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I was trying to unlock my car with a keyfob, but I was out of range. A friend of mine said that I have to hold the transmitter next to my head. It worked, so I tried the following later that day:
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Here's a demo of a rendering engine I've been working on that allows for Non-Euclidean worlds.

Source Code and Executable:
https://github.com/HackerPoet/NonEuclidean

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Top books of all time found in comments on Hacker News.

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