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Re:Using AI for Just 10 Minutes Erodes Your Ability to Persist at Hard...
on Monday October 12, 2026 @10:06AM (#50056677)
At which level of instruction abstraction would you deem it to be someone's creation?
You could argue anything high level is not someone's creation (e.g, the use of other people's libraries, compiler, machine language etc.)
Re:Announcing Box3D :: Box2D
on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @02:08PM (#48750931)
I love your articles. Used some techniques almost 10 years ago for hobby projects.
Box2D/3D would make physics synchronisation a lot easier.
Re:Steve wants us to make the Macintosh boot faster
on Friday December 26, 2025 @11:55AM (#46393809)
Agreed. The "Apple Vision Pro" would have (rightfully so) never been released under Steve Jobs.
Re:The Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra
on Sunday November 09, 2025 @01:48PM (#45868009)
Astronomy is not named "Telescope Science" though. ;-)
Re:Signal: Online MIDI Editor
on Saturday November 02, 2024 @09:57AM (#42026418)
Fantastic work!
How GTA IV's car deformation worked (from a Rockstar Games physics programmer)
If there was any glimmer of hope for "Rabbit M1" or "Humane AI pin", it can be buried to dust.
"Where is James?" – A reminder to choose your open-source libraries wisely
Re:Space shuttle Endeavour's giant orange external tank begins final j...
on Thursday January 04, 2024 @08:08AM (#38866550)
Yes! Win-win imho — the orange made it look much better along with the white SRBs, orbiter and a blue sky in the background.
Re:Sorry You Missed It – Inside Rockstar North Blog Shut Down
on Thursday November 23, 2023 @08:29AM (#38392514)
I recall in some interview that Rockstar never wants to show footage of the development process or have any "behind the scenes". Even video interviews at their office is rare (I know of only one). Their reason for it is that it would ruin the "magic" when you play the game.
Especially back in the day, you'd pop in the DVD in the PS2, and you'd get to see Liberty/Vice city or San Andreas quickly (— no install required).
You rarely see an interview of a producer/developer as well.
Honestly, for their current "modern" games, it is understandable. But almost 20 year old games? Come on.
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine
on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @07:12PM (#38185013)
GTA IV's tech was quite ahead of its time (2008), with the integration of Euphoria (which had to be integrated in-house by NaturalMotion engineers inside Rockstar's studio @ Edinburgh).
The other comment correctly pointed out that NaturalMotion was acquired by Zynga, who in turn got acquired by Take-Two (parent of Rockstar Games).. So who knows, perhaps we'll still see an updated version in the sixth major instalment of the franchise.
Re:Clone-a-Lisa
on Saturday August 19, 2023 @05:40PM (#37193536)
You're a very creative & talented person!
Re:Java 21: What’s New?
on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:27PM (#37068675)
I can't wait until major frameworks (such as Spring in version 6.1) support virtual threads. Reactive programming (e.g., Webflux) would become a niche (unless your use case truly requires streaming with a high number of TPS).
Re:Happy Teacher's Appreciation Week to All the CS Teachers
on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:03PM (#35921564)
I have tremendous admiration for all teachers, especially computer science teachers who (presumably) could make more money working as engineers in the industry, but instead choose to educate others and help them chase their dreams. You are an inspiration and thank you!
Nice post – I'd like to echo those words. The (Assistant/Associate) Professors, lecturers and researchers @ research institutes I have seen could easily move to the industry and make plenty of money (whilst facing less politics and get more funding/time for their research), yet their love for teaching and inspiring students is admirably greater.
Re:Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil?
on Saturday April 22, 2023 @03:58PM (#35670374)
Completely agree. It reminds me of 'They Write the Right Stuff' (1996) [1], how a group of engineers developed the software for the Space Shuttle.
[1] https://www.fastcompany.com/28121/they-write-right-stuff
Re:Babylon.js 6.0
on Thursday April 20, 2023 @06:15PM (#35647230)
Havok physics is certainly an interesting addition! Especially since Cannon.js & Oimo.js are not being maintained anymore. Ammo.js (port of Bullet) seems to have some updates here and there (IIRC, it was easier to setup using Babylon considering that it used a wrapper across all physics libraries).
Good to see that Babylon.js is doing well.
Virtual Threads Promoted from Candidate to Proposed to Target Status for JDK 21
Re:Shane Pitman, leader of the warez group Razor 1911: life after prison
on Friday March 10, 2023 @04:24PM (#35101289)
Ah, PARADOX. Nostalgia when hearing the Photoshop CS2 Keygen music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYvjFOKOP7c
Re:CMU CS Academy: a free online computer science curriculum by Carneg...
on Thursday February 16, 2023 @05:07AM (#34816901)
Imho, it is not worth it to study Computer Science, unless you really want to stay in academia (or for those niche areas in the industry).
Though, even then I think you'd be better off with Math/Physics for an undergraduate degree and CS for a minor or graduate-level degree. How often is someone writing their own compiler or graphics engine? At least with Math/Physics, you'd have some useful foundation which easily translates to CS (rather than vice-versa).
Re:Is Google’s 20-year search dominance about to end?
on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:08PM (#34716093)
Completely agree. Heck, even the current 'waiting list' page (bing.com/new) looks so outdated and a mess. I don't know whether it is the font, the colors, the composition or margins..
Bing itself looks like a mess too. Microsoft truly has no taste.
Re:Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science
on Monday February 06, 2023 @02:43PM (#34683116)
> The quote 'computer science is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes', comes to mind.
Astronomy isn't called "Telescope Science" though..
Re:Google is freaking out about ChatGPT
on Sunday January 22, 2023 @11:48AM (#34479219)
Perhaps, Google can finally start focusing again on creating quality products instead of nonsense videos/hypes like "Demonstrating Quantum Supremacy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZNEzzDcllU).
However, would people even trust their new products knowing Google's tendency to kill off these products within a short amount of time?
Alan Smithee: a pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project
Re:Infosys leaked FullAdminAccess AWS keys on PyPI for over a year
on Thursday November 17, 2022 @09:02AM (#33638968)
Jack of all trades, master of none. I don't think it's bad at all: at least you can specialise at something (quicker) whenever the need arises.
Normalization of Deviance
Ask HN: Is long-term employee commitment to the same company still appreciated?
I often times see a Linkedin/resume of a senior engineer where they have jumped ship every couple of months, staying max <=2 years in every company they have worked at. Imho, I always thought this was a red flag during the hiring process at a new company, as it doesn't show any long term commitment. I can understand junior/graduate employees jumping ship often in the beginning, but for +10...
Re:Ask HN: What do you like to do while you wait?
on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @08:08PM (#33102804)
You mean that I am playing against bots on lichess? Are there less bots on chess.com?
Re:Ask HN: What do you like to do while you wait?
on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @04:45PM (#33101050)
Same here, but on lichess.org ;-)
Re:CD Projekt says Cyberpunk 2077 copy sales reach 20M
on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:27PM (#33010639)
CD Projekt was considered a solid developer before Cyberpunk.
However, Cyberpunk was (completely) broken during its initial release 2 years ago (and still is on some of the platforms). The industry is in shambles if this is what meets expectations.