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$100 reward to anyone who can render a $1 bill on a webpage at actual size (as measured on the screen) without knowing the device. Serious.

(This is a revival of an identical challenge I posed back in 2013 that still remains unsolved.)
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Thomas Phinney · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy The only part of this that surprises me is that you are not comfortable offering a bigger reward. 😂
wakest ⁂ · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy can you require a web camera access?
Daniel · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy is this because the physical units like "cm" don't always properly work? or why not simply set w/h to 15.6cm 6.63cm
Diane · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy I don't think that's possible without some form of calibration. A computer/phone doesn't know what the physical dimensions of the display are. If it's something standardized like a p...
Oblomov · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy this can't be done even if it could be done because there's device for which physical size is meaningless, e.g. projectors
Wenzel Massag · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy Even knowing the device, this isn’t possible. Especially considering the home builds running a rare variant of Linux on a display panel using drivers not meant for it. Most devices don...
Sol Kawage · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy wait do you mean that this trusty thing is useless? https://www.piliapp.com/actual-size/cm-ruler/
Monokrom · 2w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqpqyt0j4ajcq99kg4gdwghwv55pqvjjuz8skdxjj0gmpeeyanxvuqsnlwfy I wonder if one could look up absolute dimensions and resolution of the output display using AI, calculate, and render. Obligatory fuck AI.