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  1. Comment on Opinion so far on the Epic Games Store? in ~games

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    That's counterintuitive. I've always wondered how that overlay works and tracks processes, because I've used it to launch MultiMC, then from there launch some Minecraft pack to play using the...

    That's counterintuitive. I've always wondered how that overlay works and tracks processes, because I've used it to launch MultiMC, then from there launch some Minecraft pack to play using the Steam Controller. Any idea why this doesn't work with the Epic Launcher?

  2. Comment on Opinion so far on the Epic Games Store? in ~games

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    This is likely a dumb question, but can't you put the Epic Games Store as a game entry in Steam, then launch it from there? I imagine you'd have to have some complicated bindings though.

    This is likely a dumb question, but can't you put the Epic Games Store as a game entry in Steam, then launch it from there? I imagine you'd have to have some complicated bindings though.

  3. Comment on Board games with unique mechanics? in ~games.tabletop

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    I would say check out Gloomhaven and Dragoon - very different games but both are enjoyable.

    I would say check out Gloomhaven and Dragoon - very different games but both are enjoyable.

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  4. Does anyone have resources for an introduction to semidefinite programming?

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    I'm interested in the subject, but don't know where to begin investigating it. I tried to look over the code for SeDuMi, but it is much more massive than I had realized. I have a background in...

    I'm interested in the subject, but don't know where to begin investigating it. I tried to look over the code for SeDuMi, but it is much more massive than I had realized. I have a background in mathematics, if anyone can point me towards a textbook.

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  5. Comment on Generating grid-based maps with binary space partitioning in ~games.game_design

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    This is neat. I wonder if they've considered merging a random amount of adjacent rooms to make some that are not rectangular.

    This is neat. I wonder if they've considered merging a random amount of adjacent rooms to make some that are not rectangular.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    For me personally, it makes a lot of sense not having to keep track of how I've configured things other than my home directory. There are other reasons I like it, but this is what led me to switch...

    For me personally, it makes a lot of sense not having to keep track of how I've configured things other than my home directory. There are other reasons I like it, but this is what led me to switch from Arch.

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  7. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    As an update from last week's thread, I got TensorFlow compiling on NixOS. Unfortunately, it segfaults on simple calls. This is the same behavior as for PyTorch with a ROCm backend for NixOS that...

    As an update from last week's thread, I got TensorFlow compiling on NixOS. Unfortunately, it segfaults on simple calls. This is the same behavior as for PyTorch with a ROCm backend for NixOS that I've observed, which means there is probably an issue deeper in the overlay.

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  8. Comment on Solving "The Miracle" sudoku - A top sudoku player solves a puzzle with non-standard restrictions that he initially assumes is an impossible joke in ~games

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    I imagine there is some group theory behind it that makes sense. There appears to be more to the pattern than he points out.

    I imagine there is some group theory behind it that makes sense. There appears to be more to the pattern than he points out.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Well, sort of. ROCm is not an official target for TensorFlow, and neither is NixOS. This is a niche enough problem that I suspect there would be very little interest in providing support....

    Well, sort of. ROCm is not an official target for TensorFlow, and neither is NixOS. This is a niche enough problem that I suspect there would be very little interest in providing support. Fortunately the maintainer of the nixos-rocm overlay is both very competent and willing to provide help, so I've mostly been pinging him with questions.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I've been trying to package TensorFlow with a ROCm backend for NixOS. It's not going well. TensorFlow uses Bazel as a build system, which is horrible for all sorts of reasons, but even more so...

    I've been trying to package TensorFlow with a ROCm backend for NixOS. It's not going well. TensorFlow uses Bazel as a build system, which is horrible for all sorts of reasons, but even more so when combined with NixOS. Lots of paths in the build files are hardcoded and expect to find things at /opt/rocm, which is never true for NixOS. This expectation is probably why the Bazel build files for ROCm don't follow any symlinks, which compounds how difficult it is to package this.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I'm excited to see all this work being done on Gemini, hopefully it continues to increase in popularity.

    I'm excited to see all this work being done on Gemini, hopefully it continues to increase in popularity.

    3 votes

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  13. Comment on Do you think there is anything from the past we should bring back? in ~talk

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    I'm a huge fan of rotary concepts myself! I'm very excited to see that LiquidPiston appears to be making advancements in the area.

    I'm a huge fan of rotary concepts myself! I'm very excited to see that LiquidPiston appears to be making advancements in the area.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Help Packaging Elmer FEM for Nix in ~comp

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  16. Help Packaging Elmer FEM for Nix

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    I'm trying to package Elmer for use with NixOS, and could use some help from any experienced Nix users. My current attempt is located here. There is some junk left around in that file from my...

    I'm trying to package Elmer for use with NixOS, and could use some help from any experienced Nix users. My current attempt is located here. There is some junk left around in that file from my experimenting, but it's at least a start. There are also a few lines of error included in the comment here.

    Any help is appreciated!

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Periodic functions in ~science

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    I would not know, my knowledge comes from a class I took using Barry Simon's A Comprehensive Course in Analysis. This should be in the first volume, but these are not introductory texts.

    I would not know, my knowledge comes from a class I took using Barry Simon's A Comprehensive Course in Analysis. This should be in the first volume, but these are not introductory texts.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Periodic functions in ~science

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    This is a very satisfying answer that I hadn't considered. Edit: To be honest, I'm surprised I didn't realize this myself - I must reread Landau's Foundations of Analysis as a refresher.

    This is a very satisfying answer that I hadn't considered.

    Edit: To be honest, I'm surprised I didn't realize this myself - I must reread Landau's Foundations of Analysis as a refresher.

  19. Comment on Periodic functions in ~science

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    I think the answer is that I hadn't realized that periodicity is equivalent to being in L2 over a real interval. Sine and Cosine are used because they're orthogonal functions in that space, but...

    I think the answer is that I hadn't realized that periodicity is equivalent to being in L2 over a real interval. Sine and Cosine are used because they're orthogonal functions in that space, but Fourier Series can be reformulated to use any sequence of orthogonal functions, which means that any function that is periodic can be reformulated to be defined without using trigonometric functions, even trigonometric functions.

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  20. Comment on Periodic functions in ~science

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    From a mathematical perspective, any function that is in L2 over, say, [0, 1] is periodic. A function in this space that is impossible to compute meaningful values of on a computer is f(x)={0 if x...

    From a mathematical perspective, any function that is in L2 over, say, [0, 1] is periodic. A function in this space that is impossible to compute meaningful values of on a computer is f(x)={0 if x is Rational else 1}. Yet over [0, 1] the area under the function from this perspective is 1 and the Fourier Series would be the same as that for f(x)=1; the ability to compute values of a function like this easily isn't really what I'm looking for.

    I guess one answer to this question I've asked is any fuction in this space, but that sort of loops back to piecewise representation or a Fourier Series to get there.

    Disclaimer: I abused some notation in this post.

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