blue-dragonfly

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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
Since we are throwing around shallow mantras in lieu of a discussion, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." If my original thoughts on <that which is not to be discussed> bore you, I guess I'll
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
There has been some research on directly visualizing the effects of relativity, e.g.: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2829521_Time_Dilati... It might be a fun project to implement something like this.
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How to write the equation for a rectangle (2007) [pdf](engrspatial.wiscweb.wisc.edu)
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
Blinn's classic paper "How many ways can you draw a circle?" seems relevant (discusses CORDIC): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4057251
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
Thanks for the info! I'm currently using the hash table from Femtolisp, works OK for my small tests, might need something better for production. My symbols are currently limited ASCII anyway. I'll keep an eye on your repo.
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
I've been looking for a map like C++ STL written in C. I need to lookup symbols to get function pointers, among other uses. Part of a general process of replacing C++ with C. Maybe I have found it? Interesting project, thanks for p
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
Overall, working on a CAD system using SDF and functional representation. Currently flattening a C++ OO scene graph library to a use functional approach. Also, today, continuing work on adapting a small Scheme implementation to read model
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
I haven't written any Tcl/Tk/Expect recently. It is interesting to know they are still being used, thanks for the updates. Expect was also quite useful for testing command-line applications. Even back then, RMS's argu
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
Arguments against Tcl like: https://vanderburg.org/old_pages/Tcl/war/0000.html aside, I found Tcl/Tk along with with the extension Expect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expect to be
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
It works both ways. I'm not addressing the Signal project in particular, but maintainers of free software projects need to be polite and professional (in words and deeds) as well. Users who take the time to investigate bugs and get i
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
As a generalist trying to develop a CAD system using SDF and functional representation, the details of isosurface extraction are interesting to me (if somewhat tedious at times). Researching the bigger picture, tying together the concept
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
A winner from 1993 is very interesting too: https://www.ioccc.org/years.html#1993_dgibson It implements Conway's Game of Life by creating a DSL using the C preprocessor and printf. The output is a program (several ini
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
If you are interested in the evolution of film, including the silent ones, this course on MIT OCW is a good resource: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/literature/21l-011-the-film-expe... I subscribed to the Criterion C
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by blue-dragonfly 6y ago
That's what W. Shatner suggests: https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/122016331710624153...