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by sho_hn 2y ago
Another very cool project in this space is TRX, which is based on a decompilation of the original Tomb Raider 1 & 2 source code: https://github.com/LostArtefacts/TRX Of the various Tomb Raider fan engine projects,
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Thanks for pointing this out. The embedded scaled version (which isn't clickable) had artifacts for me, and wasn't very nice.
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> Humans have been programming other humans since the beginning of our time (and arguably other species too[0]). There's the often-captured idea that social interaction (including the ability to reason about what information another
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Have you heard the engineering adage "the purpose of a system is what it does"? Second-guessing the motivations of the Trump administration is tiresome. Let's just judge it by what it does and its effects, both speak for them
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Expected something about MacOS' Quartz.
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Re the "medical imaging" reference, many of those are built on top of one famous study recording movement before conscious realization that isn't as clear-cut as it entered popular knowledge as: https://www.theatla
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Did you read the slide? It doesn't make the argument you are responding to, you just seem to have been prompted by "Math".
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OK, I'm coming from Linux, but I have to say my experience has been the opposite. I have a semi-complex app I've decided to port to Windows (it's so far on Linux and MacOS and configures/debugs/tests servo motors on
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My advise is to take pleasure and have confidence in good writing, over misspent energy worrying about things like this. If you practice your skills, you will reap the rewards.
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I honestly couldn't understand what you were trying to say.
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Psychology more than anything, to be honest. I know it's supposed to be visually lossless, but it does touch and nudge many pixels, and I just want the raw image. I do dabble in graphics and UI frontend at times, and I don't want
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Honestly, as a guy working in open source at the time, the massive brain drain when crypto came along and young people wanted to get rich instead of solving problems was increadibly dispiriting and frustrating. Seen in comparison, the AI st
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I recently bought a 240 Hz OLED monitor as well, but to my dismay the 80 Gbps data rate mode is actually optional in DisplayPort 2.1a. Even though I have a DP2.1-capable GPU (9070 XT) and monitor, it's not possible to do 4k 10bit HDR a
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Almost anyone can tell the difference between 60 and 120 Hz. Seriously, if you haven't upgraded your desktop PC to a higher refresh rate screen yet: It's the biggest "feels like a new computer!" upgrade since we swappe
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I have to say as someone living outside the US, it's been great. The calendar over here is filling up to the brim with exciting events and conferences that can't risk being held in the US anymore.
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There's a documentary called "White Diamond", filmed alongside her prep for her "Showgirl: Homecoming" (the previously-cancelled leg of her "Showgirl" tour, after she had to interrupt it for cancer treatme
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> On hacker news. You have the wrong expectations toward HN :) It's a lot less frustrating if you correct them. It's the community forum for a US-based, web-heavy startup accelerator, not a "hacker's corner" in t
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Kylie Minogue is, as far as pop music goes, awesome. Her stage shows are fantastic, and you should see the massive mobile server park and crew of nerds that runs it all. Pushing the envelope of stage shows as a product for sure.
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The problem with building the factory for the Model T of galaxy scanners is the limited customer audience.
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The "cant rail" in question here is the exterior cladding of the A pillar and along the panoramic roof, adjacent to the windshield. Noting that sharp-edged, robust stainless steel trim pieces falling of cars can be a pretty signif
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KDE developer myself, and happy Fedora user since 2009. Agreed, the Fedora team does a great job, also with keeping us developers happy by e.g. providing dependencies needed by the unreleased development versions.
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Thanks -- I really don't know much about the latter
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I think the meta is studying history, and wondering if any slide toward facism has ever been successfully stopped in its tracks without being beaten down in wars. The two sort-of examples in Western history I can think of are Spain after Fr
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If you want to read about this in fascinating detail, I highly recommend the book "Digital Apollo" by David A. Mindell. David's book spends a lot of time dwelling on the tension between highly automated systems and the role o
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250 meters is very respectable for a first try. Apollo 14 and 12 achieved 30 meters and 163 meters with human piloting, respectively, and that's after the program made precision landing a high-effort mission goal. The automated mission
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Which gives me great amusement about the current human spaceflight plan to land upright Starship on the moon, and lower astronauts from the top of what is effectively a tower-like 13-story building (52.1m without landing legs, at 9m tube wi
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One reason is that none of these factories can be built without European ASML machines, and given how the US is doing its absolute best to disrupt its relationship with Europe, maybe it would be time to stop selling them there and consider
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I try to remember that the USA is the same country that made the 90s Star Trek I grew up with a mainstream hit.
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You are correct, and this is indeed a valuable lesson: https://archive.is/xh2Ci I'm still sticking to the comment, even in awareness of history and having entertained the comparison. Let's hope I'm not proven
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Honestly, for me it's a huge silver lining that this generation's descent into facism is as bumbling, incompetent and ineffectual as it is proving so far. We might learn the lesson this time before we actually do tip into world wa

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