mrhyperpenguin

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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
> This performance optimization doesn't really work for variable-width blurs... An alternative would be to use Summed-area tables [1] where each texel contains the sum of all texels that are above and to the left of the current texel. T
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
I don't see anything inherently objectionable with the language of the bill. "...helping students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific the
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
Sure consistency is great but it doesn't trump everything else. If that were the case we would still be using Nokia style interfaces from the 90s. Samsung might benefit from adopting the Android 4.0 UI. If they did, assuming other vendors d
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
I have the HP TouchSmart tm2t (a touchscreen laptop) and the touchscreen controls make Windows 8 easy and actually enjoyable to use. I don't know what Microsoft is trying to do with Windows 8. I know they intended to make touch a first clas
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
But as you said yourself, there are situations in which this 'humor' is appropriate. The official blog of a government agency is definitely not the place. I would expect this type of language from a no-name blog by a person with the grammar
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
So I assume Google is going to start selling ads and collecting information through autonomous cars?
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
Can anyone think of any rational behind this? Why would they want to switch people to tiered data plans when there is no effective difference to them?
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
There are some great people at Bethesda, creating an engine that is capable of what Skyrim is capale is no small feat, so I'm sure they are perfectly aware of what they are doing. Its hard to believe that they 'forgot' to turn on optimizati
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
Since there are .NET jobs where you live, I would say try and get a job doing that so you can get experience as developer rather than getting experience in a particular language. Developers learn new languages all of the time. Instead of wo
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
Does anyone know if there's a picture of Bill Cosby with the sweater?
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California lawmaker surprised to find genre of music cannot be outlawed(rawstory.com)
12 points by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago|4 comments
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
It seems kind of verbose having to define all of the keyframes and such. Very cool nonetheless.
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Terrain Raymarching(iquilezles.org)
2 points by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago|0 comments
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by mrhyperpenguin 15y ago
Am I the only one that agrees with Notch and does think that this "unlimited detail" technology is a scam? Euclideon is asking for money to develop "new" technology that in reality has been done before and does not have any advantages over