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1) aesthetic is more novel than polygons, which are currently much more widespread (note: novel does not necessarily equate to "better" looking). 2) The finite limitations "leave m…

I enabled screentime/parental controls on my iPhone and gave control of the passcode to my wife. At first I could not wrangle it to block the things I wanted (was this an intention…

April 16, 1992 - Ultima 7 is released September 1992 - Origin Systems acquired by EA for $35m March 15, 1994 - Ultima 8 released ... I will credit Garriott and Molyneux as being so…

I should correct that slightly because no one ever cites facts or quotes in isolation - usually they are in the context of a broader argument or hypothesis. But there have been a f…

You are absolutely correct - perceiving censorship does not equate to being censored. That said (IMO), there is a lot of abusive behavior on all sides - so the question becomes, is…

Someone else on HN (I cannot recall who), stated something along the lines of (paraphrasing): "Centralized power can be abused in the hands of the government or the private sector …

I would not say it is "unfounded" - but rather that censorship is ill-defined, at least in the public eye. We have come up with words that are easier to swallow like "deplatforming…

In the absence of hard, irrefutable and all-encompassing proof, everything is just religion.

I gotta say, rowing had zero appeal for me until I got into HIIT (F45). Even though I have been using it for three years, I would still say it is the most punishing/rewarding piece…

This is really great work. :) On a slightly tangential note, I understand why they chose an audio representation over symbolic, but I think that training the latter is more useful …

I have a graveyard filled to the brim with side projects, and just ONE project that I keep coming back to (I have been working on it for 20 years). Its getting to the point where I…

Master of Orion was notable in that it was the first game I remember with "meaningful" NPC interactions. Even though interactions were quite limited (make/break alliances, espionag…

Haha, yep, because this account retweets gavanw and not the other way around. But the links are cleverly "hidden" in my profile. :)

A bit of self-promo, but for those interested I also am using a variation of this algorithm powered by compute shaders. See https://twitter.com/voxelquest . If you scroll down a bi…

I respectfully disagree -- something that is 10 times more efficient costs 10 times less energy (theoretically). When the end user suffers a server outage due to load, when they ru…

I immediately recognized the headline even though its been 15 years since I last read up on Cyc. I still think the potential of lambda calculus in knowledge representation and logi…

The author has done a really good overview here, however (perhaps by virtue of the example being too simple), the resulting code looks much less readable than the original code. Wh…

I'm an even bigger fan of the slightly larger and more detailed bitmap fonts used in the early 90s, popularized on Amiga, arcade machines, and in particular the demoscene. These fo…

I was mostly sedentary until about 1.5 years ago. I have tried almost every form of exercise, but the only thing that has truly hooked me so far is circuit/interval training (for b…

May I present my favorite UGG meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1590291-untitled-goose-game

Competition is generally good, but competing standards are bad, especially when they have no real advantages over each other. Imagine if every platform had its own incompatible ver…

There is something to be said for more tribal-esque living. If you live with close relatives, you can probably drastically reduce the amount of bills, mortgages, babysitters / care…

Neat, dont have time to dive in the source right now but whats the trick? Light probes? Edit: Ah, nevermind its one click away: "Illumination technique used here is: Realtime direc…

That's fair, but we are diving into subjective territory. Lets say (hypothetically) that half of the employees support ICE. Who decides then whether or not the contract is maintain…