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by flafla2 5y ago
Context: This is an front-page article on the New York Times about Karmarkar's polynomial time Linear Programming algorithm [1]. I found it amusing. Imagine an article about theoretical computer science making it to the front page of
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Breakthrough in Problem Solving (1984)(nytimes.com)
1 points by flafla2 5y ago|1 comments
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by flafla2 5y ago
> I'm getting contacted by headhunters left and right every months but I'm still reticent to leave because we're short on staff and the project I'm working on is really important for the company and I've was kind
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by flafla2 6y ago
This looks great, thanks!
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by flafla2 6y ago
It would make a lot of sense for Github to support discussion forums natively, separate from issues. Or perhaps user reviews.
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by flafla2 6y ago
I’ve heard about this trick/incantation as well, but haven’t managed to measure a significant performance gain (though it makes sense in theory). Do you know of any quantitative evidence that this is solid advice? I suppose my test
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by flafla2 6y ago
That plug-in certainly won’t cover all cases of infinite loops, or they just solved the halting problem :)
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by flafla2 6y ago
Wow this is absurdly cool. Would be worth posting to /new (even if it has been on HN in the past)! This reminds me of http://penrose.ink/siggraph20.html as well.
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by flafla2 6y ago
Forgive me if I’m being dense, but shouldn’t we expect performance to degrade if flop count per unit time is decreased, assuming performance is defined as overall runtime (FPS in this case)? It’s a trade off scenario where runtime performa
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by flafla2 6y ago
I upvoted you because there is truth to this sentiment. But I want to add that physics is IMO one of the hardest fields intellectually of our time. Just to get your feet wet, you need to be well versed in an intimidating array of mathem
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by flafla2 6y ago
Seconded! I had the pleasure of taking Guy Belloch's parallel programming class at CMU as a sophomore. A large majority of the homework assignments involved leveraging the segmented scan operator to solve all sorts of classical paral
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by flafla2 6y ago
This actually exists (press F3, with default keybindings)
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by flafla2 6y ago
I just took Keenan Crane’s course on Discrete Differential Geometry at CMU, and the slides and lecture notes are available online for free. Due to COVID, the second half of the semester’s lectures are available on YouTube, and they are rea
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by flafla2 6y ago
+1 For crystal. I always post this project, an OS written in it from scratch, as it is one of the most impressive things I’ve seen on HN https://github.com/ffwff/lilith
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by flafla2 6y ago
>In May 2020, it was revealed that while researching his cybercrime book Crime Dot Com, investigative journalist Geoff White had found Onel de Guzman working at a mobile phone repair stall in Manila. De Guzman admitted creating and relea
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by flafla2 6y ago
Sure, but on a technical level modding works exactly the same way. Modloaders like forge arose from a few issues with the simplified process I listed: for one, 2 mods that overwrite the same .class files conflict with each other and can’t
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by flafla2 6y ago
I noticed an omission on this list was Minecraft. Today, the game of course has thousands of engineers working on the various versions of the game due to its success. But in the beginning (and throughout Alpha/Beta and during the beg
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by flafla2 7y ago
Indeed. I don't know much about this language, but the x86-64 OS written from scratch in crystal was one of the most impressive things I've seen during my time on HN [1]. In the thread about it [2], it was mentioned that the aut
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by flafla2 7y ago
This is great stuff, thanks for sharing. Currently working through an algorithms class at CMU, and I haven’t yet encountered the idea of a recurrence “annihilator”. Cheers :)
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by flafla2 7y ago
Hey, thanks! And kudos for helping to cultivate such a great community despite its massive growth.
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Can we compile C Code into PowerPoint?(youtu.be)
4 points by flafla2 7y ago|0 comments
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by flafla2 7y ago
Fascinating, thanks for sharing. Makes me reflect on the (relatively few) comments I've made here, and if I'm making a positive impact on the community.
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by flafla2 7y ago
Fair, perhaps a better phrasing of my idea is "at a certain point cultural artifacts should have a guarantee of preservation".
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by flafla2 7y ago
The problem is that for game ROMs specifically, opening them to the public domain devalues potential opportunities for re-releases and remasters. The Nintendo virtual console service and S/NES classic are prominent examples. So it is
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by flafla2 7y ago
I recently implemented Levoy & Hanrahan in a game engine—a genuinely great read and easy to digest. One of my favorite papers in CG/Comp Photo.
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CMU Transition to Remote Instruction and New Guidelines(cmu.edu)
4 points by flafla2 7y ago|0 comments
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by flafla2 7y ago
I find stuff like this really interesting, a large (double digit) percentage of the population has the condition, and may or may not assume it is normal. I don't have Exploding Head Syndrome, but I do have the Photic sneeze reflex [1]
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by flafla2 7y ago
Maybe you should read the article. The full headline is: "Moviefone, Worth 1% of Its Former Value, Is Being Run by One Employee After Parent Company’s Bankruptcy "
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by flafla2 7y ago
Interesting, I'll have to take a closer look at the papers themselves (although I am a mere mortal with insufficient background to get it fully).
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by flafla2 7y ago
From the article: > In their first paper, the mathematicians focused on what happens during the mixing process to two points of black paint that begin the process right next to each other. They proved that the points follow chaotic paths

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