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The time is 2035 and you are sitting in a room with two robots. You ask one of the robots if they can help you with a nuclear fusion problem you have. The robot says sure thing, hi…

Does all this shader really get around is the problem of display inversion? From Gemini: "Display inversion is the process of alternating the voltage between positive and negative …

We need display manufacturers to provide a refresh cycle that is agnostic of the incoming signal hz sent down the cable AND to either provide shader support (ideally) at the displa…

Yeah they are two different effects. Theres motion blur on individual objects that you want (as human eyes see/have) then there is full screen motion blur that is due to the displa…

Not sure this really holds: there is no symbolic LEAN type system in any animal brain as far as I can tell. I do think the point about the AI needs to sanity check is right. I imag…

But there is an insidiousness to Meta calling their software 'open source'. It feels as if they are riding on the coat tails of the term as if they are being altruistic, when in fa…

So do video game developers (provide source code to modify their games) the analogy absolutely works. I can list a huge amount of actually open source software that I can see the s…

Its not open source. We don't get the data or training code. The small runtime framework is open source but that's of little use as its largely fixed in implementation due to the w…

Yes its "freeware" or any one of the similar terms we've used to refer to free software.

Its not open source. Your definition would make most video games open source - we modify them all the time. The small runtime framework IS open source but that's not much benefit a…

I keep hearing about Twilio but what is it?

Game asset packages - all game assets are read only and need to be compressed and nowadays with SSD's you don't want duplication. Just to clarify that last statement (and something…

Why is it you think most major programs are built using C++? Most OS's, most drivers, most browsers, most games, most major applications, most compilers, most servers etc etc.

That is a really weird analogy. Using extreme scenarios to argue your point is never going to put you on a strong footing. Anyway for most systems deployed the customer usually wan…

No it wasn't OK when Softbank bought them, I vehemently disagreed with the sale then, as this was the next step after Softbank acquired them. Although I dont agree with selling to …

Yes the US is all about protectionism, same goes for China, same goes for the EU (also note my use of Europe, EU != Europe). Hence why all three major trade blocks dont have comple…

Just to be clear my statement has nothing to do the 'EU' which is largely a trade body. I specifically used the term 'Europe' and 'free markets' not 'free trade'. This has nothing …

lol yes and in the next line you see I used 'bought' just a simple typo.

Absolutely. The only bit I don't agree with is that tech isn't everything - to all intense and purposes it is (at this point in time).

I'm a game rendering engineer that uses Unreal (and used Renderware) so I know a little about this subject. If Renderware hadn't been brought by EA (and hence controlled by your co…

Tech sadly is everything hence why it dominates the stock market. Information is the new oil and all that. Its much more than purely economic, whoever controls the tech controls th…

When will Europe realise that there is no second place when it comes to a market - the larger player will always eventually end up owning everything. I can not put into words how f…

A system failed not the ‘elites’. This was a referendum we should never have had. This was a referendum that was badly executed. This was a referendum whose result was impossible t…