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polytronic
5y ago
Meta is copying our work and our logo. I was the chief developer of MySoci.Net, featuring my own 3d graphics engine NthDimension ( https://github.com/StylianosPolychroniadis/NthDimension ) for its first version before mo
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polytronic
5y ago
Plant trees
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polytronic
5y ago
A couple of points that I see people miss surprisingly often. I will pretend for the purposes of this post that I do not know how mRNA or DNA works and will not argue that until very recently we considered 75% of our DNA structure be junk.
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polytronic
5y ago
Dangerous to the society? Not really. Dangerous to the elites? Certainly yes!
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polytronic
5y ago
Because they had no tv?
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Immuno-epidemiology and Transmission Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 [pdf]
(athenaeumpub.com)
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polytronic
5y ago
The mob would not miss such an opportunity!
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6y ago
My understanding is that it generates parallel to the rgb information, a depth-map and segments encoded also in specific spectrum of colors. This removes the burden of heavy image processing (edge-detection, etc) which improves performance.
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polytronic
6y ago
It is very interesting to read how Hesiod defined the extinct species (size, anatomy, behaviour, etc) almost 3000 years ago and contrast it with modern research
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6y ago
Five according to Hesiod. We are the sixth. See Hesiod's Theogony and Work and Days
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6y ago
The author at 17 years of age can understand academics and research. Has the skills and dedication to go through an exercise of reconstructing state-of-the-art. I can't help but feel pride and hope for the future, both the author'
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On creating Arctic code vault art, open-source and minerals
(medium.com)
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polytronic
6y ago
A vanity exercise? I think you are really missing the point here. As a 3D graphics developer myself, having published my 13-years long pet-project, a full-featured 3D graphics engine as open source ( https://github.com/Stylia
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Vulkan Synchronization
(imgtec.com)
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6y ago
That's awesome! An example of true art in software engineering! Kudos!
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6y ago
I completely align with this: "When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppressio
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7y ago
It does rest after every beat
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The Rotating Lepton Model
(sciencedirect.com)
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7y ago
John Maynard Keynes published an interesting paper in 1930. "Economic possibilities for our grand children"
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7y ago
I have trouble registering to your website. More specifically I opted for linkedin based registration but the process stops with a message that the password is weak although I use a couple of special characters, numbers and text in both low
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7y ago
R.I.P. Tony Brooker mov ax,0x4c00 int 0x21
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How to be an Epicurean? That's easy! Start by using his Tetrapharmakon (means the quadruple remedy) to live a happy life, which is the following: Θεός Άφοβον - God is not to be feared Θάνατος Αναίσθητον - You don't feel (sic or me
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7y ago
I concur! Additionally to the article I believe the overall problem with software development is that it cannot be done by everyone. Developing great software requires the mentality of a passionate artist and a lifetime dedication. Unfortun
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7y ago
Here in Greece we 'competitionized' state working cleaning ladies! Trust me we know how its done and some of us know damn well the grand scheme of things. U puppies keep on dreaming about progress and evolution under the present s
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Hahaha, I would say we should be more worried about natural stupidity
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Πράγματι όλοι εδώ! Not to mention the fact that ancient Greek seems like a foreign language to modern Greek speakers. Interestingly ancient Greek is more compact and comprehensive (ie uses fewer words compared to modern) as it uses a richer
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The single most important factor when it comes to UI is text rendering. Immediate mode UIs are based on text rasterization, ie polygon creation for each character of the text while retained mode text is usually featuring texture atlases con
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There is great a number of Alan Watts talks on YouTube. For more information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts
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I'd like to stand at the last paragraph of the article above stating “There is some beautiful structure that somehow coexists with a totally random environment,” Papić said. “What kind of physics allows this to happen? This is a kind
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I could not agree more! To me the big picture is that the industry is aligned towards servitude to MBAers, marketeers/salespeople and advertisers. Let's go sell more and grow x% per year!!! Until the next disruptive fast-food junk
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