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by pickledcods 5y ago
First impression is that the new layout gives way better overview on the history and evolution. Nice colour coding/styling and I was like: Yes! that's the way to go. Opposed to the old style which felt like a wall-of-clicking and
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Unless they are unsigned ints, and then it is defined behaviour and it becomes modulo arithmetic.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Alternatively you can do: a ^= b; b ^= a; a ^= b; Which uses less energy because the bitwise operators do not use the intermediate/interbit carry.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
saving (one) swap space by adding 3 reads and 3 calculations.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Say you master this knowledge, how would you go around finding a fitting job? I'm starting a new chapter in my life and find it impossible to find a position that matches the collection of abilities, and the rare ones available respond
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Because it is internet connected, and possibly only works when internet connected, you are dependent on the manufacturer after purchase. Does it have a built in web-server that can device-independent access all functions through a local net
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by pickledcods 5y ago
The weird thing is when I'm mentally exhausted. The sound effects changes and clicks and plops are added. The only moment I am truly free of tinnitus is losing the fight against falling asleep. Seconds before I slip into a dream state
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by pickledcods 5y ago
It also heavily stresses relationships. I have the equivalent of two jet engines in my ears, including the characteristic phase shifting. Managing it is basically mentally "locking it out", which has the side effect of becoming in
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by pickledcods 5y ago
The biggest pitfall with manual bulk transcribing Pascal to C back in day, was that operator precedence between both languages are really different. Not only is their model of thinking different, it is also wrong.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
All the fractal related projects have gathered under the github account RockingShip, the main project being Untangle. The other projects give an indication of the direction, most notably the bezier curves. A the moment I have lost the focus
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Timing of the article is impeccable. I've devoted my life work on fractal logic and calculating with structures, spanning 4 disciplines and two dozen discoveries. One of the many opportunities it gives is transforming hash functions, m
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by pickledcods 5y ago
> it is awkward to draw things with Bézier curves Sorry for repeating my comment, but you really should check out the the interactive examples of the closed bezier curves (which could also be open). They were designed to be intuitive as
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Slightly related: Closed Continuous Bézier Curves with on-curve control-points for a Much more intuitive interaction. It is also used to fit curves into arbitrary outlines like country/region borders. The project is heavily under const
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by pickledcods 5y ago
And then reading the manual to discover the other things it could do
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by pickledcods 5y ago
I have the exact same problem with my European passport. maximum name length, that is total first+middle+surname must be less than 30 characters. Officially I am not who I am.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
This is absolutely amazing and is the perfect gift for the research I'm working on: fractal logic and calculating with structures. The concept is to break down (algebraic) operators into a single fundamental operator and a single refer
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by pickledcods 5y ago
The rise of Trusted Computing where users are considered untrusted and perhaps even criminal by default. It will only get worse: playing any kind of media with a browser and OS you dislike.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
The biggest performance hit that is educated everywhere is accessing pixels through getImageData() as bytes. In many cases it is way better to access it as a 32-bits RGBA value, like with: const rgba = new Uint32Array(getImageData(0, 0,
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by pickledcods 5y ago
For a high performance/responsive 2D canvas the best approach is with webworkers and ArrayBuffer, like I did for this project: https://rockingship.github.io/jsFractalZoom/jsFractalZoom.ht... It can easily handle 4
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Thank you for the insight!
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by pickledcods 5y ago
The thing I greatly dislike about Ironwolf is that it displays a nonsense value for the smart attribute "Raw_Read_Error_Rate". I have no idea to how to extract the actual error rate, if any.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Wait till your TV license expires
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Show HN: Splash – Fractal zooming with a paint brush as video encoding
3 points by pickledcods 5y ago|0 comments
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Absolutely underrated comment! Most websites use only 60% of the available screen width.
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by pickledcods 5y ago
I'm tech savvy, raised my kids internet liberal, gave them lots of freedom and educated them so they could protect themselves without adult supervision. Training to cope with unexpected situations is far more important than withholding
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by pickledcods 5y ago
Please stop!
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Show HN: Fractal Zoomer and Splash Codec(rockingship.github.io)
2 points by pickledcods 6y ago|1 comments
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by pickledcods 6y ago
Hi HN! What started as a simple project to explore advanced javascript optimisations turned into something really big. It gave deeper insight in how we perceive motion and how our mind, brain and eyes play a role. Expanding the possibilit
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by pickledcods 6y ago
And Hippopotamus are closest related to pigs.
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by pickledcods 6y ago
It changed with political correct investments. Some 15 years ago people became aware of companies investing in weapon industry, specifically cluster munition and landmines. A signal was sent by publicly shaming companies that shrugged their

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