bitCycle

Developer of iOS app WordFoto.

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Ah, cluedo.unicodeScalars.count == 6.

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WRT @NSHipster's regex post:

import Foundation

let cluedo = "🕵️‍♀️🔍"
// NOTE: 2 characters, or 6+2 = 8 UTF-16 code units

let r = cluedo.range(of: "......", options: .regularExpression)!
// NOTE: 6 (not 2 or 8) dots

print(cluedo[r])
// MYSTERY: prints "🕵️‍♀️🔍"

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@mlpix Thank you for reporting this. We'll look into it.

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32-bit is to 64-bit as
0.5 seconds is to 68 years and as
1 cm is to Earth's circumference

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@zzznah Or you do your processing ((motion) blur) in linear space rather than in eg sRGB.

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https://t.co/zBkuh1MoER

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Swift challenge: Write the fastest possible
func f(_ i: UInt8) -> UInt32 { … }
such that:
f(0) -> 0
f(1) -> 65536
f(2) -> 81920
f(3) -> 86016
f(4) -> 87040
f(5) -> 87296
f(6) -> 87360

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A Swift resolution to Zeno's Paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise:

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Or: -Xfrontend -warn-long-function-bodies=50

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This compiler flag saves time:
-Xfrontend -warn-long-expression-type-checking=50
(Especially if you're using SIMD types in Swift.)

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Making a simple physics system for a possible WordFoto update. 2000 disks, verlet integration, spatial hashing.

[Ehlol @ehlol_com]

This guy is incredible. To be half the man he is would be amazing by anyone's standards.

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We've just released Ehlol, a game of puzzling images and words. Download it via https://t.co/e12qqlrWqu for more puzzles like this. Feedback appreciated!

[Ehlol @ehlol_com]

First daily puzzle, please unscramble! #ehlol #iosapp #dailypuzzle

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@tkremenek Xcode 10.2.1 fixed some but clearly not all of the build time regression, we still have code that won't compile (too complex) with Xcode 10.2.1 but which did compile prior to 10.2 (and macOS 10.14.4). Seems like it might have something to do with operators and generics: SR-10461

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@warrenm @mnuages In case anyone at apple sees this: filed radar 45495267

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Is there a bug in SceneKit's physically based materials? Normals towards -z makes material darker when metalness is low, no matter orientation of obj or the lighting env. Details here: https://t.co/Kodw1q1RLU cc @mnuages @warrenm

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@warrenm @mnuages Tried Xcode 10b3, issue is still there : (
Frustrating. I suppose I should file a radar.

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@warrenm @mnuages So if the issue remains when I try with Xcode 10b3, it's probably something specific to my hardware?

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@warrenm @mnuages Oh, that looks a lot more like what I would have expected. Any Idea what could be the problem? I will try downloading the Xcode 10 beta.

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@warrenm @mnuages (Full details are in the comments of the test program) Mojave 10.14, did you try to reproduce using my test program and results came out different (lighter spheres)?
Thanks for looking into this!