@nprofile1q... in a way? But like, even within a framework of math, there are stuff you may want to toy around. Like, say with bridges, you might want to have a go at designing some kind of new bridge type - you're still working within the math, and seeing whether you can make your idea work, even if in some hypothetical scenario or not. Like, that's still a project, even if it doesn't enter into the physical world in any way, and I would very much count that.

@nprofile1q... so the resoure requirements is is a big part why I say that I lean towards it being the case and not it outright being the case. Software is wonderful in that you need almost no resources to get started with it, while for many other engineering disciplines that's far from being the case.

But still, even if it's not "to completion", I think that "toy projects" are a good indicator of somebody willing to like, actually engineer stuff well and be proud of their work, vs somebody who "just does the job".

@nprofile1q... I'd lean towards it being true to other disciplines as well

@nprofile1q... quick feedback: probably unintended that the not-yet-built RailBaltica connection is covering the existing and working LT-PL connection 🙂

@Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: @(eval 'Toast) see the recently public domained slug font rendering algorthm (was patented grrrrr but author released it after a bit), can render arbitrary bezier-polygons (so most fonts) on a GPU - was made for games and other 3d things but should work decently for stuff like this as well (tho questionable how worth it is)

@nprofile1q... wrt scheduling - considering that it's running the same workload very often, could you just have it try a couple different options and then choose the best? Would have a "warmup period", but should be able to find close to optimal schedule for each graph

@nprofile1q... I know Factorio uses this a bunch and calls them implicit linked lists (because each object has a next/prev pointers to each other)

@Blurry Moon @Pimp Wheel, M.D. the argument boils down to "is reproducing code speech or production"

which I guess could lead down to destruction of copyright for code if it falls into the speech pile and gov still wants to control it

@nprofile1q... eh, I much prefer large workshops, datacenters are mostly just rooms with electricity and cooling, while large workshops have cranes and shit and that's much more fun

@nprofile1q... depends tbh, if you see an antenna mast on the roof, chances are that it's already rented out by some larger "antena mast space" provider and you'd get sent there, and they probably already have a pricing list online. But for otherwise random houses, cold sending it is I guess. My grandma has free internet from a deal they made with the provider that has an antenna on their roof (it's only a 2 story house, but with a flat roof and in convenient location)

@nprofile1q... I guess the only real question is from the safety point of view on whether they can run in the tunnel or not? Since the infra that's realistically reachable UK side is the functionally the same standard as in FR