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What did you not like about the SolidPython2 / OpenSCAD approach? What would you want from a different "3D engine" for this?


Mostly speed, I'm mostly doing large boolean unions of primitives or chain hulls and OpenSCAD chugs pretty good at large numbers of operations. Don't get me wrong, they're great tools for what they're good at. I need to do more research before I start a port, SDFs seem like the best option but I'm not 100% confident. I am considering using your SDF library though (github.com/fogleman/sdf) but need do do some experimenting/benchmarking first.


Not sure if this matters for you or not, but my understanding (with some experiments) is that the "slicers" implicitly do a union. As in: you could have an STL with a bunch of overlapping blobs and the 3d printer slicing code just checks isInside -- which is effectively a union.

At least that's what I found when I was generating STLs in code.


This is so good, and based on some of these comments I don't think everyone is quite getting it.


Please share your understanding!


Possible counterpoint: LLMs are notoriously good at writing plausible sounding ideas that are wrong.


Fire up an LLM and write a Malcolm Gladwell article.


“Plausible sounding” != good sounding in the way that (I think) PG is using it.

LLMs produce plausible, wrong, and very bad prose. Arguably evidence for his point, if anything.


Lol your response is even better than mine, thank you.


So, if cameras have poor dynamic range, how are they getting away with a single exposure? They didn't explain that at all...


Human vision has around 20 stops of static dynamic range. Modern digital cameras can't match human vision— a $90,000 Arri Alexa boasts 17 stops— but they're way better than SDR screens.


I've been a big fan of the author's tiny renderer. Nice to see a tiny compiler too!


That sounds interesting! He seems to have four tiny renderers pinned on his GitHub page; is https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer the one you're recommending? What do you like about it?


Maybe they recommend that only given this is the one linked on the webpage of this post: https://ssloy.github.io/tinyrenderer/


A mouse zooming into your face isn't parallax


I just downloaded the screensaver pack mentioned by the OP and there's even another one in the pack called "Hopalong"!


OMG. I remember that. I did not put that together!


IMO: get rid of the animations


Agreed, was going to mention the same thing.


Add another dropdown so we can color code by Base salary only, Stock only, etc.


Maybe 3 categories?

1. Salary (straightforward, on regular schedule, and you'll get it)

2. Bonuses and RSUs (various vesting rules, and ways you can never see it)

3. Startup stock and (worse) stock options (probably worthless, vesting rules, and you might need an advisor to make sure you don't exercise and come out with a big negative)


Yeah that make sense, will work on adding for this heatmap


You might like the xkcd color survey:

https://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/


That was such a rewarding read! LOL thanks for sharing


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