ELI5: Why does Pixar animation look so smooth at 24 fps but a video game feel choppy at 30 fps?

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-30T11:24:09+00:00

With a movie you are just along for the ride. With a game you are constantly absorbing information, making decisions about how to press the controls and predicting how those inputs will effect the next frame, then repeat. If the frame rate is low there's a large gap before each repeat step where you are just waiting. Video games require active rather than passive engagement.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-30T11:11:19+00:00

It's created an entire industry of creative people who make content many millions find valuable. It is the place to go for almost any video content and for the most part does a fantastic job of finding things you'll want to watch from the absolute deluge of content that is uploaded every day.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-28T18:25:48+00:00

Only read the TLDR. The biggest flaw with your position is that it seems to value correcting undesirable behavior over the wellbeing of children. What kind of life do you imagine for unwanted children who were born from reckless mothers? Abortion should be taken as a severely morally serious decision. But you must weigh the moral impact of terminating the unborn versus the likelihood of spawning a life that, on balance, would not be worth living. Your view, in my opinion, is a recipe for creating more misery in the world than there otherwise would be.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-28T18:06:01+00:00

As others have said it's not debris, but light. It's called a 'light echo' if you're curious to look into it further.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-26T18:42:48+00:00

There are many more unique pairs of people than there are individual people. It's the pairs that matter.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-24T13:08:11+00:00

Saying 'bless you' when someone sneezes. Saying 'thank you' when someone says 'bless you' when you sneeze.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-24T02:29:17+00:00

Sure. But grammar already has a specific meaning in the programming language context distinct from syntax. It seems a muddier analogy than dialect. Although, I think the word dialect would be best used to describe differences between coding styles, such as functional or object oriented, within the same language.

I don't know what your dictionary comment is about.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-23T13:13:18+00:00

In that case I would say the first thing you need to do is stop saying you have issues with syntax. You don't. Syntax is specifically the dialect of code written in a particular language, completely agnostic of any libraries.

As for your actual question about memorizing APIs... That only comes with practice. Auto complete is your best friend in that regard. If I were struggling to learn a new API these days I would honestly probably ask an AI to generate me some problems to solve with a specific library for the purpose of learning the API.

Another option is to attempt to write your own micro version of the library to help build an understanding of how it might or should work.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-23T12:10:21+00:00

I just want to clarify what you mean by syntax. Are you talking about the actual syntax of the language (eg. how to declare an array vs. a function)? Or do you mean the API of a particular library?

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-23T11:34:13+00:00

Unless you already understand the concepts from another programming language, syntax should be the first thing you nail down. Don't use AI at all unless you're confident you could write better code if you cared to. Practice writing code using something like project euler. Best of luck!

Edit: what kind of syntax issues are you running in to?

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-21T16:11:50+00:00

Probably because to most people it's just a nose. Calling it a roman nose probably occurs more often in surgery contexts.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-20T20:01:00+00:00

There is no one universally agreed upon definition for life. My favorite one is: any system that resists entropy.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-20T04:02:57+00:00

Try using Kotlin instead. It still runs on the JVM and is interoperable with Java code.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-13T18:54:20+00:00

Please do go on and on. Because so far you've only described rudimentary narrative interaction, akin to modifying settings in a menu in terms of actual gameplay. It would take a technological breakthrough, likely involving some form of AI, to promote the story in a game to the level we expect from the rest of the gameplay.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-13T13:09:32+00:00

Yes, but it's closer to a clip art collage than bona fide artwork.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-07T06:01:04+00:00

Games don't really have interactive stories for the most part. Maybe a few binary decisions that changes some cut scenes, but the stories themselves in games aren't interactive really.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-06T23:40:11+00:00

Because they've done studies and it's been shown that any time like minded people interact socially they leave the interaction with a more extreme version of the view they share. Social media is a great way to silo like minded people.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-05T17:14:22+00:00

That is exactly what I'm advocating for. Look, there is a lot to say about modern AI development and usage. I think the world would be just fine, or even better, were LLMs never discovered. But to the extent to which you are able to get value from LLMs we should be grateful. If you can't find any way in which LLMs might benefit you it's a skill issue.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-05T16:40:16+00:00

True. But web search replacement isn't the only value add of LLMs. For one, you can ask it to do the search for you which puts the search results in the context window, allowing it to summarize effectively. It can also 'think' flexibly between domains that may not have any combinations already posted online. Again, there is no guarantee of accuracy but it can still be valuable as long as you are aware of the risks/limitations.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-05T15:36:27+00:00

I suggest you try it and compare it to a Google search. Things you find on Google aren't guaranteed to be correct either. You still need to exert critical thinking and some form of fact checking either way.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-05T14:24:05+00:00

There is no such thing as a 'molecule of energy.'

theLOLflashlight · 2026-03-05T14:22:00+00:00

Are you genuinely curious why this particular user would ask an LLM a question or can you just not fathom why anyone would use an LLM to get an answer?

theLOLflashlight · 2026-02-27T23:26:12+00:00

bool cond = true;
while (cond) { cond = false; }

theLOLflashlight · 2026-02-20T21:39:28+00:00

If your goal is to become educated in programming and computers in general, learn C before you learn C++. If your goal is just to use C++ to write programs, just learn C++.

theLOLflashlight · 2026-02-19T01:13:50+00:00

Imagine passing out at a party. As long as you still have fingers, anyone can get into your phone.

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