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SomeDaysBe··on My little sister's use of ChatGPT for homework is heartbreaking
If she was using it to check 24 + 7, then yes.
SomeDaysBe··on Rare eleventh-century astrolabe discovery shows Islamic–Jewish sci. exchange
> Muslims in europe had white people (and black people too) as slaves, way, way, way before europeans started trading slaves

Rome? Greece? What are you even talking about?

> FWIW slavery is still ongoing, today, in some muslim countries

Also in the USA [1] and EU [2].

Spare us the "europeans are peaceful / muslims evil" angle please.

[1] https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/country-studie... [2] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2023-00130...

SomeDaysBe··on How do I become a graphics programmer?
Do you know how one can get a job as a graphics developer if they know most of these? I do Graphics programming as a hobby, and I learned a lot of what you mentioned here. But since I don't have any job experience, I never really get any interviews.
SomeDaysBe··on Java JEP 461: Stream Gatherers
Streams can tend to be more readable and easier to write for the right problem set. This is because it is super easy to compose basic functions together which are then invoked by the Stream API. It also makes it really easy to parallelize operations.
SomeDaysBe··on L-System Simulations
Wow never heard of space filling curves. Yet another rabit hole to go into.
SomeDaysBe··on L-System Simulations
I was able to get it working, I think:

axiom: a

rules:

a = +b|-a|a-|b+

b = -a|+b|b+|a-

initial angle: 90

angle change: 90

scale: 1

simulation depth: 4