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Now, this is not to disparage the scene in any way... I mean, what they did and do is awesome, and Scream Tracker 3 (and later Impulse Tracker) was a large part

Now, this is not to disparage the scene in any way... I mean, what they did and do is awesome, and Scream Tracker 3 (and later Impulse Tracker) was a large part of my teenage years. But ultimately, graphics routines are a completely different beast than finding weaknesses in a security system that you don't own. Many programmers on here, given a bit of guidance and some gfx/sound guys, could put together a respectable demo. I don't think the same about something like Stuxnet.

keefe 14y ago
it depends, graphics systems have some pretty hard real time constraints for latency. The best gfx coders are required to find unique implementations/approximations for extremely difficult problems. Think about doom and carmack and what you would have to do to reproduce that given a 486. Stuxnet imho wasn't that ridiculously impressive, though it was impressive, because the evidence is that "somebody" made sure the people writing it had appropriate sources.
unimpressive 14y ago
I often upvote stories using the metric "Would I add this to my 'saved stories' if it was a stand alone feature?". Very often the answer is yes even though I disagree with large portions of an article/don't think it's a good fit for HN. What is a good heuristic for upvoting articles?