Limiting Light: How Would You Build a Lightsaber?
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The article explores the theoretical possibility of building a lightsaber, as seen in Star Wars, by examining the concept of limiting light, with the discussion touching on the challenges and creative solutions.
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conorcleary
3 months ago
Just need to add a max_dist attribute to the light variable
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