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stathissideris 2016-01-11T17:08:47.001207Z

this may be of interest: http://www.blendernation.com/2016/01/05/java-blend/

meow 2016-01-11T17:17:08.001209Z

@stathissideris: that looks really useful, thanks

meow 2016-01-11T17:17:38.001210Z

wish I had a better way of producing X3D files in my project - current approach runs out of memory

stathissideris 2016-01-11T17:18:15.001211Z

@meow: should be easy to wrap that with a nice interface that's a bit more clojury, right?

meow 2016-01-11T17:19:12.001212Z

I don't know but if so it would be great as blender is the swiss army knife of 3d graphics tools, especially for file import/export

meow 2016-01-11T17:19:39.001213Z

I don't use Blender, but only because I want to do everything in clojure

meow 2016-01-11T17:19:58.001214Z

I have it installed here, just keep myself from using it

stathissideris 2016-01-11T18:24:47.001216Z

why not mix and match tools? why are you so strict about sticking to clojure?

meow 2016-01-11T18:26:21.001217Z

because my ultimate target is to create a virtual reality universe and I won't get there using blender

meow 2016-01-11T18:27:33.001218Z

and the universe I am going to create is, um, complicated, to say the least

meow 2016-01-11T18:29:24.001219Z

I'm too impatient to wait for the singularity so I figured I would create one myself

meow 2016-01-11T18:30:17.001220Z

or more than one, but we'll start with one

meow 2016-01-11T18:31:03.001221Z

reality is just a recursive, axiomatic, rules-based process

meow 2016-01-11T18:31:21.001222Z

collect the whole set

meow 2016-01-11T18:31:33.001223Z

available at fine retailers everywhere

meow 2016-01-11T18:32:01.001224Z

oops, look at me, giving it all away again, when will I ever learn

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meow 2016-01-11T18:33:35.001225Z

Alchemy: All for Free, Free for All

meow 2016-01-11T18:33:56.001226Z

Attempt 2.0

meow 2016-01-11T18:36:41.001227Z

What's Your Quest?

stathissideris 2016-01-11T18:38:16.001230Z

so I'm guessing you're inspired by this? https://xkcd.com/224/

meow 2016-01-11T18:39:21.001232Z

lol

meow 2016-01-11T18:39:24.001233Z

and it shows

meow 2016-01-11T18:39:41.001234Z

perl

meow 2016-01-11T18:39:53.001235Z

ruled the world back in 1999

meow 2016-01-11T18:40:12.001236Z

if you wrote perl you only wore black t-shirts

stathissideris 2016-01-11T18:40:43.001237Z

I did :simple_smile:

stathissideris 2016-01-11T18:41:00.001238Z

I can't believe I once liked perl

meow 2016-01-11T18:42:08.001239Z

with perl saying "code golf" is redundant

eggsyntax 2016-01-11T21:45:09.001240Z

@meow: have you read Greg Egan’s Permutation City or Diaspora? They might be right up yr alley...

meow 2016-01-11T21:49:58.001241Z

nope - will check them out

meow 2016-01-11T21:50:07.001242Z

what are they

meow 2016-01-11T21:50:31.001243Z

fiction books, right - think I saw them mentioned recently

eggsyntax 2016-01-11T21:52:43.001244Z

Yep, hard sci fi

meow 2016-01-11T21:53:03.001245Z

what's good about them

meow 2016-01-11T21:53:23.001246Z

are they better than soft porn

eggsyntax 2016-01-11T22:12:45.001247Z

Depends on the porn

eggsyntax 2016-01-11T22:13:11.001248Z

But they both touch very interestingly on "reality is just a recursive, axiomatic, rules-based process."

eggsyntax 2016-01-11T22:13:28.001249Z

Permutation City more directly, although Diaspora is ultimately the better book.

meow 2016-01-11T22:26:51.001250Z

there is no good soft porn - lame & boring

meow 2016-01-11T22:27:10.001251Z

I need a good book so will look for those, thanks