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[dupe]
Fast inverse square-root hack with magic constant 0x5f3759df (2012)
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p5r.org
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46 points
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shreyassaxena
on March 27, 2015
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sz4kerto
on March 27, 2015
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https://hn.algolia.com/?query=0x5f3759df&sort=byPopularity&p...
striking
on March 27, 2015
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I find it wonderful that the first mention of the constant on HN was in a username rather than in the title of a post.
dsp1234
on March 27, 2015
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The first mention on the entire site appears to actually be in this comment from 7 years ago.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=203676
Demiurge
on March 27, 2015
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This is awesome, but I wish I had a penny for every time this gets posted :)
fsloth
on March 27, 2015
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Thank lord this was actually a meaningfull explanation. The "magic constant" meme gave me always a headache. Kudos!
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