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by _bxg1 6y ago
I tried to figure out whether the new GI used raytracing, and it doesn't seem like it is? If it is using raytracing hardware it isn't nearly as impressive. If it isn't , then it's sheer magic.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
For context, this is a blog post from one of the pivotal engineers on today's Unreal 5 release: https://twitter.com/BrianKaris/status/1260591486250266624?s=...
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Virtual Geometry Images (2009)(graphicrants.blogspot.com)
1 points by _bxg1 6y ago|1 comments
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by _bxg1 6y ago
For a while we pretty much only had UDK (Unreal 3). Unity sort of invented the idea of an omni-platform game engine that's affordable and accessible for indies. Then Unreal slightly shifted its strategy to compete with that rising mark
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by _bxg1 6y ago
If you're a programmer who wants to write code, you have to use C++
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I'm normally skeptical of tech demos, but normally they don't actually talk about the tech. Assuming the actual promises aren't misleading, this is extremely impressive. > Not sure how Unity can keep up with this. Unity st
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The Beer Store(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by _bxg1 6y ago|0 comments
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Something it took me a long time to learn is that meaning isn't a "thing". You can't quantify it or find it through reductionism. Reductionism leads, eventually, to nihilism. But that doesn't mean meaning isn't
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Site is impossible to read on mobile. It doesn't just overflow the screen by default, it prevents zooming-out.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
What's funny is that this is what SQL was originally designed for. That's why it reads so much like English. Of course, CLIs were too.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
That's not surprising to me personally, but I can see how it might be to the average person
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I have to think there are lots and lots of industries ripe for disruption or even for their first taste of software, and it's just that they're outside the radar of the vast majority of engineers. Industries you never ever hear
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Because it's your business logic. And your GUI builder. And your tax system. And your legal report generator. Etc.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
And was that a FAAMNG? Presumably the larger, "new-wave" tech companies roll their own solutions of some kind
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I remember reading this article about SAP a few months ago, and it just blew my mind: https://retool.com/blog/erp-for-engineers/ Here was an entire market segment I'd never heard of, and just the market lead
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I think personally I like it when things go in "layers". Start with a shallow pass, and then do one or more passes of increasing depth
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Came here to say this exact thing. I never learn well from programming books, but I did from the Rust book. I think it's because of how bite-sized and focused the different pieces are, as well as how hands-on and example-driven it is.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
It's Flash all over again, with a fresh coat of paint.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Recent Mac GPUs have been... weird. I've had small artifacts on three different 16-inch MBPs (one that I returned, a replacement that I decided to keep, and one that I was issued at work).
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Interestingly, one commenter posted that switching to OpenJDK fixes it. So it's some interaction between the hardware, the JRE, and JetBrains. I look forward to the post-mortem for this one.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
> RN isn't even native, it still includes a Javascript bridge "Native" doesn't describe the programming language, but the GUI layer. Native == non-web-browser.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I'm describing a facet of human nature.
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by _bxg1 6y ago
There is also a difference between a company/management and your peers. There's no such thing as a corporate entity being your friend. Having a boss as your friend... maybe isn't impossible, but is definitely complicated. But
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by _bxg1 6y ago
The flipside is that it takes a lot more intentional effort, which many of us may struggle to put forth. The vast majority of friendships are made in incidental contexts: people you just happen to be around and interact with through the nor
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by _bxg1 6y ago
> They don’t want to break it by touching it. It blows my mind that we haven't solved this problem yet given half a century. That we're still so afraid of touching our code. COBOL may be COBOL, but who among us can honestly say
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by _bxg1 6y ago
I sometimes worry about my mom with this stuff. I've caught glimpses of InfoWars on her Facebook follows, she sent me that "Plandemic" video that went around last week, she's been an avid Fox News watcher for basically m
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by _bxg1 6y ago
There are lots and lots of professionals who would love to just live on some land in a quiet corner of the country if it didn't mean giving up job prospects. And yes, there are people who would stay in cities for the culture and amenit
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by _bxg1 6y ago
> Carmakers are also defined as a COVID19 critical industry, and every other carmaker manufacturing in the United States is either open, or capable of open today. This puts Tesla at a serious disadvantage. Why is Tesla not allowed to be
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by _bxg1 6y ago
But along with those who move would come more tax dollars, which means better schools. There's a bit of a chicken-and-egg effect but the mechanism is there. People without kids could very well "pave the path".
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by _bxg1 6y ago
Why are these "promises" not drawn up as contracts, so the city can sue when they aren't met? Edit: > Under these so-called enterprise zone agreements, delinquent companies can face penalties, including repayment of taxes

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