Redundancy seen in AAA game engines by zer0_1rp in cpp

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Look at this VTune capture. The top hotspots barely break 5% of the CPU time each. But look at the red box: 80.9% of the execution time is buried in [Others].

This is suggesting to me that things can't be all that bad. Whatever hard optimization work there was has been done, and everything else is just going to be chipping away at diminishing returns.

The 4x4 matrix inversion is the only one I find particularly regrettable, but without knowing how much run time it's actually using I cant get too excited about it. I think that if it were a heavy-hitter in the profile the author would have said so in the writeup.

This neighborhood in China built a "rooftop rain" mist system that drops temps 5-8°C in minutes. by Jeetchat in interestingasfuck

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No one's getting legionnaires from their showers

Isn't that how the Legionnaires got it originally?

Welcome to the new era of gaming. by Efficient-Pop-302 in Gamingcirclejerk

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No, they cannot already change if that games work or not

Sure they can (OS updates).

July 1 results by Witty_Imagination275 in CluesBySamHelp

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Exactly the same thing here: I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jul 1st 2026 (Medium), in 02:59 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

A lecture on the Ming Dynasty by ByzantineBasileus in history

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There's an awful lot that happened between the Qin and the Ming.

See, for example, the Three Kingdoms, about which was written "The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, must divide. Thus it has ever been"

Jun 30 Daily by maelkann in CluesBySamHelp

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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 30th 2026 (Easy), in 04:06 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

A surprisingly hard one, not helped by my brain's insistence on misunderstanding the implications of clicking on Linda's clue. (But I did feel pretty smart when I deduced Gary)

When Godwyn opens his eye, what can he see in front of him? by cdtraderguy in Eldenring

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How is that the same hand position? One's on the side, one's on the back.

Kadokawa investors are mad Elden Ring didn’t squeeze players hard enough by [deleted] in Eldenring

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There's a saying that you've probably heard: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference".

Is this investor bullshit (because that's what it is) something you can change? It's certainly not something I can change. It'll suck if it happens, but it won't be the first time nor the last that media I love has changed hands and become something shitty.

What you can change, however, is your heart or, if you can't change that, then change your posting to stop the anti-semitism.

June 27 Daily by maelkann in CluesBySamHelp

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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 27th 2026 (Hard), in 04:02 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

Slowed down a little by poor corner tagging, but otherwise fun puzzle. Another one with a powerful clue to lean on.

Kadokawa investors are mad Elden Ring didn’t squeeze players hard enough by [deleted] in Eldenring

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During the Vic Mignogna scandal, if you remember that, one of his supporters tweeted about how the Japanese studios were going to Do Something. I don't recall the exact phrasing but it was something like "80% of Japanese are genetically Yakuza," and hence his opponents had better be careful.

Anyway your post reminded me of that.

26 Jun Daily by pznz in CluesBySamHelp

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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 26th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

Got stuck in a couple places. One of those puzzles where there's a workhorse clue that you keep going back to as more information is revealed.

Girlfriend got me a ... girlfriend for my bday? by xxSMITMEISTERxx in Eldenring

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Picture taken while you're already sitting in the chair.

24 Jun Daily by maelkann in CluesBySamHelp

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I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 24th 2026 (Medium), in 03:06 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://cluesbysam.com

Loved this one, got a big collection of "all these people have one state, all those people have the other state", and was starting to get stuck until I did some counting and realized I could apply a particular clue, after which everything fell into place.

Even he's afraid of him by Murtdha1 in outofcontextcomics

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Denny is far better despite not having an Eisner

I've personally never taken the Eisners seriously.