Next month: porting it to C from Java, so that I can actually run the thing without crashing my computer.
This should never happen; C should not be able to crash your computer, any more than Java. Ignoring considerations such as Java being the devil's kimchi...
Do you want to talk about it?
From Java, to C, not the other way around. I'm pretty sure it's because I'm basically brute-forcing this in favor of accuracy: I'm populating a 1000x1000x2000 volume with world-paths and doing Lorentz transforms on the lot.
I'm pretty sure researchers deal with millions of data points all the time, so I don't think this is unreasonable, but then I'm also new to serious programming as I noted above, so who knows.
In an attempt to encourage more people to actually do awesome things (a la instrumental rationality), I am proposing a new monthly thread (can be changed to bi-weekly, should that be demanded). Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this month. You may be as blatantly proud of you self as you feel. You may unabashedly consider yourself the coolest freaking person ever because of that awesome thing you're dying to tell everyone about. This is the place to do just that.
Remember, however, that this isn't any kind of progress thread. Nor is it any kind of proposal thread.This thread is solely for people to talk about the awesomest thing they've done all month. not will do. not are working on. have already done. This is to cultivate an environment of object level productivity rather than meta-productivity methods.
So, what's the coolest thing you've done this month?