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Personal blog · piratefsh.github.ioprogramminghistorydesign
Commented is a personal blog at piratefsh.github.io about programming, history and design. Since 2016, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link these posts on the history of computer plotting and early computer-generated drawing, including plotter types such as mechanical and microfilm plotters. Comments cite them for facts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A blog on the intersections of computer, history, and art. Plus some personal stories.
Most-linked posts?
- /2019/01/07/computer-art-history-part-2.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-02-11
What Hacker News says?
Your thought intrigued me and I wanted to look further. https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-... https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-... So there were plotters, which would need to be photographed, like you were talking about, but there's also this: > And then they were the electronic or microfilm plotters. It works in a similar way as the mechanical plotter, but instea…
Comment linking /2019/01/07/computer-art-history-part-2.html
on “A Computer Technique for Displaying N-Dimensional Hyperobjects (1967) [pdf]”Submitted Plants are recursive: using L-Systems to generate realistic plants as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhile I love the curiosity and creativity that has recently emerged around digital pen plotting, many people may not realize this was the workhorse technology for producing technical drawings for several decades in the late 20th century.[0] Large format pen plotters with up to 8 separate pens were available for different line weights. Color was mostly avoided because the reproduction process of the time was still ce…
Comment linking /2019/01/07/computer-art-history-part-2.html
on “Writing Postcards with a 3D Printer”