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Re:We ran AI agent swarms in Minecraft and Mindustry on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:36PM (#50297788)
Minecraft runs on 20 ticks per second so 50 ms
Re:AI in mathematics is forcing big questions on Saturday June 27, 2026 @04:18AM (#48696235)
I want this on a T-shirt
Unless you changed the setting it still uses the OpenGL backend by default
I believe if you plug your monitor into your motherboard then OpenGL will use your integrated graphics rather than your card. I think with Vulkan it doesn't matter what port you plug it in, it can coordinate it?
Re:Wi-Wi Is Wireless Time Sync at 1 Nanosecond on Saturday May 23, 2026 @07:29AM (#48246786)
I've wondered if something like this could ever be used for VR tracking, though it seems it is much bulkier in than IR methods.
Well I guess that's it for climate science, no weather stations before 1850. Tree rings? Ice cores? People writing down "wow there was no rain for 3 months our God must be pissed"? Sorry, doesn't count I'm afraid.

I'm sorry for being unprofessional but this comment really struck a nerve with me. The idea of trying to move climate science into the domain of the unprovable/undisprovable by claiming that there is simply no way to have data from before 1850. Do you have a specific problem with tree rings? Their statistical significance? A confounding variable that has not been taken into account?

Re:Parry Encounters the Doctor (1973) on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @07:56AM (#38771370)
FYI, PARRY is a chatbot that is supposed to imitate someone with paranoid schizophrenia. "the Doctor" is ELIZA which is supposed to act like a therapist.
Re:New Vulkan Documentation Website on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @12:30PM (#37846596)
Re:Finding the best sine function for Nintendo 64 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @06:07AM (#36504439)
Another cool N64 project, Portal N64 https://youtu.be/eN_-V7PDKAo
Re:DreamBerd; Perfect Programming Language on Sunday June 04, 2023 @02:48PM (#36188313)
Funny seeing you here, I enjoyed or SandPond videos :)
https://www.wikibinge.com/#Electoral_college/The_Long_Earth

Apparently Humptulips, Washington was Terry Pratchett's favourite place on earth. :)

Re:Show HN: Lander, a lunar lander style web game on Sunday March 05, 2023 @06:15PM (#35035265)
Fun game! It would add more to the game imo if there was a fuel efficiency target as well as angle and speed.
YouTube video I found with more info https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm95r05hui0
It only registers a binary input (e.g. mouse-click); their YouTube[0] shows a patient using it in conjunction with eye-tracking. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm95r05hui0
Can't really see what all the fuss is about. They shouldn't have made the changes, no doubt, but they're all pretty insignificant. Publisher's exert significantly more influence when the author is alive and writing the book in the first place. The only one that ticks me off is that they added a "dedication to doctors" to one of the books.
Re:Stop Developing This Technology on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:34AM (#34625684)
A lot of people in the comments here are saying that this is beneficial because it will teach people that they can't trust video or audio. But I don't see how that makes sense because this isn't some neutered or weakened form of the technology. That's like saying shooting people makes them more aware of gun violence.
Re:Stop Developing This Technology on Thursday February 02, 2023 @07:22AM (#34625572)
This is a fair point, but we have no way of knowing how close we came or will come to a nuclear apocalypse, so the risk posed by nuclear technology is difficult to evaluate.
Re:Literature Clock on Sunday December 25, 2022 @04:05PM (#34131256)
It just said "about nine o'clock", I guess no one has anything to write about 9:03
Re:Building a website like it's 1999 in 2022 on Sunday December 25, 2022 @07:04AM (#34126505)
Always gotta mention hypnospace when a post like this shows up :) https://www.hypnospace.net/
Re:The Hobbit: Riddles in the Dark – The Lost Version on Friday December 23, 2022 @12:41PM (#34108520)
Disgraceful, what's even the point of putting pen to page when you're only gonna get a measly 95 years of ownership.
Photos won't work with this, it works here because text is discrete and provides a limited search space.
Re:Hacker News Parody Thread on Sunday November 20, 2022 @10:18AM (#33681537)
This thread reminds me of https://www.reddit.com/r/SUBREDDITNAME

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