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stoft " Yes, once the camera exposure is under control (and fixed value) then the linearity can be measured -- IF you have controlled means of adjusting t..." | Read more » almost 5 years ago
stoft "From that link, I found a 'settings' file here: https://gitlab.com/bath_open_instrumentation_group/picamera_cra_compensation/blob/fdb98308149e686a..." | Read more » almost 5 years ago
stoft " Right, the camera's do automate as much as possible, which works against the needs of spectrometers. If the AGC cannot be shut off, then it become..." | Read more » almost 5 years ago
stoft " Good work and observations. Yes, I think HDR techniques can help extract additional dynamic range from these simple cameras. In reading through yo..." | Read more » almost 5 years ago
stoft "Ah, good. Glad you could view the additional data and figured it out. " | Read more » over 6 years ago
stoft "Yes, clearly all but the last image shows compression in the Green (and Red though less). Because the process of spectral data from a webcam does n..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
stoft "The camera's I've used seem different in this effect but you might try to hunt down the technical data sheets from the Mfg -- sometimes they have a..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
stoft "@Tehnicni, I'd agree that any detector-specific non-linearity is likely very small compared with the effect you've presented. I'd guess the more li..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
stoft "@warren, I'm not sure I follow the linking details for grids etc., but more abstractly, a tree structure comes to mind. This note describes one com..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
stoft "I like your approach and like keeping the top-level choice up front. I'm also thinking that perhaps there should be a pre-defined list of categorie..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@Warren's thought about 'publishing assistance' is a good one and one which inherantly contains a filter mechanism. Orthogonal to a list of topic-b..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@viechdokter, perhaps even here, terminology can be problematic. Example: 'Ranking'. There really are many interpretations and implications of the ..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "I agree with @cfastie that such a process should encourage contributors to improve upon documenting their work and I think "PLab" can play a leadin..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "Hmmm, my guess is that a realistic system for scientific material from such diverse sources cannot simply rely on a set of automated rules and sear..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@cfaste does have some good points; clear rank topics, finite review period and minimum rank numbers in some form. I'd also agree that pitfalls are..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "Interesting thought, but the camera is (ideally) focused on the slit so adding a second one next to the lens would be out of focus; though maybe if..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@viechdokter, no problem; it's a community of friends. I've written enough code to understand the value of diverse data; algorithms can only be as ..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@viechdokter suggests that I'm proposing a 'gatekeeper' but that's too simplistic and I'm not. Sorry for any confusion from what I wrote. Sure, kee..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@Warren, yes, I do acknowledge your points and @viechdokter 's. I would differentiate by noting that I'm not suggesting to disable or remove the ex..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@Warren, good and glad to see this list. 1 - Foremost, there should be a set of categories (similar to the brief list in the 'blank' note for sugg..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@liz, right. A simplistic example is the 'tree' of the web site with one section being 'research'. It's fine to see 'new posts' listed (just labele..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@Warren, I don't see that anyone is suggesting credential based peer review for PLab but IMHO, that does not exclude filtering based on good scienc..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "@david-days, right. So, I have a theory ... right place for theories, right? ... that having a diverse source of contributors means just as diverse..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago
stoft "Well, I'll chip in an alternative $0.02. I view formal / official peer review, the peer review 'scientific' concept, the peer review concept and en..." | Read more » almost 8 years ago