Why “Hull” is being discussed
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Everything old is new again (in this case, 27 years old): https://gamedev.net/tutorials/programming/graphics/s-buffer-... https://en.wiki…
by zackmorris · Oct 1, 2026
Naval vessels are some of the most maintained machines in the world. They get hauled out for hull repairs routinely, or put into long term maintenance facilities for months whil…
by ok_dad · Sep 30, 2026
Kirovs are the size of WWI battleships and exchange the heaviest AShM missiles made with other battlegroups, so yes? At the end of the day the Navy is seeing Orange Man offer a…
by browsingonly · Sep 30, 2026
The Navy has been pushing for a large cruiser for literally decades now. The Trump-class is that under a different name. We're at the end of what we can cram in a hull that's no…
by browsingonly · Sep 30, 2026
That’s a false dichotomy. Mathematical progress does (quite obviously, on the whole) help advance humanity, so progress is a good thing. The problem is that defunding mathematic…
by xanderlewis · Sep 30, 2026
I wrote a short post about convex hull building and dual polytopes. Dual polytopes are one of those things I understand and then inevitably forget the details of a few months la…
by OlympicMarmoto · Sep 29, 2026
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