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what exactly is gpu memory for and why does minecraft not seem to make use of it

we'd assumed it'd be used for like, textures and framebuffers and stuff but minecraft appears to load all of those into main memory

*pixellates*

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quiiiil.

this was originally going to say kiloampere, but then we realized that's not at all out of the realm of possibility in industrial and power distribution systems, so it wouldn't terrify *any* electrical engineer

gigampere

you know what would be a really good tool for modded minecraft? Something that gives you a GUI for modifying things like worldgen (easily turn off worldgen in most of the mods that add copper, for instance, so you only have one type of copper ore), loot tables, and recipes (for when your modpack should have custom recipes)

bonus points if it has fun movement abilities like the harry potter games' spongify and carpe retractum

random thought: has anyone ever made another game in the style of the early Harry Potter pc games? like, 3d platformer kind of thing where you learn magic abilities that let you get to new places almost metroidvania-style, with minimal focus on combat and large focus on secrets to find and interesting level design

good morning it is too early

the fractional quantum hall effect is weird because the words "fractional" and "quantum" just don't go together, that's kind of the whole point

it feels weird that there are regions of operation where the conduction losses in a power MOSFET can be higher than those of a similarly rated power IGBT but such is the case regardless

apparently the super metroid speedrunning community calls the trick where you go really fast in morph ball mode a "mock ball"... and yes, that's how they spell it. not mach ball, which would make sense, but mock ball, which doesn't

niobium.

someone said something before about what this sort of network activity means, but we can't recall what the word was

today is a day of weird mh. not particularly good, maybe a little bad but not extremely? but just. bleh

- all entries in op amps > chaotic circuits
- misc devices > jfets > lambda diode
- misc devices > jfets > lambda diode oscillator
- misc devices > light bulb > wien bridge oscillator
- other passive circuits > relays > relay oscillator
- transistors > gilbert cell multiplier
- transistors > true RMS converter
- transistors > joule thief
- mosfets > analog reciprocal
- mosfets > cmos crystal oscillator
- sequential logic > shift registers > universal

we also corrected a mistake in analog/digital > half-flash (subranging) ADC

unrelated to anything at all, http://falstad.com/circuit/ is fun to play with

if anyone's interested even a little bit in electrical engineering it's a great tool for building your understanding of how basic components work, better than LTspice or other spice-based simulators for that specifically (though it's definitely not as good for actual engineering work)

plus it's just kinda fun to see how things interact. play with the examples in the circuits dropdown!

people are talking about turnips a lot and it's made us realize

i don't think we've ever eaten a turnip, or seen a recipe that involved them

what are they used for?