Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿19h ago
Going through old photos from my Twitter archive, this is an attempt at directed evolution in software using PHP (precisely the wrong language to use, but I was learning it at the time and it was a useful exercise).
The program throws a randomly sized, coloured (rgba), positioned and orientated ellipse at the "canvas", compares it to the target image, and keeps it if it's closer. This is about 150k iterations, and took something like 12 hours. Not brilliant, but starting to get somewhere on a P2
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿16h ago
Ah, that time there were no pumpkins in the shop at Halloween (or turnips, which is more traditionally Scottish, and smell foul with a candle in them). This, however, mmmm, tasty. Circa 2011.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿16h ago
One of the only selfies I've ever taken....for some of the exposure....
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿16h ago
This is how old pylons are removed from remote areas like the Cairngorms.
Show threadavatastic  16h ago
@_thegeoff not pictured, crowds of "Pylons are ugly!" NIMBYs having a party.
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
@avatastic Scandanavian countries have the right idea.
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Show threadavatastic  15h ago
@_thegeoff ah, but they have to build them in situ, and there's always an extra/missing piece and an allen key which is stripped round by the end of it.
Show threadarrbee6h ago
@_thegeoff @avatastic
I'm not sure we need more deer in Scotland...
Show threadavatastic  4h ago
@rogerb @_thegeoff maybe you need more wolves to keep you deer population in check? 
Show threadGeoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿8m ago
@avatastic @rogerb It has been suggested. Suspect you'd need a lot to keep the numbers stable with that alone though.