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Procedurally generated maps tend to feel pretty samey most of the time, but I wonder if part of the reason is that tuning the algorithm is a different part of the brain from authoring specific things ("content")
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Procedurally generated maps tend to feel pretty samey most of the time, but I wonder if part of the reason is that tuning the algorithm is a different part of the brain from authoring specific things ("content")
It still feels weird to me that all the major JavaScript database libraries seemingly use the term "relations" wrong. Not in the Biblical sense or anything, but it's a reference to relational algebra, and I see people using it to mean foreign key associations.
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It still feels weird to me that all the major JavaScript database libraries seemingly use the term "relations" wrong. Not in the Biblical sense or anything, but it's a reference to relational algebra, and I see people using it to mean foreign key associations.
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Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Hero lawyers in state AG offices busted their asses over the weekend to get this done. Now do your part: call your Representative and Senators TODAY. Call your AG AND governor and voice your support for these lawsuits.
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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February 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hero lawyers in state AG offices busted their asses over the weekend to get this done. Now do your part: call your Representative and Senators TODAY. Call your AG AND governor and voice your support for these lawsuits.
I'm really struck by how tutorials for game development software (e.g. "engines") never even try to explain the concepts or abstractions or architecture they're built around, which are the main things I want to know. It's like when someone tries to explain the rules of a board game.
May 30, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I'm really struck by how tutorials for game development software (e.g. "engines") never even try to explain the concepts or abstractions or architecture they're built around, which are the main things I want to know. It's like when someone tries to explain the rules of a board game.