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The text is a practical introduction to rotors for 3D graphics. It explains the use of rotors as an alternative to quaternions and the surrounding mathematical concepts. The post is written with the specific intention of implement...
The author describes the process of adding drag-and-drop functionality to a program and the issues they encountered. They spent two days trying to figure out why the program only sometimes worked, and eventually discovered that ru...
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The author discusses the hidden friend idiom in C++ and its benefits, particularly in speeding up compilation. They conducted a test example and found that using hidden friend functions significantly reduces compilation time. The ...
The blog post is about configuring FreeBSD services, specifically syncthing, and provides a detailed breakdown of the service configuration. The author explains the shell script used for the service configuration and provides addi...
The text discusses the importance of memory alignment in modern computing hardware. The author conducted tests to determine the impact of memory alignment on performance and correctness. The results showed that memory alignment do...
The author discusses their efforts to depend less on Google services, specifically shifting away from using GMail. They share their concerns about Google's email service and their experience migrating to Fastmail. They discuss the...
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