Converting float to int using bits

Sometimes it makes sense to place an integer into an array of floats but not want to represent it a float.

GLSL has a function for converting the bits that represent a float to an integer and vise versa:

https://www.khronos.org/registry/OpenGL-Refpages/gl4/html/floatBitsToInt.xhtml

Fixing MFC compile errors in Visual Studio 2013

If you get the error:

Error 1 error MSB8031: Building an MFC project for a non-Unicode character set is deprecated. You must change the project property to Unicode or download an additional library. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=286820 for more information. C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets 376

It can be fixed by installing the Multibyte MFC Library for Visual Studio 2013 which can be found here.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40770

Recursive grep

search current directory for all files that contain alvin

grep -rl alvin .

Found this here:

https://alvinalexander.com/linux-unix/recursive-grep-r-searching-egrep-find

svn command reference

Good svn command reference:

http://web.archive.org/web/20110316170621/http://www.duchnik.com/tutorials/vc/svn-command-reference

Fix windows 10 explorer not refreshing:

• In Windows Explorer: choose Tools, Folder Options > Click the Search tab > Check or uncheck ANY option
• Apply.
• If this solves your problem, you can revert to your original setting and the problem will remain solved.

Copied from Bilo's answer on superuser.com

Setup VNC on linux

ssh into machine you would like to VNC into

run vncserver and setup a password

login to the vnc desktop that is printed out by the vncserver command.

Hide Visual Studio "External Dependencies" folder

In Visual Studio 2010 and up there is a new folder which shows up in each of the projects labeled "External Dependencies". This folder can become unwieldy very quickly and makes using the Solution Explorer harder to use. It is easy to hide/remove this folder.

Tools->Options:
Text Editor->C/C++->Advanced:
In the Browsing/Navigation section there is an option for "Disable External Dependencies Folders"
Set that to True and then restart Visual Studio or reload the solution and the External Dependencies folder should no longer be there.