Negitivefrags

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by Negitivefrags 9mo ago
I think it's not unlikely that we reach reach a point in a couple of decades where we are all developing win32 apps that most people are running some form of linux. We already have an entire platform like that (steam deck), and it&#x27
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by Negitivefrags 9mo ago
Why is the code gen bad? What result are you wanting? You specifically want whatever value happened to be on the stack as opposed to a value the compiler picked?
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by Negitivefrags 9mo ago
It’s not incorrect. The code says that if x is true then a=13 and if it is false than b=37. This is the case. Its just that a=13 even if x is false. A thing that the code had nothing to say about, and so the compiler is free to do.
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by Negitivefrags 10mo ago
I recently compared performance per dollar for CPUs and GPUs on benchmarks for GPUs today vs 10 years ago, and suprisingly, CPUs had much bigger gains. Until I saw that for myself, I thought exactly the same thing as you. It seems shockin
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by Negitivefrags 11mo ago
The person who runs the hotel isn’t doing it to house the homeless out of the goodness of their heart. If a person abuses the shared kitchen, they get kicked out. This is a business. Maybe don’t do it next time. And that is a good thing. It
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by Negitivefrags 11mo ago
If Vsync is on which was my assumption from my previous comment, then if your computer is fast enough, you might be able to run CPU and GPU work entirely in a single frame if you use Reflex to delay when simulation starts to lower latency,
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by Negitivefrags 11mo ago
The CPU part happens on one frame, the GPU part happens on the next frame. If you want to talk about the total time for a game to render a frame, it needs to count two frames.
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by Negitivefrags 11mo ago
I think the biggest tool is higher expectations. Most programmers really haven't come to grips with the idea that computers are fast. If you see a database query that takes 1 hour to run, and only touches a few gb of data, you should b
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
People have different sensitivities. For me personally, the reduction in image quality is very noticeable. I am playing on a 55” TV at computer monitor distance, so the difference between a true 4K image and an upscaled one is very signific
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
AI upscaling is equivalent to lowering bitrate of compressed video. Given netflix popularity, most people obviously don’t value image quality as much as other factors. And it’s even true for myself. For gaming, given the choice of 30fps at
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
There are a lot of theoretical arguments I could give you about how almost all cases where hardware BVH can be used, there are better and smarter algorithms to be using instead. Being proud of your hardware BVH implementation is kind of lik
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
I really hope that this doesn't come to pass. It's all in on the two worst trends in graphics right now. Hardware Raytracing and AI based upscaling.
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
> Someone who thinks COVID was a hoax isn't going to be one to dig deep. This is kind of a side point, but people with fringe beliefs tend to dig a lot deeper to validate those opinions than those with a mainstream view. You can bet
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
This annoys me greatly. When I built my house I went full home automation. At the time I was telling my friends about how important it was not to have cloud dependancy, and how I was doing everything local. I use KNX as the main backbone an
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
I do agree with you, but I think there a non-zero chance the situation might be different now. We are not getting the same insane gains from node shrinks anymore. Imagine the bubble pops tomorrow. You would have an excess of compute using c
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
You kind of missed the point. It doesn't matter if what they did is or isn't real science. They believe it is, and so as far as they are concerned, it's proven. So then what? Since they really believe what they said, how can
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
It is incredibly clear looking at this FAQ that this intends to apply to online only games. https://www.stopkillinggames.com/faq Multiple questions are about online-only games.
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
So does that mean that games are not allowed to use proprietary technologies in their backends anymore? That seems like a strange restriction to apply only to games.
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
If the company is bankrupt, who would be charged? Or are you saying that the directors of the company would be criminally liable in this situation?
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
The stop killing games initiative does specifically want to apply to online only games.
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
A company runs an online game. The actual online infrastructure is a bunch of different services that are held together with string. They have licenced some propriatry database. The studio runs out of money and lays off all the staff. What
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
If you pay people to make 1000 chairs that are just sitting there, do you really think that you don’t have an asset on your books at all? This is called Inventory. It’s certainly an asset. And an asset doesn’t come into existence out of now
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
Theoretically it’s the same with any asset you pay someone to make. If you pay someone to make a chair, you don’t deduct the salary. Instead you create an asset valued at what you paid to build it, then depreciate it over time. The arguemen
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
Steam actually shares compiled shaders between users with the same hardware / driver version, but only for Vulkan I believe.
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
If you are going to inherit something, it's certainly a better position that they were using something open like Home Assistant than if they were using a bunch of proprietary / cloud based things. At least you have the capability
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by Negitivefrags 1y ago
The notion that there is no point saving money because the total amount of debt is high is effectively saying that the problem can never be solved. A billion dollars is still a billion freaking dollars. I encounter the same attitude sometim
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by Negitivefrags 2y ago
I find it funny how often people look down on SVN outside of game development. It really is a great tool for that job. The trunk our of studio's SVN is hundreds of GB and the full repo is many TB. And SVN handles this no problem.
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by Negitivefrags 2y ago
Every car that is sold retires an old one. And the one it retires will be the least valuable. This happens becauase the person who buys a new car sells their old one to someone else, who sells their old one to someone else, and so on down t
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by Negitivefrags 2y ago
This isn't really what the article is about, but I don't think that the term "Greedy algorithm" means what the author thinks. Greedy algorithms are about making locally optimal choices. They are not "brute force&quo
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by Negitivefrags 2y ago
The other day I made a reference to something from Jurassic Park at work to a fresh graduate, and got a blank stare. So I say "You know, from Jurassic Park". And was told "Oh, I've never seen it". I have never felt

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