markus_zhang

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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   Thanks, yeah that's the laptop.
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   I thought that's an ZX-81 Spectrum but I watched it again and found out that it was not! Edit: Watched again and it is an ATARI laptop because the brand showed up in a few frames. This is probably the one: https://en.wikiped
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   Also I think we are pretty close to the year 2027 which was supposed to be the year that humans defeat Skynet. Time flies.
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   My initiation was the first Alien movie on VCR. I watched it maybe in 1990 or 1991, but definitely before I reach 10 years old. It was also the first movie that I watched. The movie scared the shit out of me for months afterwards. When look
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   I saw claims for that in multiple sources. I think they initially wanted to do CG but it was too hard back then so the pilot did it anyway.
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   The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)(vfxblog.com)

   267 points by markus_zhang 3mo ago|95 comments
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   Thanks will check them out.
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   I don’t disagree with that, but back then polygons are in the hundreds/low thousand, and now they have mega textures, huge models, which are simply too expensive to create. Not to say IDTech is alone in this, but I think not many compa
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   by markus_zhang 3mo ago

   I also worked in a public company that bought a lot of companies during the pandemic and had to sell or shut them down in the wake of 2024. My cynical take is that a lot of VC/fund bros need their cash during the pandemic and they saw
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    I was thinking, is that the space hopping map? Because I didn’t play much MP back in the day but that map was a blast. Checked online and indeed that’s the one! I wonder what is the biggest online community nowadays that I can play MP with.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    I don’t think they are interested or have the $$$. It probably worths like a billion?
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    IMO, people should stop chasing making AAA games or whatever nVidia pushed out. They should just build games instead of graphics demos that sometimes sold well. They can stick to desktops 10 years ago, make smaller teams, and either build t
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Machine games and Arkane studio use IDtech.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    However, is it easy to work with an undocumented IDtech engine? Even a previous generation, say Rage? I think it’s very hard.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Did they do any talks about optimization?
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    I think there is another benefit of a custom engine — you built it to fit your workflow, so you could be extremely productive with all kinds of tools built specifically for this workflow. UE or Unity do not consider your specific cases. The
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    That's really sad.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Maybe they will just pump up remakes in other engines, like UE.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Probably because their game made the bucks?
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Thanks for sharing. I heard that ID also got gutted, from Scott Miller on X: https://x.com/ScottApogee/status/2074198967550685268 Is it true?
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Scott Miller on X said that many, if not most of ID was also let go. https://x.com/ScottApogee/status/2074198967550685268
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Even if she did push him out, Phil only has himself to blame. After all he is the manager of Xbox. Xbox definitely did not do well.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    I have no idea why they didn’t realize that earlier, or if there is any insider dealing involved, from my cynical thoughts.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    If it doesn’t work then it doesn’t. What do you lose? You are going to buy the games anyway.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Companies need to earn money, so the only leverage we as customers is to NOT buy their products. Educate our kids that such practices are EVIL and to buy the products it means to support those EVIL practices. Don't be afraid to call up
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Yeah I’d rather fight with concurrency or obscure language features than fight with ever changing and ambiguous business rules.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Yeah I agree. And sometimes it is not really the complexity. For example, kernel or compilers are very complicated in certain way, too, but whichever company makes those products probably is way more stringent about the quality comparing to
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    I’m trying to get a bit away from the business stakeholders, into more technically required roles. Eventually my goal is to get into a system programming role. The issue with roles close to business is that it doesn’t provide the right soil
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Thanks a bunch. I purchased a book "Mathematics for 3D game programming & computer graphics" so figured they are pretty similar. But it is still very good material so I'll take it as reference.
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    by markus_zhang 3mo ago

    Ah that was said. At least I only purchase classic games.