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A sample of a ‘scanned’ puzzle.

So this is a section of a sudoku puzzle as the code sees it: <img src="http://www.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/binarysample.jpg" alt="" title="Binary Sample" width="800" height="399" class="size-full wp-image-65" srcset="https://www.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/binarysample Continued.jpg 800w, https://www.thelostsouls.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/binarysample-300×149.jpg 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px” /> A small section of a Sudoku converting … Continue reading

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MagickWand and OCR

The problem with photographs and OCR is they contain lots of noise and colour that is really not helpful.  Levels and Posterise alongside other tools in the GIMP or Photoshop help but they’re hardly automatic and can’t be compiled into … Continue reading

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A strange bug moving from 64bit to 32bit.

So I installed an SSH client on my iPhone today, TouchTerm (which so far I think is excellent, especially how it handles ctrl keys etc.), and the first thing I do? SSH to my server and compile the previously mentioned … Continue reading

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