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There's also the classic http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monad...

There's also the classic http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monads-and.html http://blog.sigfpe.com/2006/08/you-could-have-invented-monad... Written by a 3-time Oscar winner, no less!

dang 6y ago
Looks like there has been only one small discussion from 2009: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=958789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=958789
guerrilla 6y ago
> Writen by 3-time Oscar winner, no less! Sorry, what? Their About page is blank.
- dllthomas 6y ago
  The author is Dan Piponi: https://pwlconf.org/2018/dan-piponi/ https://pwlconf.org/2018/dan-piponi/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685004/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0685004/
  - scns 6y ago
    2015 - Technical Achievement Award, shared with Kim Libreri, George Borshukov: For their pioneering work in the development of Universal Capture at ESC Entertainment. 2014 - Technical Achievement Award, shared with Olivier Maury, Ian Sachs: For the creation of the ILM Plume system that simulates and renders fire, smoke and explosions for motion picture visual effects. 2001 - Technical Achievement Award, shared with George Borshukov, Kim Libreri: For the development of a system for image-based rendering allowing choreographed camera movements through computer graphic reconstructed sets.