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Jdhwilkins
Personal blog · jdhwilkins.commathprogramming
Jdhwilkins is a personal blog at jdhwilkins.com about math and programming. Since 2025, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-10, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Only one HN comment, a repost apology with a link to the article. The linked post is a guide to using Perlin noise for procedural generation of mountains, cliffs and caves.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Field notes on math, technology and everything in between.
What Hacker News says?
My bad. Reposted. Link: https://jdhwilkins.com/mountains-cliffs-and-caves-a-comprehe...
Comment linking /mountains-cliffs-and-caves-a-comprehensive-guide-to-using-perlin-noise-for-procedural-generation/
on “Mountains, Cliffs, and Caves: A Guide to Using Perlin Noise for Procedural Gen”Submitted Mountains, Cliffs, and Caves: A Guide to Using Perlin Noise for Procedural Gen as a story · 176 points
HN discussionSubmitted Information at a Glance: Do Your Charts Suck as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Model Evaluation: why accuracy isn't enough as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted From Love to Logic: How Algorithms Decide Our Matches as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Formal Grammars – The Hidden Mathematics of Language as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Proof by Induction (Ft. The Tower of Hanoi) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Solving the Travelling Salesman Problem Using a Genetic Algorithm as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Bridges of Konigsberg as a story · 1 points
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