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Carmack didn't invent it either, my physics teacher was saying that a lot 17 years ago so it's clearly a common thing.
by littlestymaar 3y ago
Carmack didn't invent it either, my physics teacher was saying that a lot 17 years ago so it's clearly a common thing.
- gattilorenz 3y agoa possible source is in the replies to that tweet: https://twitter.com/RobbieBC/status/419324772754132992 https://twitter.com/RobbieBC/status/419324772754132992
- littlestymaar 3y agoHonestly it wouldn't surprise me if it had been invented multiple times independently, it's just too obvious to anyone that has had to deal with calculation. (But thanks for sharing what us without a Twitter account cannot see otherwise anymore…)
- taneq 3y agoClearly we must now start referring to it as ‘Carmack’s sign error joke’ ;)
- beebeepka 3y agohad you not mentioned that, we might have gotten another fast inverse square root origin investigation