Persepolis is an autobiographical graphic novel series by Marjane Satrapi, chronicling her childhood and adolescence in Iran and Austria during and after the Islamic Revolution. You can usually find it between the top 10 best comic books of all times, in any good list.
There is a particular small sequence of panels that’s not particularly important to the plot but really stuck with me. Itt comes back to my mind once in a while.
Blender rendering:
OpenSCAD definitions:
alpha=1;
module chamber() {
translate([0,0,2])
scale(v=0.8)
difference() {
cube([3,3,3]);
translate([0,1,1])
cube([3,1,1]);
translate([1,0,1])
cube([1,3,1]);
}
}
module pedestal() {
cube([1,1,1]);
translate([0,2,0])
cube();
translate([2,0,0])
cube();
translate([2,2,0])
cube();
translate([0,0,1])
cube([3,3,1]);
}
module hat() {
translate([1.25,1.25,4.25])
rotate(45)
cylinder(1,3,1,$fn=4);
}
color("lightblue", alpha)
translate([-0.25,-0.25,0])
pedestal();
color("lightgreen", alpha)
chamber();
color("lightcoral", alpha)
hat();lola.png
ImageMagick implementation of Kuwahara filter:
magick lola.png -kuwahara 5 output.pngoutput.png
for i in $(seq -w 01 10);
do echo magick lola.png -kuwahara $i output_$i.png;
done
How much does it cost me per day and per month to drive to work.
home_to_work = 5.4 miles (~8.7 km)
work_to_home = 5.8 miles (~9.3 km)
round_trip = home_to_work + work_to_home = 11.2 miles (18 km)
car_mpg = 14 mpg
gallons_per_trip = round_trip / car_mpg = 0.8 gallons
gallons_price = $3
gas_cost_per_trip = gallons_per_trip * gallons_price = $2.4
parking = $10.50 (after subsidies)
commute_per_day_by_car_cost = parking + gas_cost_per_trip = $12.9
commute_per_month_by_car_cost = commute_per_day_by_car_cost * 20 = $258
Parking is the dominant cost. My car mpg is terrible, however that barely makes a dent on the costs.