RT64: N64 graphics renderer in emulators and native ports
RT64 is an N64 graphics renderer for playing games with enhancements in emulators and native ports. Emulator Support (Plugin) and Ray Tracing (RT) are not available in this repository yet. This repository has been made public to provide a working implementation to native ports that wish to use RT64 as their renderer. Development of these […]
Satya Nadella on Knowledge Work
/log/2025/02/20 Satya Nadella, shares his thinking on the future of knowledge work (link to YouTube for those who don’t want to read) on Dwarkesh Patel Podcast. He thinks that white collar work will become more like factory work, with AI agents used for end-to-end optimization. Dwarkesh: Even when you have working agents, even when you […]
Do ambiguous images provide psychological insights? Testing a popular claim
Introduction Recent popular social media posts and website pages have claimed that the way in which people first perceive ambiguous images (i.e., pictures that can be interpreted in different ways) reveals insights into their personality and thinking style. In one example, people are shown an image that can be seen as either a young woman or […]
After 20 Years, Math Couple Solves Major Group Theory Problem
In 2003, a German graduate student named Britta Späth encountered the McKay conjecture, one of the biggest open problems in the mathematical realm known as group theory. At first her goals were relatively modest: She hoped to prove a theorem or two that would make incremental progress on the problem, as many other mathematicians had […]
Brazilian Ship Sunk by WWII U-Boat Located
Features May 1, 2011 The loss of the HMAS Sydney (II), pride of the Australian navy, has long been a source of pain and bewilderment. In waters off Western Australia in late 1941, following a successful tour in the Mediterranean, the Sydney encountered a ship claiming to be a Dutch freighter—actually the HSK Kormoran, a German raider that […]
It is not a compiler error. It is never a compiler error (2017)
No, it is not a compiler error. It is never a compiler error. When I used to hang out in the comp.lang.c Usenet group, back when there was a comp.lang.c Usenet group, people would show up fairly often with some program they had written that didn’t work, and ask if their compiler had a bug. […]
FAQ on Microsoft’s topological qubit thing
Q1. Did you see Microsoft’s announcement?A. Yes, thanks, you can stop emailing to ask! Microsoft’s Chetan Nayak was even kind enough to give me a personal briefing a few weeks ago. Yesterday I did a brief interview on this for the BBC’s World Business Report, and I also commented for MIT Technology Review. Q2. What […]
The Forecasting Company (YC S24) Is Hiring
We are building the forecasting foundation model to rule them all. All enterprise companies run forecasting to plan their operations: staffing, supply-chain management, finances… We provide the data, models and platform to easily build the most accurate forecasts. This significantly reduces waste and increases cash flow for our customers. The forecasting model is at the […]
Rust, C++, and Python trends in jobs on Hacker News (February 2025)
How are Rust, C++, and Python trending on Hacker News in the job market? As a proxy measure for programming language trends, let’s analyze the frequency of programming language mentions in the monthly “Ask HN: Who is hiring?” and “Ask HN: Who wants to be hired?” postings on Hacker News for a few years up […]
LeetCode but You Can Force People to Code in Light Mode >:)
Ranked Mode Level up by testing your LeetCode skills against others Custom Room Challenge your friends and practice together Multiple Languages Code in your favorite language Runtime Analysis Improve by learning the time complexity of your code Special Abilities 8 ways to make your opponent crash out. Try it out below Vim Bindings I’m sure […]