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Re:Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager on Monday September 25, 2023 @05:00AM (#37641111)
From what I can see, the major feature would be that it stores the password database on their premises and then lets you access it through multiple devices.

Whereas in the case of KeepassXC, you have to have your own place where to store the password database and set it up on you different devices. So Bitwarden offers more convenience.

Re:Ray Tracing Essentials, Part 1: Basics of Ray Tracing on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @03:57AM (#22354509)
Well, there is the book "Ray Tracing from the Ground Up" [1], which although a bit outdated (stemming from 2007), gives in-depth discussions on many of the topics. The author discusses possible pitfalls on the way as well. There are a few chapters, which are still math-heavy (the ones discussing the principles of stochastic ray tracing, a.k.a. Monte Carlo ray tracing).

A helpful resource for me, personally, was the educational ray tracer "Nori" [2], which came with 5 assignments covering fundamentals of a ray-tracing system (intersection acceleration, Monte Carlo sampling, basic and advanced integrators, BRDFs, even microfacet material models). Assignments gave hints on how to integrate those features in the ray tracer, plus they provided ways to validate ray-traced results. Currently, the assignments are removed from the Nori's website, but one can find them using the Wayback Machine.

[1] "Ray Tracing from the Ground Up", by Kevin Suffern, September 2007, http://www.raytracegroundup.com/

[2] Nori: an educational ray tracer, Dr. Wenzel Jakob, https://wjakob.github.io/nori/# (using Wayback machine to access assignments https://web.archive.org/web/20200110040505/https://wjakob.gi...)

Re:Rust compiler walk-through – Introduction on Thursday August 11, 2016 @07:46AM (#12267405)
> I'm pretty sure mrustc isn't targeting GCC as a backend, but I'm not sure.

I'm pretty sure your statement is somewhat paradoxical :)