HexesofVexes
@HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
Why, a hexvex of course!
- Comment on Academic papers yanked after authors found to have used unlicensed software 6 days ago:
You know, one wonders if all academic works should be released under “academic license”…
Might be nice to sting these big companies for our free labour.
- Comment on fuckery 1 week ago:
We also need irrational fucks for the complex field don’t we?
- Comment on This feels wrong. I love it. 2 weeks ago:
Almost:
Lengths are usually reals, and in this case the diagram we can use assume that A is the origin wlog (badly drawn vectors without a direction)
Next we convert the vectors into lengths using the abs function (root of conjugate multiplication). This gives us lengths of 1 for both.
Finally, we can just use a Euclidean metric to get out other length √2.
Squaring isn’t multiplication by complex conjugate, that’s just mapping a vector to a scalar (the complex | x | function).
- Comment on ... 4 weeks ago:
I dunno about science, but truth is proof. That just infers that science is various forms of proof, and I’m ok with that as it lets our notion of proof evolve as we do ^_^
- Comment on Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it 4 weeks ago:
Hits buzzer
The big windows 10 problem is that it updates to windows 11.
- Comment on The ability to be spontaneous in life is directly proportion to the size of your bank account 4 weeks ago:
I’m richer than I’ve ever been, and I am far less spontaneous than I’ve ever been.
It’s not linear, it’s some weird polynomial equation!
- Comment on Risky Buisness 1 month ago:
"My dear, monogamy is an entirely relative concept with no fixed frame of reference!’
- Comment on Yes No 1 month ago:
I need a pasta of this for when I get asked to man the open day stall on a weekend…
- Comment on The struggle 1 month ago:
I feel personally attacked by this!
- Comment on PhD Funding 2 months ago:
“Oh so that’s where my remaining mental health and self esteem are!”
- Comment on Is this a triangle? 2 months ago:
Spherical geometry - good times…
Yep, it’s a triangle. You can also make one with three right angles on a sphere!
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 2 months ago:
Oh I definitely believe they won’t make a wise decision - these past few years have been devastating when it comes to decisions.
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 2 months ago:
Come visit academia some time… Copyright laws ensure we do all the work and get nothing in return;)
- Comment on The Irony of 'You Wouldn't Download a Car' Making a Comeback in AI Debates 2 months ago:
I rather think the point is being missed here. Copyright is already causing huge issues, such as the troubles faced by the internet archive, and the fact academics get nothing from their work.
Surely the argument here is that copyright law needs to change, as it acts as a barrier to education and human expression. Not, however, just for AI, but as a whole.
Copyright law needs to move with the times, as all laws do.
- Comment on Amazon cloud boss echoes NVIDIA CEO on coding being dead in the water: "If you go forward 24 months from now, it's possible that most developers are not coding" 2 months ago:
while(True): staffNumbers-=1 staffWorkload*=1.1 staffWages*=0.95 executiveWages*=1.2
- Comment on Microsoft finally officially confirms it's killing Windows Control Panel sometime soon 2 months ago:
Control panel largely accrued content - it is generally navigated via left and right click which works great and is stable. Things don’t vanish.
Settings, on the other hand, is left click only navigation mostly. It also changed constantly (usually for the worst) - tutorials written 2 years ago are no longer valid because access to that setting was removed. This makes using settings to fix things a real nightmare.
- Comment on oreo plates 2 months ago:
Damn, just saw this after posting the same link XD
- Comment on oreo plates 2 months ago:
“Ok class, remember that after geology we’re going to be doing astronomy”
- Comment on Toot toot 2 months ago:
Well, next time I need to fart while lecturing I know what I’m doing…
- Comment on Only ever played OOoT, MM, and WW. Just ordered an Analogue Pocket. Suggest an order. 3 months ago:
No, I really enjoyed BotW for the same reason I enjoyed OoT! Both innovated and both were very different games exploring different concepts. BotW will forever be my go-to for “open world done right”, and OoT set up a solid action game with strong puzzle elements; that said, fuck the water temple.
Games that break genuinely new ground are rare, in the case of both the old and new Zelda’s there are good and bad (the nds era was a bit of a stagnation), the really groundbreaking titles push the hardware through skilled coding and amazing game loop design.
Also, no spoilers for tears please, it’s on my list once I get a few weeks vacation!
- Comment on Only ever played OOoT, MM, and WW. Just ordered an Analogue Pocket. Suggest an order. 3 months ago:
MM is hard to top; it’s peak early LoZ (in an old man’s opinion). It took a familiar engine, added two new major mechanics, and told the first really dark story.
Awakening is the one to play first, it’ll set you up for later games nicely, and it was originally a Gameboy (not GBC game). It took the Zelda formula from the earlier NES iterations, and made a content-rich world.
I’d say save ages and seasons for last (when you get your carts!). They’re amazing games that really show how far the GBC could be pushed, and are very much taking the awakening engine and doing wonderful things. The fact there is linked content between the two means you should also keep a pen and paper handy!
- Comment on I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces 3 months ago:
Yes and no; I’ve met some people who were great to date but hell to live with.
A good relationship starts with both people knowing what they want - and continual contact helps determine if the other person is being honest about what they want. Post 35/30, this process is often a lot faster, and dating skill matters less than ability not to annoy the person you’re suddenly around 24/7.
If it matches from the start, or a compromise grows, you’re in for a winner. Otherwise, back to the sea of the undead you go, no matter how good your dating skill!
- Comment on I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces 3 months ago:
Intention and reality are two different things - although I can’t say I ever managed casual dating for 2 years! Usually most folks are in a relationship after 1.
- Comment on I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces 3 months ago:
I think it goes further than that - post 35 (post 30 really) there is a lot more pressure to shift from casual dating to a relationship at a faster pace.
Life experience talking here too, it isn’t just “being upfront”, it’s also being willing to move at a faster pace.
- Comment on I've heard it clears up again after the first wave of divorces 3 months ago:
The real secret to dating after 35 - don’t.
Folks are not looking to “date”: they’re after long term commitment OR quick hook ups. The middle ground really vanishes when you get older!
- Comment on Almost all Windows 10 systems can be upgraded to the new version — so why are businesses holding back? 3 months ago:
I read this article title as “Top 11 ways to get your entire IT department to ragequit”.
- Comment on Lectures 3 months ago:
Heh, I did this once - mostly because 10+ PowerPoint animations really chug the university issue laptops, and I was presenting somewhere new (software is not your friend).
It was really 15 slides with about 20 animation steps on each - the students didn’t seem to hate seeing a set of fully worked maths problems with colour coding linking parts of the question to the resultant equation.
- Comment on SOS 3 months ago:
He’s looking up, and seeing the giant rain of sheep labelled “teaching load” and “marking AI generated essays” incoming.
- Comment on LaTeX Master Race 3 months ago:
Question sheets in Word - “Hello, and welcome to indent roulette”
Question sheets in LaTeX - “\item{} goes brr”
- Comment on Sony is killing off recordable Blu-ray, bidding farewell to disc burning | TechSpot 4 months ago:
I mean, as long as there is a hard copy archive option out there this is ok (cloud is already flirting with copyblight).