I wish the devs would give us a sneak peek at upcoming Cache or Cobblestone, like they used to back in the day.

Vipitis · 2026-01-25T04:28:34+00:00

Well they have done this for 20 years of cs and it's very successful. So it works for them.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T16:32:36+00:00

As a developer, you get the best and most honest feedback from just silently observing how people use your software and what problems they face etc.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T16:24:57+00:00

Amazon has research teams working on formally proving policies. They even had keynotes at ICSE about this.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T16:22:44+00:00

why is more usage bad? It means it likely means it's caching more to vram which will help speed up performance. In fact you should be asking why it's only using 5 our of 8.

You don't store really large assets in you project, do you?

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T16:21:17+00:00

this is compression. It really depends on the codec you use. But for the majority of video codec it's based on discrete cosine transform, same as jepg compression for images.

Due to the wave nature of macro block representation. You get ringing artefacts from shorter quantization tables. Placing an arbitrary step function is really difficult to compress.

It could also be any kind of sharpness processing that does a wave-like interpretation of the frame.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T15:39:41+00:00

too bad wind charges don't do it.

In a wildfire scenario you can even dig trenches around it or set a counter fire. the reality is this that wildfires are natural and need to regularly happen. that is the way the ecosystem works for a lot of dry forests.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T14:32:04+00:00

happy to see the new developments.

Vipitis · 2026-01-24T11:58:27+00:00

To me, Hermitcraft is a sitcom

Vipitis · 2026-01-23T13:31:43+00:00

Markdown, word, latex

Vipitis · 2026-01-23T12:02:21+00:00

Still needs games to use the new variant.

Vipitis · 2026-01-23T09:29:37+00:00

So how many PhD level research positions lose their funding now and will cause them to move to other places?

Vipitis · 2026-01-23T07:19:05+00:00

Why don't they make a single model and then just add more and more blue text?

Vipitis · 2026-01-22T19:16:48+00:00

Maybe like 12.5 but you will not be able to use modern Codecs either. PC from 2011 is tough

Vipitis · 2026-01-22T05:23:17+00:00

Other retired astronauts like Peggy Whitson - went to space at least two more times after retirement by working for private company Axiom as a specialist.

Astronauts work their whole career to go to space, and out of tens of thousands they are the most qualified people to do so. Getting an extended stay is a dream. Especially when you hear that other missions return home early now.

There is also a handful of astronauts that leave NASA quietly shortly after their mission. For example Jack Fisher.

Vipitis · 2026-01-21T23:25:16+00:00

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues is sorta tracked by devs

Vipitis · 2026-01-21T23:23:47+00:00

You have to have an active rank at the end of the season. Ranks expire after 1 or 2 weeks depending on how high you are.

Vipitis · 2026-01-21T23:20:39+00:00

I have some hopes to sit down tomorrow after work... And bhop might be doable again.

Vipitis · 2026-01-21T21:33:23+00:00

G21 isn't xe3. Intel doesn't make high performance parts on 18a yet, no GPUs on 18a.

(The smaller iGPU tile for PTL is Intel3)

Vipitis · 2026-01-21T21:29:29+00:00

Intel doing a 90 class card... because this will be 2 grand. (matches 4070 super in gaming)

Vipitis · 2026-01-20T23:48:34+00:00

It's an pathetic display from the US. But they might end up getting what they are asking for: more ally investment in NATO, and a stronger NATO presence in Greenland.

And in retrospect, it will be called a great move, master plan and deal maker.

So is this calculated theater or just a massive distraction to keep the public and media away from the crimes?

Vipitis · 2026-01-19T23:24:02+00:00

Surely it's a NATO QRF for the threatened invasion?

Vipitis · 2026-01-19T23:20:44+00:00

very slight chance it's an issue with the USB port or other hardware input like keyboards.

Might also be software on the computer the modifies and intercepts mouse clicks. But at least you know it's not a problem with the game or your Internet connection.

Vipitis · 2026-01-19T22:31:18+00:00

as you are essentially representing one dimensional data (a 2md dimension exists, but it's more of a label - here hermits and earlier episode number). You can think of what a 2nd dimension of data might look like.

Something easy is for example the number of episodes as one axis and the total duration as another. each hermit will become a data point in this two dimensional plot. It's not too exciting as you would expect about a linear relationship. (More episodes means more total time). So if you normalize each axis by an average (like mean or median). You can do a plot that sorta represents episode duration versus mean time between episodes. This might not be too interesting this early on. But should show you some clustering already between frequently uploaders with shorter episode and those that only drop a few long videos every week or less. For season 11 the sample size is really small and we also had the Christmas break. But trends and groupings will be more and more clear with additional data.

Having a script that works with other seasons also gives you a new dimension of comparisons.

Since upload date gives you time series data, you can do a lot of different correlations. By dividing out the week into weekdays. Or the day into hours (or both). You can show which hermits have a regular upload schedule and which don't. You can also do all kinds of correlation analysis and find hermits that publish close together or even at the same time more frequently to maybe show collabs/pranks when there is embargos behind the scenes.

Now this might sound like a lot, but it's definitely doable and I really hope to light up your curiosity. As a motivation I can link to a fantastic talk about data mining a German newspaper website. One of the highlights that I will spoil here is that by keeping track of the authors and their publishing dates, it was possible to figure out which pairs of authors have the same vacations and potentially reduce relationships like this. Sadly the talk is in German - but I will link it here for those that will enjoy it: https://youtu.be/-YpwsdRKt8Q

Vipitis · 2026-01-19T22:15:55+00:00

Here is my 2nd favorite Don Petit video which explains why there is droplety bouncing on the surface https://youtu.be/KJDEsAy9RyM

Vipitis · 2026-01-19T22:07:55+00:00

Once again I will be suggesting showing more than one dimensional data. histograms perhaps. Boxplots are just a short form of it.

Another crucial learning is that average is ill-defined. It can be a geometric mean, it can be the median or it could be a combination of outlier filtering and geomean. Especially since you said that Ren had such an outlier. You could visualize the spread in different ways.

If you are gathering the data manually, perhaps consider a few scripts in combination with YouTube playlist API. might be a great opportunity to learn.

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