jheriko

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901.
by jheriko 13y ago
>I can't for the life of me understand this pursuit of a (fake) linear history. me too... i really enjoy history being immutable and accurate. all of the arguments i've heard for pruning history tend to boil down to ease of use
902.
by jheriko 13y ago
isn't this just another very special case of 'modifying history is harmful'?
903.
by jheriko 13y ago
that might work for a frustum like directional light source (maybe) but what about an omnidirectional point light like in the example? you can certainly walk 'outwards' from a node but then you are missing the real benefit to the
904.
by jheriko 13y ago
this is interesting (although this sort of effect has never mystified me) - i can't help but think how this can be optimised. the steps gone through here are things i never would have done and the final solution is about where i would
905.
by jheriko 13y ago
although its labelled and oft quoted as such the black book is really an optimisation manual in disguise imo. the content on graphics is virtually non-existent except for outdated information about old hardware interfaces from a time before
906.
by jheriko 13y ago
i forgot to mention terrible iteration time on device and lack of reasonable control over update order... both of which have conspired to waste a considerable amount of my time this morning :)
907.
by jheriko 13y ago
very cool. now... for a who can make the optimal AI competition... :P
908.
by jheriko 13y ago
the most obvious bug problem i had was with localisation (i've heard this is fixed but not updated yet) where it constantly returned en-US. this is pretty embarassing imo... it shouldn't be possible to ship in this state and when
909.
by jheriko 13y ago
fyi i meant to delete 'so that most of the loud opinions and'
910.
by jheriko 13y ago
yeah, the one time i tried to use psgl as a time saver it was a lesson in how broken, unmaintained and poorly documented it was... i'm pretty sure it would have worked at some point because the docs indicated that it had. however - wri
911.
by jheriko 13y ago
its not a big deal... its just that most game code is hidden and buried so that most of the loud opinions and i have to say its good to see this but i'm mildly disappointed too... DirectX --> OpenGL is one thing, but a properly cros
912.
by jheriko 13y ago
neat little game :)
913.
by jheriko 13y ago
this is disproportionate and sadly very expected... although something about playing with fire and being burned comes to mind..
914.
by jheriko 13y ago
Unity is great for rapid development but it is a very poor model to learn from. Riddled with terrible amateur mistakes, awful design choices and some truly embarrassing bugs. The overhead is huge and the respect for memory and performance i
915.
by jheriko 13y ago
i had a friend who recommended me and thats always the best way - however the only real good advice i can give is to keep trying. some of the juniors i have encountered doing their first jobs found them through agencies, former university c
916.
by jheriko 13y ago
it is a bit disappointing that so many developers dive into making things without making some minimum research effort into what others have done before. its a recurring theme... however i'm torn because its nice that useful software ca
917.
by jheriko 13y ago
> Do you basically have to learn/work on projects like this during your free time, and hope your "portfolio" gets you a job? I always thought this and i applied for my first industry job with a game demo and some tech demo
918.
by jheriko 13y ago
actually a lot of games still use direct lighting in the same style as Doom 3 but with an added ambient term (like Quake 4) and using shadow maps because somehow (I don't agree) the artefacts of shadow maps are considered more tolerabl
919.
by jheriko 13y ago
Good article. Lots of high-level generic detail :) > Dynamic shadows from toggleable lights would be projected into this buffer using a MIN blend Just wanted to quote this because as much as i love id and JC this bugged the crap out of m
920.
by jheriko 13y ago
actually my source is very flimsy - its a chris rock sketch i saw a few years ago. this is perfectly believable though considering the often inhuman treatment of slaves. googling this matter reveals that its popular enough to appear in the
921.
by jheriko 13y ago
i'm not talking about aptitude and i hope i didn't give this impression. desire to do something does not make you inherently better at it... maybe i miss your point, but 'impetus' as classically defined is nearly equival
922.
by jheriko 13y ago
stem is a bit wooly. i think of the construction, driving/motor and manufacturing industries as being part of STEM and that covers a significant portion of men - several of the most common modes of employment for men if not all of them
923.
by jheriko 13y ago
i felt i should give you an answer after you took the time to reply with interesting examples :)
924.
by jheriko 13y ago
thanks. i am not exactly trying to be an ass. it may be surprising but the lack of tact is intentional (and more muted than i feel i should feel free to use without lashback). > I think it's better to assume that two groups of peopl
925.
by jheriko 13y ago
ok. so get ready to hate me but i think that none of these things are real 'problems' and that there are reasons: > African Americans are 12% of the population but today make up over 65% of the NFL. During slavery African Amerc
926.
by jheriko 13y ago
> But you have to exclude the possibility that the difference is caused (primarily) by cultural factors. fine, if we are going to have a very serious discussion on this... (i'm always mildly flabbergasted this isn't common sen
927.
by jheriko 13y ago
i strongly disagree. see the stuff i linked and research the subject. there is plenty of research showing that tech/social biases are measurable from the earliest possible ages. there are certainly lots of opinions that this is not tru
928.
by jheriko 13y ago
i'm not ashamed to speak my opinion, nor associate it with my name. i don't think i'm making especially ridiculous or unbackable claims... it shouldn't be offensive to women imo. i am not offended by the many opportuniti
929.
by jheriko 13y ago
wait.... really? am i the only one who sees this? http://imgur.com/apYhmRw glancability? that l is an embarassment. sorry, but the idea that this a well designed font is to me - a joke. and i am not particularly an expert.
930.
by jheriko 13y ago
is data not good enough? i don't really care to speculate on the cause - that can be debated. there are plenty of differences in brain physiology and development between sexes though. its a much weaker hypothesis to assume that there i

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