Rayhem

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by Rayhem 2mo ago
Fun fact: the original was only produced in English but the Shrek remix (which is a *BOP*) got translated into every language the movie did.
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by Rayhem 8mo ago
The physics prof who gave me my start would always get this kind of fond, nostalgic look in his eye whenever anyone mentioned "the days of punch card programming". So, naturally, I took an old slide rule and mounted it in a shadow
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by Rayhem 10mo ago
Disclaimer: I'm just an...interested layman, but as far as I know we don't really know. It looks like there's both genetic and environmental components to it; your genes have a big impact on your "temperament" and m
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by Rayhem 11mo ago
> I came across narcissism. The idea that you’re smarter than everyone else. Comes from a grandiose sense of self importance. This may be the colloquial description of how narcissism manifests, but it isn't even close to (and possib
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by Rayhem 1y ago
While claiming an aversion to being evil. Actions matter more than words.
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by Rayhem 1y ago
Yes, exactly. If you have to update everyone's health (you do) and the updates are pretty much the same (they are), then things don't get any more cache friendly than this.
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by Rayhem 1y ago
Sure. If your monsters have health, then their health is going to need updating pretty much by definition. Option 1 would be to make each entity responsible for updating itself with an overloaded `update` function in sort of a "classic
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by Rayhem 1y ago
If you're really accessing those fields it's overwhelmingly likely that you're accessing the same field for all of your instances. Your access pattern is going to be monsters[0].health = //calculation mo
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by Rayhem 1y ago
> The health of a monster is currently represented by a 4 byte signed integer, meaning that the health can range from -2^31 to 2^31-1 (2^31 ~= 2 million). We can already see that half of the integers potential is unused because the healt
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by Rayhem 1y ago
> Sometimes authors use it without thinking, but removing the passive voice often makes writing shorter and clearer. I don't think mentioning "authors" is absolutely necessary, but I think this is both a faithful attempt
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by Rayhem 1y ago
In the same vein, I've been keen to try out "What would the world look like if..." and then show that we do or do not observe related phenomena. It seems like the best way to meet someone on their terms (because they get to w
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by Rayhem 1y ago
Except when LLM providers bury the thing you're obviously looking for under an entire page of sponsored ads (buy Diet Coke™!), then that convenience argument starts to not hold up as well...
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by Rayhem 2y ago
I had a parallel thought when a loved one was in the hospital. I noticed the nurses were so busy that small requests like an extra blanket were often forgotten entirely. How incredible would it be to have a voice system that would build a t
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by Rayhem 2y ago
I've come to understand that software has two axes: the problem domain and the software domain. The problem domain is things like your physical model. Your 3d mesh. Financial transactions. All things that need to be represented in
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by Rayhem 2y ago
Obligatory callout to Nick Trefethen (et. al.)'s Chebfun[1] which extends this stuff in just about every direction you can think of. 'Chebfuns' are to functions as floats are to actual mathematical numbers. It's some ser
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by Rayhem 2y ago
When it works we call it intuition. When it doesn't we call it superstition. There are all sorts of availability biases at work here; none of which really support the use of intuition as a valuable, predictive resource. After all, if
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by Rayhem 2y ago
A/C is interesting because it has something of a built-in capacity system. "Super" cool the building during times of the day when power is readily available, and that cooling then persists. You don't have to store the el
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by Rayhem 2y ago
> "here's what you should have prepared for our 1:1s" Tangentially, I'd like to survey attitudes about this kind of 1:1. I'm of the opinion that my 1:1 with my manager is my time to discuss my thoughts and ne
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by Rayhem 2y ago
> If you have a laser, you can print an optical neural network using a consumer 3D printer. I would love to look into this more. Do you have a reference that would give some instructions on how to give this a go?
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by Rayhem 2y ago
Not necessarily. If self-driving cars "aren't ready" and then you redefine what ready is, you've absolutely got your thumb on the scale of measuring progress.
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by Rayhem 2y ago
I would be very interested in seeing an error comparison of this technique against something like a full-wave PDE or integral equation solver. Demonstrating that the (fast) raytracing solution converges on the (slow) full-wave solution as e
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by Rayhem 2y ago
Why not simply ask? "Hi $COLLEAGUE. I'm having a problem with $TASK: I'm trying to accomplish $GOAL but I keep seeing $ERROR. I've tried $WORKAROUNDS, but none of them have fixed the problem. I think it will be fastest i
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by Rayhem 3y ago
This sounds like the next-gen version of Translation Party[1]. The "translation equilibrium" is when you get the same thing on both sides of the translation. I wonder what the "AI equilibrium" is. [1]: https:/&#x2F
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by Rayhem 3y ago
> I have no doubt quantum physicists know what they are talking about but...I always think it is the kind of excuse a schoolkid would give their teachers for their calculations being wrong. Just to emphasize how extreme this dichotomy is
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by Rayhem 3y ago
> A better way to make decisions in a software project is to consult with stakeholders (if necessary), identify the appropriate decision maker based on competence and then let that person make a decision. Holy shit. This is one of the m
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by Rayhem 3y ago
You can advocate for more personal responsibility and also advocate for businesses to behave in the interests of individual human beings. They're not mutually exclusive. Just because I don't want a business to extort every last
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by Rayhem 3y ago
Perfect example of Betteridge's law of headlines[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
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by Rayhem 3y ago
> This being a hobby project may also be a reason why the other programmers want to do things right; they may get satisfaction and learn new things by doing it this way! Exactly my thought. Hobby projects are great opportunities to prac
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by Rayhem 3y ago
This is an incredibly myopic take bordering on arrogance. The infotainment system of a vehicle needs (as in, is mandated) to be as safety compliant as the rest of the vehicle's software so your steering doesn't lock out when the d
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by Rayhem 3y ago
"Private sign, DO NOT READ"

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