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A Valve engineer fixed 3D lighting so hard he had to tell all the graphics card manufacturers their math was wrong, and the reaction was: 'I hate you' (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The guy was a fine arts major too. Bunch of stem majors couldn’t figure it out for themselves.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As a person who tends to come from the technical side, this doesn't surprise me. Without a deep understanding of the subject, how would you come up with an accurate formula or algorithm to meet your needs? And with lighting in a physical space, that would be an arts major, not a math or computing major.

Most of my best work (which I'll grant is limited) came from working with experts in their field and producing systems that matched their perspectives. I don't think this diminishes his accomplishments, bit rather emphasizes the importance of seeking out those experts and gaining an understanding of the subject matter you're working with to produce better results.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah. I have a STEM degree and work in a STEM field, and it's a bummer to see just how... not well rounded people's educations are. Otherwise intelligent people that seem incapable of critical thinking.