I'd like to make a comment about a technical issue that is often (usually) insignificant from the…
This old SIGGRAPH course on physically-based modelling is pretty good. You'll need to be comforta…
Interestingly, the Hairy Ball Theorem ("you can't comb a hairy ball smooth") has a 3D analogue, f…
I see what you mean. You are thinking in terms of having only one pole - which is like having a b…
popcorn —
ooooooops I missed the B (joke not intended)
khahem —
If you want to try alternative topology, you can find a few games here (Torus Games, Curved Space…
This is, of course, all related to the most giggle-inducing name in all of mathematics, the "Hair…
AH! That's what I was missing. Yes, the -L flag worked. I've updated the blog entry and my script…
But I don't think that is actually true in topological terms. If you imagine taking our tile map…
Oh, sorry I missed that. But blog entry doesn't explain what is wrong with redirects.
Have you tr…
As mentioned in the blog entry, curl doesn't handle the redirect's correctly. At least, it wasn't…
Try curl, AFAIK it is available on OSX by default:
1curl -o handmade.zip <download_link>
I didn't try wget as it's not installed by default on OS X. I'll give it a try later. I don't thi…
I've been able to just `wget` from the download button link. Does that link change?
1wget <d…
Well, in a proper spherical topology, you can't get rid of the singularity, but a tile map that i…
I'll have to defer to a better topologer to answer :) I think the answer is "it depends on how y…
Ale —
this is a good! book http://www.amazon.com/Math-Primer...&sr=1-1&keywords=math+primer+game
EDIT: Added illustration to make the concept easier to grasp: http://i.imgur.com/YnfT3uE.png
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Todd W —
Any recommendations on books that are particularly useful for learning the maths mentioned in las…
Krzysiek —
Wiki article worth reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qua...ther_representations_of_rotations
My favorite link regarding all sorts of bit twiddling tricks: https://graphics.stanford.edu/~sean…
BlueWolf —
From what I could tell, it's because they are smaller (meaning less memory needed to store them a…
what a mindfuck.. i need to see my therapist after that hour. I think I need to put a bullet to m…
KRB —
Also known as the "quick picture summary of day 41"
edward —
@mmozeiko thank you very much for your explanation! this is along the lines of my best possible g…
You have a problem, so you find a skull, and give it to a smoker, and he gives you a solution.
Those are symbols from (most likely) Windows-1252 encoding of memory bytes. On the left side you …
edward —
Hi there all,
I apologize ahead of time if this question is misplaced here on the forum or downr…