Q*Bert Reynolds

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 5 months ago

I think they’re giving you shit for using github.

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 6 months ago

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 6 months ago

Top notch content. Right up there with his popcorn button on the microwave video.

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 7 months ago

This is just a crude early version. Eventually the tiles will be significantly smaller, quieter, and less prone to ripping toes off.

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 8 months ago

“Engineers have been circulating an old, famous-among-programmers web comic about how all modern digital infrastructure rests on a project maintained by some random guy in Nebraska. (In their telling, Mr. Freund is the random guy from Nebraska.)”

That’s not quite right. Lasse Collin is the random guy in Nebraska. Freund is the guy that noticed the whole thing was about to topple.

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Becoming a Nintendo developer and using their SDK is free. It’s just the hardware that costs money.

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Each dev kit is $450. Being able to test on an emulator is free. Sure, you ultimately want to test on hardware, but indie dev teams aren’t going to shell out that kind of money for each developer. Who gives a fuck about indie developers though, right?

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · 9 months ago

Says 1-bit then goes on to describe inputs as -1, 0, or 1. That’s 2-bit. Am I missing something here?

Q*Bert Reynolds@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 1 year ago

It’s probably based on Q learning, which has been around for 30+ years, and I’m guessing the star is a nod to A* because it’s an optimization of some kind.