different.
This brings us to two new operations — #interpolate or "fit through points," and #blend shapes (existing curves or surfaces). When you choose a CAD program, make sure it supports NURBS, #interpolation, and #blending.
Starting at the bottom of the shaft, point A is 144 units from the #columnAxis, and so is point B, which is also 768 units higher than A. Starting with C through J, the points gradually move closer to the axis until J is exactly µ * 5/6, or 120 units from the axis. These points are equidistant vertically — all 192 units apart. However the horizontal distance is non-uniform.
In the next post we will mark the 8 points C through J using using one arc and 8 straight lines — I will keep my promise.
The #shaft of an #Ionic column is not perfectly cylindrical but gradually tapers off in the top 2/3 of the shaft. As such, the #primaryProfileCurve is not a straight line, nor is it composed of regular arcs. Instead, it is a complex amalgam of straight lines, circular arcs, and #NURBS curves, where the fancy acronym stands for an even fancier name — "Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines."
So, the promise [https://pixelfed.social/p/Splines/789956327130679640] was that we were going to get through this by drawing just straight lines and arcs. How are we going to draw NURBS? The answer is that we won't. The #CAD program will, as long as we give it sufficient information to carry out the task.
There are three NURBS curves in the profile shown in the plan. The longest and the most important one is between the points marked C through J. There is a smaller one between B and C, and an even smaller one between J and K.
While all three NURBS curves are mathematically similar, the information we must provide to the CAD program for the longest one is different from the other two short ones, and the operations the CAD program carries out to construct the longest one and the other two curves is also different.
This brings us to two new operations — #interpolate or "fit through points," and #blend shapes (existing curves or surfaces). When you choose a CAD program, make sure it supports NURBS, #interpolation, and #blending.
Starting at the bottom of the shaft, point A is 144 units from the #columnAxis, and so is point B, which is also 768 units higher than A. Starting with C through J, the points gradually move closer to the axis until J is exactly µ * 5/6, or 120 units from the axis. These points are equidistant vertically — all 192 units apart. However the horizontal distance is non-uniform.
In the next post we will mark the 8 points C through J using using one arc and 8 straight lines — I will keep my promise.
A variable font with weight and serif axes :)
(Isn’t it remarkable that when you just slap some serifs on a narrow monolinear font, it instantly gives off Officina vibes?)
#VariableFont #Interpolation #Fonts #TypeDesign
'Memorization With Neural Nets: Going Beyond the Worst Case', by Sjoerd Dirksen, Patrick Finke, Martin Genzel.
http://jmlr.org/papers/v25/23-1376.html
#memorization #interpolation #interpolating
Another non-orthogonal designspace. Please observe three drawings for the big size and only two for the small. A straight line for the same stem just because I can. Smooth and continuous. Images generated from working code. I know you're curious, I can make more. #interpolation #experimental #designspace #math #somethingnew
Look here. This is a method to make smooth and continuous non-orthogonal designspaces. In this example: 4 masters "on the outside" and 3 floating intermediates. (The shapes are from MutatorSans and only illustrate the extent of influence.) #interpolation #experimental #designspace #math #somethingnew
When you find some handy code hidden away on an archived website:
Interpolated Lookup Tables in Python — https://web.archive.org/web/20151105073350/http://zovirl.com/2008/11/04/interpolated-lookup-tables-in-python/
(I've got an application that can't use numpy or scipy, and ideally, doesn't touch the maths library at all)
A couple of 2017 tests/prototypes using Shepard/IDW interpolation[1] to compute "soft" voronoi cells. Reposting this after @Danpiker was mentioning this method for 3D modeling in recent days. Coincidentally, these tests were for something v. similar, i.e. outsole traction pattern geometry generation — the exponent used in this method acts an easy-to-grok parameter to control softness/sharpness & level of detail... Unlike these examples, which are only using point samples and colors, the idea was to interpolate between line geometries to create a relief surface. E.g. applied to an outsole, we could configure the interpolation to produce softer shapes in the heel region and more detailed ridges in the front foot, where traction is needed most... In the end I didn't use this specific interpolation method for performance reasons and switched to another approach to compute an SDF for v. similar results (see recent posts from yesterday).
(Alt text for more details about these animations)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_distance_weighting
#ThingUmbrella #Interpolation #Image #Color #Voronoi #Geometry
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