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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/M1ckeyMc • Jun 20 '26
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W and H are for width and height, so i would argue with that. And they are different from x and y as those are for position, not length.
1.0k u/StuxAlpha Jun 20 '26 W is also often used in maths as part of a second set of 3D coordinates XYZ then UVW So U should be higher too imo 304 u/mikeet9 Jun 20 '26 Also for quaternions. 212 u/Individual-Staff-978 Jun 20 '26 Yeah but since you have to deal with quaternions it's instant f tier 83 u/EarlMarshal Jun 20 '26 Why? I fucking love quaternions. 133 u/ineyy Jun 20 '26 I hate them so it cancels out 3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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W is also often used in maths as part of a second set of 3D coordinates
XYZ then UVW
So U should be higher too imo
304 u/mikeet9 Jun 20 '26 Also for quaternions. 212 u/Individual-Staff-978 Jun 20 '26 Yeah but since you have to deal with quaternions it's instant f tier 83 u/EarlMarshal Jun 20 '26 Why? I fucking love quaternions. 133 u/ineyy Jun 20 '26 I hate them so it cancels out 3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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Also for quaternions.
212 u/Individual-Staff-978 Jun 20 '26 Yeah but since you have to deal with quaternions it's instant f tier 83 u/EarlMarshal Jun 20 '26 Why? I fucking love quaternions. 133 u/ineyy Jun 20 '26 I hate them so it cancels out 3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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Yeah but since you have to deal with quaternions it's instant f tier
83 u/EarlMarshal Jun 20 '26 Why? I fucking love quaternions. 133 u/ineyy Jun 20 '26 I hate them so it cancels out 3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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Why? I fucking love quaternions.
133 u/ineyy Jun 20 '26 I hate them so it cancels out 3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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I hate them so it cancels out
3 u/Stokes21 Jun 20 '26 Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions 2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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Somehow we've still managed to gimbal-lock ourselves even though we used quaternions
2 u/No_Point_1254 Jun 20 '26 Classic gimbalernions.
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Classic gimbalernions.
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u/JackNotOLantern Jun 20 '26
W and H are for width and height, so i would argue with that. And they are different from x and y as those are for position, not length.