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How can I implement gravity?

How can I implement gravity? Not for a particular language, just pseudocode...
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How could you parallelise a 2D boids simulation

How could you program a 2D boids simulation in such a way that it could use processing power from different sources (clusters, gpu). In the above example, the non-coloured particles move around ...
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Approximating walking physics via simpler sliding physics

I am modeling walking insects. I implement them as cuboids and use forces (including friction and drag), to control motion. However, the movement characteristics of this 'sliding box' physics don't ...
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Separating physics and game logic from UI code

I'm working on a simple block-based puzzle game. The game play consists pretty much of moving blocks around in the game area, so it's a trivial physics simulation. My implementation, however, is in ...
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Physics library internals

I've seen box2d and bullet ports into javascript, but neither of them attracted me particularly, except by source code. It all seemed, after all, quite simple once I looked inside them. But what are ...