TIL `Math.hypot(x, y)` in JS is waaaaay slower than `Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y)`.
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TIL `Math.hypot(x, y)` in JS is waaaaay slower than `Math.sqrt(x*x + y*y)`. Apparently it uses a more precise algorithm under the hood: something something underflows overflows numerical stability.
Time to strip them all out of my codebase. ><
@jonikorpi Huh… I often use that in various languages to save a bit out typing when dx or dy are calculated values. I assumed it was just a shortcut…
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@jonikorpi Huh… I often use that in various languages to save a bit out typing when dx or dy are calculated values. I assumed it was just a shortcut…
@slembcke Me too. :s Hopefully the performance difference isn't as bad in other languages. Already varies quite a bit between browser engines.
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@jonikorpi @sinbad @lisyarus i saw a thing recently claiming audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between doubles, a banana, and wet mud!
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Liz Fong-Jones says:
> we need to ramp up the pressure to tax these companies and fund a UBI *now*. if we don't, by the time they've already eliminated these jobs it will be too late, and they'll hold all the cards.
https://bsky.app/profile/lizthegrey.com/post/3mgb2zxybak2m
I agree.
I wrote a piece recently called "A letter from 2016 to 2026" about a fictional person (not me, but based on conversations I was having) writing a letter to open 10y later https://dustycloud.org/blog/a-letter-from-2016-to-2026/
Part of it is the *promises* we were made of what life with AI was going to be like.
Liz highlights UBI as necessary here, and it's actually correct FROM THEIR ARGUMENTS. All the big CEOs of tech were talking up UBI as the answer to what would happen when AI automated everything. So we should hold them to account.
(They also said we'd be automating away the tedious stuff so we can focus on creative things like writing, code, artwork, and music. Oops! Funny how that worked out, huh?)
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