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by wetmore 4y ago
Preventing texture repetition is definitely one area you'll see techniques like this, e.g. via Wang tilings. Here is another example: https://iquilezles.org/articles/texturerepetition/
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by wetmore 4y ago
It also mentions that the model that didn't succeed wasn't the most recent one.
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by wetmore 4y ago
From what I understand the main benefit of struct-of-array is that it is more cache and alignment friendly.
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by wetmore 4y ago
Your comment really rubs me the wrong way. Maybe it's the use of "mere"? It really discounts the amount of suffering ME/CFS causes people.
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by wetmore 4y ago
Uh what is this elephant you are referring to?
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by wetmore 4y ago
> It's published research, not hidden in secrecy, like say how to build planes invisible under radar. In a bit of historical irony, the mathematics underpinning the development of early stealth aircraft was based on published resear
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by wetmore 4y ago
The Fucking/Featured Article
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by wetmore 4y ago
The proof is constructive though, so that's something.
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by wetmore 4y ago
It's a joke
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by wetmore 4y ago
Delta flights I've taken this year have had cheap but terrible wifi that was insufficient to use for work. I assume the free wifi offering will be similar.
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by wetmore 4y ago
This is true for some but not all "extreme" sports. EG it is pretty untrue about any sport that requires you to travel in avalanche terrain; there is very little feedback when you are in dangerous situations, and when there is fee
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by wetmore 4y ago
I don't think it's that shocking to see the sentiment. People who work with computers have (IMO) a better understanding of the pitfalls that can come with their integration into systems. We are more aware of the security issues th
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by wetmore 4y ago
Just because similar concerns existed does not make them invalid. I was a 2000s kid who spent far too much time playing videogames and on the computer. If I could give my past self advice against doing so, I would in a heartbeat.
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by wetmore 4y ago
Climbing is a great way to learn knots in an applied way.
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by wetmore 4y ago
There are so many ads on your page.
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by wetmore 4y ago
Vercel is not a front-end framework. Also that's a sponsorship link.
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by wetmore 4y ago
I don't think it's fair to just wave away such concerns. Automation lowers the number of people necessary to create something. This shrinkage of the available labor pool only happens faster with computer automation. The way the wo
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by wetmore 4y ago
When I'm outdoors I often notice an internal conflict between enjoying the ability to spend the time doing exactly I want to do, and wanting to share the experience with someone.
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by wetmore 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap,_Crackle_and_Pop
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by wetmore 5y ago
> This suggests a belief that typical Americans are dumbasses for preferring other forms of transportation, so they need elites to force them into what’s best for them. I think this is an unfair characterization. The belief is that rail
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by wetmore 5y ago
Yeah, this is anecdotal of course but I was double vaxxed + boosted by last October, and I got covid for the first time in late December 2021, and the second time early April 2022. The first time was extremely mild (no real symptoms beyond
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by wetmore 5y ago
> Yellow journalism and yellow press are American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. Techniques may in
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by wetmore 5y ago
As much as I love Microcenter, even there I've had a salesman give me uninformed advice, throw his bar code sticker on the thing he told me to get, and walk away.
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by wetmore 5y ago
Jeez, considering the author is in this thread perhaps you could be a little more polite.
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by wetmore 5y ago
> It is almost time. You know it. That is why you are posting this.
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by wetmore 5y ago
Simply fantastic! This is really impressive work and very clear too.
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by wetmore 5y ago
Perhaps when they are large enough to have significant power, they attract more employees with looser morals who see them as places where they can profit.
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by wetmore 5y ago
That's probably not the motivation behind everyone who thinks billionaires shouldn't exist.
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by wetmore 5y ago
Calling people "webshits" is not really in the spirit of HN imo.
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by wetmore 5y ago
The flip side is that anyone who wants to become a programmer has a wealth of learning resources available to them that did not exist for earlier generations. I had to spend hours scouring forums to piece together information that is availa

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