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MyDef
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Programming Breakthroughs We Need
For those who are interested, checkout MyDef - https://github.com/hzhou/MyDef
- MyDef – Programming in the next paradigm – your way
- Show HN: C programming language extension: Cedro pre-processor
pbrt-v3
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Ask HN: Any good books on ray tracing?
Physically Based Rendering[0] was an excellent textbook when I read it ages ago and conveniently enough it looks to have been updated with a new edition last year.
[0]: https://pbrt.org/
- Spectral Ray Tracing
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Is it possible and realistic to learn independent of an API?
Physically Based Raytracing
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C++ Project to Put On Resume
Both of these books are free, and both are written in C++, but they can be done in any language. The first book, a raytracer in a weekend, is part of a series, you can find it here: https://raytracing.github.io/ And, if you get to the third book in that series, or you need a reference book, the PBRT book covers the math in more depth and discusses the latest theory, you can get the last edition of the book (5 years out of date) for free though: https://pbrt.org/
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(Why) is a toy password manager a too complex summer project?
Making a “complete” one is a never-ending rabbit hole you can spend a lifetime on and is a very active area of research covering more advanced geometry, probability, optics, machine learning etc etc. A great introduction to that is https://pbrt.org
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Suggestions for some best books on computer vision
This isn't the highest priority but if you haven't already, learn how computer graphics works. Get a working knowledge of the camera matrix, real time graphics (say, OpenGL but threeJS is an option), and photorealistic graphics. PBRT is the go-to for photorealistic graphics. The first two books of Foundations of Game Engine Development are way more useful than they have any right to be (and my favorite textbooks I've ever read, 10/10).
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Org Mode Gripes
Org-mode strength though is in working with different languages in a same source file, which I am not sure if Knuths version does. Anyway, to see how the original idea looks like, check the Wikipedia article, or to see it in real-life see some of books that are written in the literate style, like Physically Based Rendering, which seems to be available for free nowadays or C Interfaces and Implementations.
- Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to explore a new language?
- Path Tracer Project
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Physically Based: A Database of PBR Values for Real-World Materials
I contributed a tiny bit to pbrt[1], and one of the things I loved was that if you just plugged in physical values you almost always got great results with minimal tweaking.
The Octane data seems most complete at first glance (with complex IOR etc), but for things like milk and blood I expected at the very least some absorption coefficient for the translucency or similar.
[1]: https://pbrt.org/
What are some alternatives?
groovy - Apache Groovy: A powerful multi-faceted programming language for the JVM platform
the_raytracer_challenge_repl - A WebAssembly (WASM) based REPL interface for my Raytracer Challenge in Rust project
ltools - LTools are a set of free, open-source productivity command-line tools (drawing inspiration from Unix commands and philosophy).
mitsuba3 - Mitsuba 3: A Retargetable Forward and Inverse Renderer
perl-begin - The Perl Beginners’ Site’ Sources
odin_rosettacode - Odin examples for Rosetta Code
foam3 - FOAM: Feature-Oriented Active Modeller, Version 3 (unstable)
RiftRay - Step into the worlds of Shadertoy with an Oculus Rift.
cmacro - Lisp macros for C
tray_rust - A toy ray tracer in Rust
remote-apis - An API for caching and execution of actions on a remote system.
RustCrypto - Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data Algorithms: high-level encryption ciphers