Jun 12, 2017 7:07 AM
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OneUpperSteve
But will it blend?
iamamitten
ROCKS ARE SO DUMB WE TRICKED THEM INTO THINKING FOR US
JstAnothrLurkr
drenchedindingleberries
pisdhiuasdhius
Perhaps I am dumb. But I don't know how the first part of the first tweet is connected to the second part of the first tweet.
CrazyQwert
Daisyowl!!! When will he finally go on with his webcomic ;(
Intelletc
BlackavarLion
It's a mineral, but that's none of my business.
Glytche
It legit made me think abt how long it has been since I last upvoted something smart and funny like that, imgur come back to meeeeeh :'o
apeinui
You don't flatten, it, you extrude a monocrystal and then cut it...
DerpMeister
BUT WHY WOULD YOU WORK WHILE BATTLING CANC...ohhh...USA.
IamJustinSane
We didn't trick it, we educated it. Because it was easier than educating a human.
chimchim666
hey yeah, what how does is a computer, *really*??
skellington01
Can someone explain the rock --> CPU stuff?
charliebruce
CPUs/semiconductors are made of silicon, which is a large part of rock/sand. It's a massive oversimplification but essentially true.
RepostFromLastWeek
Its about as sensible analogy as the US politician with his tube analogy.
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jacob798
Upvote there. Downvote here. The true hero.
Julsur
Didn't even wait a couple days...
FungusForge
I've caught a 2 hour 5 star in the wild before. While both were on the front page.
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
I m 10 and this is clever and deep.
CasuallyMasturbatingInPublic
It's not clever nor deep. Just stupidly funny.
AwesomeName
ZerixTheArcticFox
Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a brick layer!
CaptainInAPuddle
IHateApostrophes
God damn, I had no idea Vulcans took such massive, bloody shits.
danishjuggler21
Z-index is one of the hackiest things ever, but it's one of the core fundamentals of 3D graphics.
izym
How is it hacky?
Storing the coordinate of the closest thing at every pixel on the screen to ensure the objects closest to the camera are rendered "on top"
Its not hacky. Its a bruteforce solution.
Grenther
or ya know linear algebra.
I just don't agree that this is hacky. It allows for very high efficiency and produces the same result as ray tracing for primary rays.
I'm not saying it's bad.
is the most brute force way imaginable to do it.
ProPuke
GPUs without z buffers had to resort to much more brutish methods
HesGotTwoFirstNames
Is this what causes "Z fighting"?
Z fighting is due to a lack of numerical precision. Small changes in camera position etc then causes values to flip flop between values.
DarthFutuza
Not...exactly. I suppose its an artifact as a result. Z-fighting is just caused when two intersecting planes are drawn over the same point
motherfuckinghowl
Yeah I'd rather not make huge problems for myself down the line though. Depends on project size
questionableanswers
quick and dirty solutions always end up bad
Juggernaughtty
Sounds like a condom commercial.
LupusIgnis
I have an exam next week where we are supposed to hack to make it in time. It hurts my architectural brain.
nicetomeetyouimdad
Counterpoint: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
Sheepyhead
"It is not known how the constant was originally derived, though investigation has shed some light on possible methods." lol
"// what the fuck?"
It's sorta like a bubbling witch cauldron, nobody has any clue exactly what's in it, but somehow it can cure cancer
OneUpperSteve
But will it blend?
iamamitten
ROCKS ARE SO DUMB WE TRICKED THEM INTO THINKING FOR US
JstAnothrLurkr
drenchedindingleberries
pisdhiuasdhius
Perhaps I am dumb. But I don't know how the first part of the first tweet is connected to the second part of the first tweet.
CrazyQwert
Daisyowl!!! When will he finally go on with his webcomic ;(
Intelletc
BlackavarLion
It's a mineral, but that's none of my business.
Glytche
It legit made me think abt how long it has been since I last upvoted something smart and funny like that, imgur come back to meeeeeh :'o
apeinui
You don't flatten, it, you extrude a monocrystal and then cut it...
DerpMeister
BUT WHY WOULD YOU WORK WHILE BATTLING CANC...ohhh...USA.
IamJustinSane
We didn't trick it, we educated it. Because it was easier than educating a human.
chimchim666
hey yeah, what how does is a computer, *really*??
skellington01
Can someone explain the rock --> CPU stuff?
charliebruce
CPUs/semiconductors are made of silicon, which is a large part of rock/sand. It's a massive oversimplification but essentially true.
RepostFromLastWeek
Its about as sensible analogy as the US politician with his tube analogy.
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jacob798
Upvote there. Downvote here. The true hero.
Julsur
Didn't even wait a couple days...
FungusForge
I've caught a 2 hour 5 star in the wild before. While both were on the front page.
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
I m 10 and this is clever and deep.
CasuallyMasturbatingInPublic
It's not clever nor deep. Just stupidly funny.
AwesomeName
ZerixTheArcticFox
Dammit Jim I'm a doctor not a brick layer!
CaptainInAPuddle
IHateApostrophes
God damn, I had no idea Vulcans took such massive, bloody shits.
danishjuggler21
Z-index is one of the hackiest things ever, but it's one of the core fundamentals of 3D graphics.
izym
How is it hacky?
danishjuggler21
Storing the coordinate of the closest thing at every pixel on the screen to ensure the objects closest to the camera are rendered "on top"
RepostFromLastWeek
Its not hacky. Its a bruteforce solution.
Grenther
or ya know linear algebra.
izym
I just don't agree that this is hacky. It allows for very high efficiency and produces the same result as ray tracing for primary rays.
danishjuggler21
I'm not saying it's bad.
danishjuggler21
is the most brute force way imaginable to do it.
ProPuke
GPUs without z buffers had to resort to much more brutish methods
HesGotTwoFirstNames
Is this what causes "Z fighting"?
izym
Z fighting is due to a lack of numerical precision. Small changes in camera position etc then causes values to flip flop between values.
DarthFutuza
Not...exactly. I suppose its an artifact as a result. Z-fighting is just caused when two intersecting planes are drawn over the same point
motherfuckinghowl
Yeah I'd rather not make huge problems for myself down the line though. Depends on project size
questionableanswers
quick and dirty solutions always end up bad
Juggernaughtty
Sounds like a condom commercial.
LupusIgnis
I have an exam next week where we are supposed to hack to make it in time. It hurts my architectural brain.
nicetomeetyouimdad
Counterpoint: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
Sheepyhead
"It is not known how the constant was originally derived, though investigation has shed some light on possible methods." lol
nicetomeetyouimdad
"// what the fuck?"
Sheepyhead
It's sorta like a bubbling witch cauldron, nobody has any clue exactly what's in it, but somehow it can cure cancer