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dgently7

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    Comment #49173337

    have to say i really enjoyed how this was presented. no comment on the results or the premise of are people good at mowing or just good at playing "snake" i would be very curious t…

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    Comment #49170812

    why would apple make a chip that could be updated to improve the model when they could just sell you a better chip in the next years device? on device llm gives apple the new "bett…

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    Comment #49079004

    am i wrong but doesnt the article say the dude worked at "eyeline" which seems to be consistently described in a quick search as a "netflix owned vfx company" which would not reall…

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    Comment #49071063

    if you struggle with sticking it might not be just your pan... yeah, a good stainless is more than non stick enough for anything. But something that doesn't get enough attention wi…

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    Comment #49001943

    in 3d we have "blinns law", someone else probably has a better definition but basically it says that we keep adding complexity and details to a scene until it takes about an hour t…

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    Comment #48993892

    this checks out. Not the most technically impressive feat but i was able to do this with some remote controls for some ceiling fans. figured out the protocol, wired up an esp32 wit…

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    Comment #48691617

    you are onto something here.. except that instead of a single "scheduler" (the player) each core should need to grab and release its stuff. so its multiplayer and you have to coord…

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    Comment #48654960

    it occurs to me that you dont need to even actually do it. just say you will. say you have an ironclad way to lock it down that is baked into the hardware. If the scalpers think th…

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    Comment #48631718

    just invite more friends over and make it batch style in a punch bowl. still will be an unhealthy amount unless you have a lot of friends, but you will have a good time. no idea on…

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    Comment #48626340

    this. also realize its a complex game with a legit learning curve. you literally cant just drop in to pvp and expect to have fun. and also at least in lobbies with noob in the name…

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    Comment #48626238

    i just started playing this last year, and tbh ive seen way more patience in "noob" lobbies than i would have expected for an online game. the bar (pun intended) to having a good e…

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    Comment #48550652

    hmm yeah, take that one step farther and you have your get on the ocean fast tutorial level.. go from point a to point b. fight one ship. capture a small island. then the map opens…

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    Comment #48546293

    a middle approach could be a trainer mode where you can say your desired direction of travel and the game gives you a suggestion of heading + trim. think like the driving line in r…

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    Comment #48544519

    the control layout is a bit awkward on mobile. i find myself wanting to adjust both heading and trim continuously, but both controls are on the right so i cant use both thumbs. the…

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    Comment #48362776

    sure of course nothing is perfect and oiio has a lot of surface area / is still oss. thats good advice. ive just seen a lot of "ai researchers" who are getting into professional im…

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    Comment #48362096

    "Let’s say you’re writing an image processing program. The program takes in an image, converts it to floating point, does some processing and finally saves the modified pixels to d…

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    Comment #48117504

    pull up any moderately busy picture with more than a trivial amount of objects. pictures of "traffic" or with other similar repetition are great for this demo. pick one specific ob…

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    Comment #48070337

    wasnt that magenta highlights thing a pretty well known deficiency of the reds for a long time? (unsure if they resolved it in recent ones)

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    Comment #47945188

    also let me rearrange the tiles on the board not just my rack. its very frustrating if you need to swap two letters you have to move the first one out of the way then put the secon…

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    Comment #47943739

    unrailed meets scrabble. what dictionary does this use, i tried a few words that i was pretty sure are in the scrabble set but didnt work here. (could be wrong) for me the train is…

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    Comment #47930068

    evil ... yet. if op is really serious about fixing social networking he needs to figure out a way to operate it that wont enshittify. ie, public good, not for profit, something lik…

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    Comment #47891304

    double agree on the classic pro. disagree on pid kit only. the full on duino mod is way better for one primary reason. power steam or whatever they call the thing they do with the …

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    Comment #47686924

    the most interesting thing here is actually maybe that this is cad targeted for easy 3dp modeling. while you wont ever unseat the big guys there is a lot more you could do to make …

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    Comment #47421919

    didnt dune win a vfx oscar and their screens werent even green at all? they were tan like sand.

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    Comment #47421883

    this is the approach that stop motion uses, except they get to keep the camera in the same place. its still not perfect because of spill from the background onto the foreground and…