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(My problem is similarly bad.)
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I really liked this one. I don't know why though. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 17:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
 
I really liked this one. I don't know why though. [[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 17:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
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: Yep - all three of the 'experts' express problems that I have with every single weather forecast.  It gets worse though.  Our local TV station uses a rotating 3D graphic of downtown Austin where the shadows of the building flicker violently - they've been doing this for YEARS.  I'm a 3D computer graphics professional and I know PRECISELY why that is happening (they are rendering the front-faces of the building polygons in the shadow rendering pass instead of the back faces...trust me on this one!)...I could fix the bug with ONE LINE OF CODE - and I bet I could find and fix the bug within 20 minutes.  But when I call them...'''SECURITY!!!'''  [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 17:36, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

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I’ve wondered about this (from both the math and software development perspectives anyway, not the linguist), so I look forward to seeing some actual answers as the explanation gets filled in :) PotatoGod (talk) 16:36, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

I really liked this one. I don't know why though. Linker (talk) 17:35, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Yep - all three of the 'experts' express problems that I have with every single weather forecast. It gets worse though. Our local TV station uses a rotating 3D graphic of downtown Austin where the shadows of the building flicker violently - they've been doing this for YEARS. I'm a 3D computer graphics professional and I know PRECISELY why that is happening (they are rendering the front-faces of the building polygons in the shadow rendering pass instead of the back faces...trust me on this one!)...I could fix the bug with ONE LINE OF CODE - and I bet I could find and fix the bug within 20 minutes. But when I call them...SECURITY!!! SteveBaker (talk) 17:36, 25 April 2018 (UTC)