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by flipgimble 3y ago
If you value learning about the strengths and weaknesses of different algorithms then I recommend reading this counter-argument against one species of heavily extended L-Systems used for city road network generation: http://nothi
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by flipgimble 3y ago
One conclusion is that Unity's technology stack is more like a Tower of Jenga with pieces in random state of readiness and compatibility. More and more Unity comes out looking like a mismanaged mess that lost its way from the goal of &
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by flipgimble 3y ago
It strikes me that this Penny Arcade cartoon is more prescient that I originally gave it credit for: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2023/09/18/undercraw On the surface the cartoon is silly and extrem
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by flipgimble 3y ago
https://archive.ph/1sXj9
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by flipgimble 3y ago
Please observe that in my post I only recommend reflection, and describe how their communication sounds like to me. Seems like I'm not the only one. I am specifically trying to avoid the overtly adversarial language of telling someone
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by flipgimble 3y ago
As an outside observer without any connection to any of these project I'd recommend that you step back from posting strongly held negative opinions and reflect on your biases and assumptions here. It sounds like you are unreasonably di
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by flipgimble 3y ago
tinygrad and Hotz came on my radar only recently, so I looked into it. the most insightful comment, thats proven even more accurate with time, is this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36066136 quote: "he gets
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by flipgimble 3y ago
I don't see the difference tbh: tyrannical Christianity and tyrannical ideological governments are on opposite sides of the same coin. It is a time honored ploy to use one as the reason to favor the other. What they share in common is
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by flipgimble 3y ago
In my own life I try to hold some of the skeptical views of what technology is doing to my attention and time. I am striving to enact a discipline and focus of attention that sounds very much like the Askesis he describes. Sometimes it work
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by flipgimble 4y ago
Their inability to ship their printers in any reasonable time frame is indeed what kept me from ordering one, even though I saved specifically for getting into 3d printing. The same is true for about a dozen of my work colleagues that share
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by flipgimble 4y ago
you just explained why its not particularly wise or desirable to be a "absolutist" about anything and Musk either doesn't know what that word means or is an example of a performative contradiction. "say whatever you want
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by flipgimble 4y ago
The sad state of affairs in modern medicine is that patients now need to be weary for scams like this where a multinational pharmaceutical conglomerate will pull a bait, addict and switch prices tactic. It leads to patients avoiding what co
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by flipgimble 4y ago
John Carmack leaving your organization with a resignation letter like that is an undeniable sign that it is permeated with the rot of ineffective and self-deceptive middle management. If you've followed John's career you know that
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by flipgimble 4y ago
I don't think you get the point of this app or the check box. This is for an app that is meant to foster habits and the checkbox animation is an infrequent reward for completing a habit forming task. Secondarily the goal was also to wi
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by flipgimble 4y ago
Metal is great. Of the current generation of modern low-overhead Gfx APIs I think Metal was the easiest to get started with, great documentation and examples. While it takes more specialized knowledge to get started compared to OpenGL, I th
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by flipgimble 4y ago
For years I was musing about a camping trip to Shenandoah National Park which is only a couple hours away from me. However due to family, busy work, and laziness I would start planning too late and saw most spots booked on rec.gov. I would
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by flipgimble 5y ago
For me one of the first breakthroughs came when I realized that I had biases about how mental effort functions, and much different understanding than physical effort. I had an unspoken expectation that I should just be able to focus with en
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by flipgimble 5y ago
"every video game company" = Epic Games, and mostly because they don't like to pay overhead for their Fortnite loot boxes that most parents wish they could have some control over. I don't have allegiance to either compa
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by flipgimble 5y ago
This is an interesting example of emotional frustration pretending to be a technical argument. I'm fascinated by the mechanics of irrational hype and subjective downward spirals of dissatisfaction on technical topics. It's very si
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by flipgimble 5y ago
I’m not an expert on this, but there seems to be a custom GPU renderer optimized for dense triangle meshes, with its own occlusion pass. The LOD is also calculated based on clusters, multiple per-mesh with way to fix seams between cluster a
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by flipgimble 5y ago
A lot of information has been released here: https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/RenderingFeatures/Na... and here https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.0/en-US/RenderingFeatures/L
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by flipgimble 5y ago
He actually misunderstands and mischaracterizes the features of the languages he complains about. These features remove the need for a developer to keep track of invariants in their code, so should be embraced and welcomed by lazy developer
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by flipgimble 5y ago
I never recommended Clean Code, but I've become a strong advocate against it on teams that I lead after reading opinions by Bob Martin such as this one: https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2017/01/11&#x
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by flipgimble 6y ago
Another sad lesson why no open source developer should trust Google with their time and effort. Swift is a gem of a language with an unfortunately Apple-centric ecosystem, but at least you know Apple won't abandon the effort.
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by flipgimble 6y ago
It sounds like LeCun stepped away from twitter and that thread because he was fed up with the toxic discourse and did not attribute that to Timnit in particular. Its strange that OP post sounds exactly like what LeCun was asking people to s
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by flipgimble 6y ago
Of course in a larger than usual turnout election the second place numbers are also going to be larger than before. No demographic is a unified, single minded block of voters. The term Latinos is particular groups so many communities of dif
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by flipgimble 6y ago
Just want to point out the diversion tactics used here. This response throws a tangential, obscure point, while avoiding addressing the central topic that Trump incites and encourages violence from his podium, (“lock her up”, standby to whi
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by flipgimble 6y ago
If you actually read the email there is no “or else” or any other implied threat in there. So it’s rather disingenuous to add the implication when you simply don’t agree that the current political regime of Trumpism is steadily devolving th
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by flipgimble 6y ago
He expects that a Trump second term and GOP control of government will be an existential threat to his company and the country. Sadly this is a well substantiated prediction. Luckily in the US we have the first amendment to ensures that exp
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by flipgimble 6y ago
That is a good point, I updated my comment attribute the quote more accurately.

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