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Now looking for volunteers for a color vision study.
We are particularly interested in individuals with color vision deficiency, however all vision types are welcome, ages 20 and up.
If you are interested, or you know someone that could be, please email: [email protected]
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When David Smith, Joseph Myers (@jsm28), Chaim Goodman-Strauss and I posted our paper "An aperiodic monotile" (https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10798) back in March, we answered the open problem of whether a single shape could tile the plane aperiodically.
Some people observed that tilings by the "hat" used both unreflected and reflected tiles. Although the einstein problem was answered, in some contexts (e.g., tile floors), you'd likely have to manufacture two separate tiles. Our paper left open the question of whether a shape could tile aperiodically using translations and rotations only, with no reflections.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but then, on March 26th, Dave noticed something interesting. (1/n)
A longstanding open problem asks for an aperiodic monotile, also known as an "einstein": a shape that admits tilings of the plane, but never periodic tilings. We answer this problem for topological disk tiles by exhibiting a continuum of combinatorially equivalent aperiodic polygons. We first show that a representative example, the "hat" polykite, can form clusters called "metatiles", for which substitution rules can be defined. Because the metatiles admit tilings of the plane, so too does the hat. We then prove that generic members of our continuum of polygons are aperiodic, through a new kind of geometric incommensurability argument. Separately, we give a combinatorial, computer-assisted proof that the hat must form hierarchical -- and hence aperiodic -- tilings.
There is only one correct response when an organization like @gutenberg_org joins the fediverse (Mastodon in this case):
"Welcome!"
I'm having a hard time dealing with all the bullshit accessibility.
Going down the ableist road to get a couple of views on social media is not the way.
So yeahy accessiblility trendy. Which means a lot of false information and potentially harmful one is spreading.
I'm trying to follow my usual "promote what you love". But at some point, I'm starting to find it hard not to point out all the bullshit. Expect if I do that it will bring it visibility. Loose/loose...
Color is actually not easy and basic, and some attempts to make it "easy" have ended up making it "wrong", leading to misinformation and misunderstanding.
Importantly, and this doesn't get talked about enough, what is best for one individual can be harmful to readability for another.
Also, if talking about contrast, it is the spatial characteristics meaning size, weight, thickness, that are most important for readability contrast and actual accessibility.
Cancel Culture is out of hand.
“85 percent of the world’s population has experienced a decrease in freedom of expression in the last five years”
YIPE.
I work in Hollywood, and specifically I do a lot of typography of credit sequences.
Most of my time is spent on the phone with the legal departments of the various studios. Everyone involved in the film has various contractual obligations on how they will be presented in terms of the credit.
It's not trivial.
The way someone is credited affects industry perception which affects their ability to get further work and appropriate pay.
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