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I wouldn't call that careless. So far, proposals to extend the for-loop have not passed the cost/benefit test. I think supporting iterators would require something like magic-metho…

Zig is a lot more complex than C, but I think most of the language complexity came from filling in gaps rather than tacking things on. For example I think they have settled on havi…

It's good to see the project soldier forward! Some things I am excited about for the future: - Continued progress on the new "stage2" compiler, which is written in Zig itself (long…

It's pretty amazing to see this project still going. I remember Sauerbraten more because of its unique engine. Maps are basically a big octree with something like marching-cubes ap…

The Quake 1 and 2 model formats were very similar, the interpolation was a rendering feature. After the Quake 1 engine source was released in late 1999 the interpolation was quickl…

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23240800

Cool, I missed that :) The temperature setting does seem to make it stop picking puffy jackets, although it's still coming up with some pretty heavy outfits. I'm sure that's just a…

This is fun to mess around with. It would be nice if you could select "climate" (like daily weather or even season) as an additional input. It keeps adding puffy vests and jackets …

This is a really nice system. Quake used it back in 1996 to fit the game in 8MB. They called it a "hunk"[0] and it worked pretty much exactly as you said. The main drawback I find …

I keep getting surreal hells. First: I see my pregnant sister nearby, I go back to work and then go to sleep. I wake up, and she is standing over my bed. I ask her about the baby, …

I think this is a great idea. I maintain a personal extension as well. I've experimented with a few ideas for augmenting browser experience, but so far I'm mostly just hiding obtru…