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Pfffft….
For anyone who doesn’t know, this is what linear algebra looks like
One time at work I was trying to work out a least-squares fit using linear algebra.
I have no background knowledge in linesr algebra, it felt like drawing a pentagram on the floor and chanting in backwards Latin.
y = mx + b
It’s algebra. It’s linear. 😬
You’ve officially lost it.
I’ve never had it
That’s not a fair example, I know what linear algebra is but can’t tell what’s going on.
Change of basis would be my guess, but that’s pretty basic.
You could’ve provided something far worse, like a manual construction of the Jordan normal form of a large matrix.
It’s been more than a handful of years since I had to learn linear algebra so I am very out of practice, and this was the first image that I saw that made me go, “yeah, that looks about right.” I thought I should include some image since I have told people during college that I was in a linear algebra class and several had the same response of, “Really? I learned algebra in high school. Weren’t you in calculas last semester?”
I am a freak who really enjoys linear algebra. It’s actually quite heartening to discover that even amongst my friend group of weirdos, there are still freaks
The only thing i understand from that book is the title.
This book…I read the whole thing, did most of the problems, and still don’t know a thing about abstract algebra.
Finished compsci but interned as a computer technician and there I thrived. Instead of constantly having to keep up to date on programming: subscribing to journals, attending seminars and conferences, networking with other programmers, and of course (re)studying shit to get certified.
That sounds like my time as a computer technician and then a network tech. Always chasing the next cert to stand out from the next tech. Once I switched to compsci I’ve never been pitched any certifications.
Wasn’t there more to this interaction?
Yes
Java is neat: you just get what you write. There are things that really makes you cry and Java is not among them
Just make the 200 line boiler code setup to make some
system.stuff.thingy.log.println(“hello world”);
Then it’s not compatible with the installed vm.
Theres always Kotlin, which is like Java but for humans
It makes me cry when modded minecraft uses 100% of my CPU and eats up 20gb of ram. (This is only a little bit java’s fault)
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Java should not be used for game engine design. Stop-the-world events and poor shaders support do not help.
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JVM eats as much memory as you give it, so try playing with -Xmx param
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My dad’s grade 4 teacher used to clobber him real good with a Bible whenever he did normal kid stuff, the Bible can definitely make you cry.
I have that book on my bookshelf. It didn’t make me cry nearly as much as some C++ books.
