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Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:20AM (#34214956)
Sort of.

1. I want to start with working through applying shaders to a 3d scene using the Panda3d library (https://github.com/panda3d/panda3d) . This repo covers that: https://github.com/lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners.

2. Create a simple, custom, graphics-only (no collisions / physics) game engine using Entt (https://github.com/skypjack/entt) and Panda3d. The engine would rely mostly on simple inputs, like mouse clicks, and 3d graphics.

3. Configure clangd to error on features outside C++11 then refactor both projects (1 & 2) to use C++ 11.

4. Run experiments on the game engine while working through the Vulkan book: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Overv/VulkanTutorial/maste...

Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Saturday December 31, 2022 @10:47AM (#34197427)
You can combine "play more video games" and "learn a bit of Japanese" into "play more video games in Japanese only"!

It helps you practice listening to and reading Japanese.

Re:Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution? on Saturday December 31, 2022 @10:40AM (#34197349)
Learn C++ 11 for use in graphics programming.
I'm not really sure what 'access to electricity' actually means.

Would it still count as access if the electricity was only available for an hour a day on average? Or would it count if said access comes mostly from privately-owned diesel generators?

If the answer is 'yes' to either question then those numbers are quite accurate.

I wish they'd provide more support for C++; CLion is incredibly slow on older Macbooks.
Re:What diversity and inclusion means at Microsoft on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @02:40PM (#33167317)
How would this policy work for non-minority candidates who start with a disadvantage?
Maybe this was meant as a reply to the main post?
What would you suggest to be a suitable rephrasing?
Re:What the Omicron wave is revealing about human immunity on Thursday February 03, 2022 @10:48AM (#30193906)
I think OP was being sarcastic.