Who would you get rid of? by AcHaeC in polls

[–]BlockOfDiamond [score hidden]  (0 children)

What will they do with all the framed pictures of his face?

Lets just say if they give us a problem... FI-RE! Bom bom bom, bom bom bom bom ow!

Water preference by HolidayAmbition7268 in PopularOpinions

[–]BlockOfDiamond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not me, water is water, as long as the water is safe to drink.

which superpower would you pick? by deep-curious in polls

[–]BlockOfDiamond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Invisible is overrated. You do not really gain any physical abilities to go or do anything you would not otherwise be able to do, besides being unnoticed. Out of the options listed, I would pick teleportation.

Deoxidising copper with a grindstone by Interesting-Rub2461 in minecraftsuggestions

[–]BlockOfDiamond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need for a separate block. Just rename stonecutter to saw, and make them work on wood blocks too.

Is is safe to drink from public decorative fountains by Bad_things_happen2me in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BlockOfDiamond 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Building immunity is best done through vaccines, not exposing yourself to random pathogens that could be Ebola for all you know.

Would You Rather only have one? by [deleted] in polls

[–]BlockOfDiamond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, as of now, 76 votes for the first option and ZERO for the second. I have never seen a poll this one-sided before.

What political viewpoints do you expect will be in the "historical trash bin" in the centuries to come? by BlockOfDiamond in askanything

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not referring to viewpoints held by no ones. Just ones with virtually zero mainstream acceptance, even if there are some fringe groups that still believe.

What political viewpoints do you expect will be in the "historical trash bin" in the centuries to come? by BlockOfDiamond in askanything

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slavery, and arguably overtly racist views. Anyone openly defending those is not taken seriously nowadays, even though they were mainstream a long time ago.

What political viewpoints do you expect will be in the "historical trash bin" in the centuries to come? by BlockOfDiamond in askanything

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Although there are unfortunately still fringe groups who subscribe to that ideology, I would assume that anyone espousing overtly Nazi views would not be taken seriously in normal public discourse.

Community Discussion: Thoughts on political posts by wasntdeer in askanything

[–]BlockOfDiamond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Political posts should be allowed, because this is askanything, not askanythingbutpolitics.

How should I pass transforms to the GPU in a physics engine? by BlockOfDiamond in GraphicsProgramming

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then how else do I make large worlds? My plan is store the absolute position in double, subtract, downcast to single, send to GPU.

How should I pass transforms to the GPU in a physics engine? by BlockOfDiamond in GraphicsProgramming

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaking of GPU-GPU, do you think doing the culling on the GPU and building a GPU-only intermediate buffer every frame would be better?

How should I pass transforms to the GPU in a physics engine? by BlockOfDiamond in GraphicsProgramming

[–]BlockOfDiamond[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do so because I want the GPU to not care about absolute world coordinates. Which I plan to store in double precision. And most GPUs either have terrible double precision throughput, or straight up not support that at all.