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Re:Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software (2014) on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:36AM (#24481649)
Don't most universities host their own software?
Re:Modern C on Friday September 04, 2020 @01:48PM (#24377221)
I remembered fabien as well who is a big inspiration of mine: https://github.com/fabiensanglard
Re:What Unity Is Getting Wrong on Friday May 22, 2020 @12:27PM (#23273828)
> So you can't build a MMO with Unity!

This has nothing to do with the skinning method, and I agree with the other poster. It should retain the same vertex buffer in GPU RAM and simply deform it in the shader.

Re:Ask HN: Production Lisp in 2020? on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @11:06AM (#23235642)
Makes sense. I have noticed that deployment and compilation part of lisp isn't talked about often.

The method you described is the best one I have found (load everything and dump an image.)

Re:SICP in Python on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @10:56AM (#23007594)
Unlike most programming books the environment and code samples never go out of date either. It's entirely self contained including assembly language.
Re:Parable of the Polygons (2014) on Sunday April 21, 2019 @08:59PM (#19715581)
What kind of community isn't centered around some form of shared values or common interests?
Re:Parable of the Polygons (2014) on Sunday April 21, 2019 @08:21PM (#19715429)
Is it bad to prefer to be around people with similar backgrounds and interests? Isn't this the definition of a community?