8/15/2026
Google AI
My query:
html table how to build upside down pyramid with each cell doubled going up
Response:
To build an upside-down pyramid where each row going up doubles the number of cells (e.g., top row has 8 cells, next row up or down follows a geometric progression like 8, 4, 2, 1), you can structure an HTML table with decreasing or increasing colspan or simple nested structures. If the widest part (the base/many cells) is at the top and narrows down, or vice versa, standard HTML table rows (<tr>) stack vertically.
An upside-down pyramid (widest at the top, narrowing down to a point) with each row halving, or right-side up (doubling going up), means the top row has the maximum number of cells and lower rows decrease. Let's build a 4-row pyramid where the top row has 8 cells, the next has 4, then 2, and the bottom has 1 (an upside-down pyramid).HTML Structure Example
<table class="pyramid-table">
<!-- Top row: 8 cells (widest part of the upside-down pyramid) -->
<tr>
<td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>4</td>
<td>5</td><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>8</td>
</tr>
<!-- Second row: 4 cells (doubled going up from 2, or halved going down) -->
<tr>
<td colspan="2">1</td>
<td colspan="2">2</td>
<td colspan="2">3</td>
<td colspan="2">4</td>
</tr>
<!-- Third row: 2 cells -->
<tr>
<td colspan="4">1</td>
<td colspan="4">2</td>
</tr>
<!-- Bottom row: 1 cell (the tip) -->
<tr>
<td colspan="8">Tip</td>
</tr>
</table>
When I paste the above code into the Code layer I get:
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8 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 |
2 |
| Tip |
Now I center the table and make its border lines equal 1 pix:
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 |
2 |
| Tip |
and I used it to make this: |
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September, 2025
ZichronNote Cover corner rosettes
In Photoshop
sampled the green of the SFBAJGS logo tree
(please ignore color drift)
made a square 800 x 800 pixels
made a diagonal radiant gradation lightening color from top left to bottom right
In ChatGPT free tier wrote prompt:
“Coarsely granularize the gradient into circular grains on a white background”
this transformed lightness to circle size
| I also tried a couple of other ChatGPT prompts |
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coarsely granularize the gradient into circular grains on a white background in a radially symmetrical pattern |
coarsely granularize the gradient into circular grains on a white background in a radially symmetrical pattern from top left to bottom right |
In Photoshop
cropped image slightly on left and on top to center lower right quadrant of largest circle
cropped image on right and bottom to reveal attractive pattern and erase cropped small circles at edges to make a rough circle
made a radiant gradation lightening the color from top left to bottom right
June 2025
Cousin
Val sent this scan and I asked her to mail me the 2.71 inches wide x 2.02 inches original to scan here.
1939 circa, London: Freda Bialick, Isaac Bialick, Rachael Greenbaum Bialick, Betsy Waldman (my father's sister); Front: Lillian Bialick, Jean (Johnny) Waldman. Valerie Kent collection, UK. 6491 x 4844 dpi
from print 2.71 inches wide x
2.02 inches tall, which I had scanned at 2400 dpi.
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280 x 209
Val's scan |
280 x 209
reduced
from my 6491 x 4844 |
140 x 105
reduced
from my 6491 x 4844 |
70 x 53
reduced
from my 6491 x 4844 |
| It appears that image quality is not merely a matter of resolution. The fidelity of the scan, itself, is a factor. The 280 x 209 of my scan has substantially more detail than Val's scan, and the 140 x 105 version does as well. |
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too small to process |
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6/26/2025
1024 x 1536
ChatGPT
from Val's 280 x 209
Prompt: "Please restore this photo
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yielded the wrong gender for two of the people. |
6/26/2025
1024 x 1536
ChatGPT
from my 280 x 209
Prompt: "Please restore this photo" yielded a new cast of imposters, though appropriately gendered. |
ChatGPT from my 140 x 105
Prompt: "Please restore this photo
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6/27/2025
1536 x 1024
ChatGPT from my 6491 x 4844
Prompt: "Please restore this photo"
colorized. The program spontaneously switched to a
full-frame landscape mode. |
Who are these people? |
6/28/2025
1024 x 1024
ChatGPT from my 6491 x 4844
Prompt: "Please restore this photo as if it were taken today with high resolution digital cameras without changing anything about the image. Just repair it, clean it, and sharpen it. All the people are modern Ashkenazi Jews." These people are imposters!
6/28/2025
1536 x 1024
ChatGPT from my 6491 x 4844
I added prompt: “I'd like to see this at full width”
I knew and photographed two of these people and have seen multiple photos of the others.
These are fabrications!
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