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Tangent Vector
Personal blog · tangentvector.wordpress.comgamesprogramming
Tangent Vector is a personal blog at tangentvector.wordpress.com about games and programming. Since 2016, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “A Digression on Divergence (2013)”. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
The linked posts cover GPU programming, and the one comment here discusses how simple-looking GPU operations compile into many machine instructions and how confusing GPU terminology is. The comment does not discuss the writing itself.
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.
Failing at lethargy.
Most-linked posts?
- A Digression on Divergence (2013)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-11-29
What Hacker News says?
Hi, I'm a graphics programmer. Sorry for our confusing and pretty awful terminology, it's mostly an accident of history. I don't think we're the only field to have that problem, though. > why must it be so complicated to execute some simple instructions on a GPU Because they're not simple instructions. Here's what your 2 + 2 compiles to on an AMD GPU: https://hlsl.godbolt.org/z/qfz1TjPGa In order to fill a super wid…
Comment linking /2013/04/12/a-digression-on-divergence/
on “Learn WebGPU”Submitted A Digression on Divergence (2013) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Emulating Classic 2D Games in HD – Part 1 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Digression on Divergence as a story · 1 points
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