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Richard Feynman, on NASA's attitude toward the space shuttle program: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for natu
by tps5 10y ago
Richard Feynman, on NASA's attitude toward the space shuttle program: "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
- delish 10y agoAnother famous intellectual on humility toward Nature, Goethe: Nature understands no jesting; she is always true, always serious, always severe; she is always right, and errors and faults are always those of man. The man incapable of appreciating her, she despises; and only to the apt, the pure, and the true, does she resign herself and reveal her secrets.
- stcredzero 10y agoThe gaming industry needs to understand that this applies to coding for games as well. It especially applies to multiplayer.
- flamedoge 10y agomultiplayer? We do fool clients all the time with extrapolation, just to shave half of the latency. And when we get it wrong, we "correct" it retroactively.
- stcredzero 10y agoThe laws of nature are different in this context, but you have to follow them with the same diligence with the same harshness awaiting when you fail. In games, it's not what is logical or mathematically correct. It's what feels correct.