Supply and demand has nothing to do with the diamond market. As I understand it, the prices are kept artificially high by the diamond cartels and their storehouses of stones.
On the contrary, supply and demand has everything to do with the diamond market. You restrict supply by cornering the market, simultaneously bolstering demand through advertising, and prices increase, in accordance to the law of supply and demand.
I'm more interested in offline procedural content generation, personally
Offline procedural texture generation has also made some amazing leaps in the last few years. Take a look at Genetica for an example of some of the things that a modern seamless texture generator can do.
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Supply and demand has nothing to do with the diamond market. As I understand it, the prices are kept artificially high by the diamond cartels and their storehouses of stones.
On the contrary, supply and demand has everything to do with the diamond market. You restrict supply by cornering the market, simultaneously bolstering demand through advertising, and prices increase, in accordance to the law of supply and demand.
I'm more interested in offline procedural content generation, personally
Offline procedural texture generation has also made some amazing leaps in the last few years. Take a look at Genetica for an example of some of the things that a modern seamless texture generator can do.