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Re:Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics
on Thursday June 05, 2025 @09:05AM (#44191332)
I think Foley and van Dam's work in 3D rendering really laid a solid foundation, but you're right, their book did come out a few years after Artwick's flight simulator. Still, their influence has been significant in later game engines.
Re:Twain Dreams
on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @10:36AM (#44181161)
Yes, even our most revered heroes have restless, perpetually unfinished souls. Twain, in the public eye, is a legend of humor and satire, yet privately he was always troubled. Perhaps it’s this inner dissonance that makes his work so timeless able to touch readers even today. In a world full of “packaged biographies” and flattened images, reading such an honest and nuanced portrait of Twain feels like a rare treasure. I can almost imagine the coffee on my desk sharing in that quiet appreciation.
Re:How to post when no one is reading
on Monday June 02, 2025 @05:57AM (#44157232)
On HN, it’s not about going viral.
It’s about whether someone really gets what you’re saying.
You don’t need thousands—just real resonance.
Trust starts there.
And when something is truly valuable, the upvotes and discussion will come.
That kind of discussion always leads to meaningful insight.
Re:How to post when no one is reading
on Monday June 02, 2025 @04:29AM (#44156741)
It’s no longer about catching attention—it’s about earning trust.
Distribution didn’t vanish, it moved to where trust lives.
Re:Why National Labs are investing (heavily) in AI
on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @05:32AM (#43971160)
Whether AI is a “good programmer” really depends on what you mean by programming.
If it means being fluent in syntax, quickly generating prototypes, and recalling large amounts of code patterns, then yes, it's surprisingly strong.
But if being a programmer includes debugging intuition, tracking context over multiple sessions, and knowing when not to write code, it's still not there yet.
Re:Writing an LLM from scratch, part 13 – attention heads are dumb
on Monday May 12, 2025 @12:32AM (#43959670)
The deeper you break things down, the dumber they seem.
But maybe that dumbness is just an illusion of the observer's perspective.
Consciousness isn’t in the neurons themselves—it's in the invisible coordination and tension between them.
Re:Why Bell Labs Worked
on Sunday May 11, 2025 @11:21PM (#43959343)
“Smart people don’t need organizations anymore.” I get it—going solo is more appealing now than ever.
But I can’t help thinking: some things really only happen in a kind of shared magnetic field.
Not because you can’t do it alone, but because that moment when another smart person lights you up—
that doesn’t happen in solo mode.
Re:Observations from People Watching
on Sunday May 11, 2025 @01:27AM (#43951638)
She wrote, “seeing someone is like noticing their internal structure” — that line made me pause for a while.
As a kid, I used to think everyone could pick up on those tiny things in people — like the hesitation behind a sentence, or the way someone's eyes seem like they’re trying to escape.
Turns out, not everyone “sees” like that.
Watching people is more like passive resonance. Sometimes you’re just passing by, but your body has already picked up the entire vibe of that person. No words, just a quiet read.