a_e_k

42 ms·

241.
by a_e_k 3y ago
The Halton sequence doesn't always choose the place where there's the most space left, except in the 1D case. If you plot 2D Halton sequence samples, you'll see the occasional sample placed fairly close to another, even when
242.
by a_e_k 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synecdoche
243.
by a_e_k 3y ago
Ah yes. Better watch out. Anyone who uses a Biblical phrase like that might be dastardly "wolf in sheep's clothing" with ulterior motives and not simply "the salt of the earth." Besides, are you sure you've n
244.
by a_e_k 3y ago
Yep! I used it for all of the diagrams in my chapter (Ch. 31) in Ray Tracing Gems 2. My diagrams were showing lens optics and it was really nice to be able to parameterize the main inputs (e.g., focal length, sensor distance, object placem
245.
by a_e_k 3y ago
Anecdotally, I'd noticed that tea vs. coffee seems to be generational. My wife and I drink tea at home while our parents prefer coffee (what coffee we have in the house is pretty much just for guests and some recipes that require it).
246.
by a_e_k 3y ago
Termux is great. One of my favorite tricks is sharing a photo to it, then running a quick `python -m http.server 8000` while on wifi. It makes it dirt simple to send a photo from my phone to any local machine on my network without the hass
247.
by a_e_k 3y ago
I'm guessing intentional spoonerism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonerism
248.
by a_e_k 3y ago
That's 20. 1/5 of all senators.
249.
by a_e_k 3y ago
Another cool one is this guy's crazy-detailed explanation of mechanical watch mechanisms with interactive diagrams using hand-written WebGL: https://ciechanow.ski/mechanical-watch/ (Previously discussed on HN: ht
250.
by a_e_k 3y ago
If you've turned off the main menu bar, it becomes available as a popup with ctrl right-click. (I too turn off the menu bar, but it's really helpful for accessing some of the more obscure operations in Calc.)
251.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Paradox Interactive games, especially the Crusader Kings series also have some pretty entertaining change logs. E.g., from Crusader Kings II, Patch 2.4 [0]: - Handsome and lustful men now also populate the cabins in the wild for the pleasu
252.
by a_e_k 4y ago
This is the way. While I do rebind plenty keys to enhanced or do-what-I-mean versions, I'm careful to avoid fundamentally change the meaning of any of the vanilla keys. So I see my config as more of a progressive enhancement over `em
253.
by a_e_k 4y ago
https://xkcd.com/664/
254.
by a_e_k 4y ago
That, or maybe you can recover some replicas on Tlön [0]. Consistency might be a problem, though: > In the most ancient regions of Tlön one may, not infrequently, observe the duplication of lost objects: Two persons are looking for a pe
255.
by a_e_k 4y ago
A foot rest/rocker. Specifically this one: https://www.humanscale.com/products/ergonomic-foot-rests/FR3...
256.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Mine likes to sit behind my monitor and bat under it at my hand using the mouse.
257.
by a_e_k 4y ago
I like my tenkeyless for that. Slightly more compact than a full-size, but still has PgUp and PgDn and such, and in the right place.
258.
by a_e_k 4y ago
> failure to use turn signals Why signal your intentions to your opponent like a chump? They'll just use that information against you to block you from changing lanes, or to duck into a parking lot row ahead of you in a crowded par
259.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Note that if you already have a laptop dock, you may not need to buy a separate one for the Deck. When researching before ordering my Steam Deck last week, I looked into it and found that the Lenovo Thinkpad dock that work sent me with my w
260.
by a_e_k 4y ago
I love that feeling that I get writing for closure, when I'm distilling and crystallizing things that I've learned about a topic. I use physical notebooks for that kind of writing, and writing the words out by hand once I've
261.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Amusingly along those lines, I once had a prof in my Ph.D. program tell me that if I was getting all A's in my coursework, I was doing it wrong. (I.e., not spending enough time on research.)
262.
by a_e_k 4y ago
If you think that's cool, the next level, which really could be considered to behave like a hologram is "parallax mapping" and it's variant "parallax occlusion mapping". Wikipedia has a little video showing the
263.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Neat! Parallelizing a single frame across multiple machines was something I'd wanted to try back when I was working on RenderMan. It used to be able to do it back in the REYES days via netrender, but was something we lost with the mo
264.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Babylon 5 itself had a short-lived spin off in Crusade [0]. Personally, I don't think things even need to be spinoffs in the same story universe. Just knowing that a particular production group that I like is putting out a new work is
265.
by a_e_k 4y ago
One of my favorite things about Babylon 5 was how it was planned out for exactly five seasons, with a beginning, middle, and end. Granted, the last season was a bit muffed since they'd had to bring the story to a closure at the end of
266.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Nice work! Pubby, it looks like the markdown for the documentation goes off the rails in 12.3.
267.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Agreed, that sort of documentation is pure gold when done well. It's something I always try to pay forward by doing in my own code. For example, one of my own lone-developer projects was an STB-style single-header <canvas>-like
268.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Those help in some situations, sure. I'm talking about the non-deterministic things like unusual race conditions, where the problem only manifests rarely. Conditional breakpoints could certainly help you detect when things have broke
269.
by a_e_k 4y ago
HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28978086
270.
by a_e_k 4y ago
Also, there's a prior related thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34858285

More ›