Hacker News with Generative AI: Algorithm

VoxelSpace: Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code (2020) (github.com/s-macke)
Let us go back to the year 1992. The CPUs were 1000 times slower than today and the acceleration via a GPU was unknown or unaffordable. 3D games were calculated exclusively on the CPU and the rendering engine rendered filled polygons with a single color.

Terrain Rendering, Algorithm, Computer Graphics, Programming, Retro Computing

339 points by lnyan 14 days ago | 87 comments

X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to boost right-leaning accounts (mastodon.social)

Social Media, Algorithm, Political Bias

89 points by hn1986 62 days ago | 50 comments

Revealing causal links in complex systems: New algorithm shows hidden influences (techxplore.com)
Getting to the heart of causality is central to understanding the world around us. What causes one variable—be it a biological species, a voting region, a company stock, or a local climate—to shift from one state to another can inform how we might shape that variable in the future.

Causality, Algorithm, Complex Systems, Science

133 points by wglb 73 days ago | 22 comments

Algorithm = Logic and Control [pdf] (ic.ac.uk)

Algorithm, Computer Science, Logic, Control

72 points by acmerfight 79 days ago | 12 comments

Instagram is lowering video quality for unpopular videos (techcrunch.com)
The popularity of an Instagram video can affect its actual video quality: According to Adam Mosseri (the Meta executive who leads Instagram and Threads), videos that are more popular get shown in higher quality, while less popular videos get shown in lower quality.

Social Media, Instagram, Algorithm, Video Quality

6 points by LordAtlas 82 days ago | 0 comments

TikTok is reportedly splitting its source code to create a US-only algorithm (theverge.com)

Social Media, Algorithm, Privacy, Technology, United States

45 points by thunderbong 232 days ago | 20 comments

Google Algorithm Leaked (seroundtable.com)

Google, Algorithm

90 points by certifiedloud 233 days ago | 10 comments

Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm (searchengineland.com)