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@schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

Remember when the “Hans, are we the baddies” sketch was still funny? Been a while eh.

@schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

I have some bad news. $ORGANISATION has failed to reach its funding target in $YEAR. We are $RANDOM() short of our $RANDOM() funding goal.

Only by guilting you are we able to make our funding goal this year.

@aras@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar aras , to random

So! This mastodon instance (mastodon.gamedev.place) has 136 custom "emojis" representing various engines & tools often used in gamedev. I made all of them 2+ years ago. Which notable ones have popped up since then that we are missing out on? Here are all the current ones: https://github.com/aras-p/gamedev-emojis

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@aras Apple Arcade.

LOL

@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar TomF , to random

1: Fury
2: Banshee
3: Demon
4: Phantom II
5: no name / Freedom Fighter / Tiger II
6: Skyray
7: Sea Dart
8: Crusader
9: Panther / Cougar
10: Skynight
11: Tiger
12: "Blackbird"
13: Triskaidekaphobia!
14: Tomcat
15: Eagle / Strike Eagle
16: Fighting Falcon / Viper
17: Cobra (evolved into the F-18)
18: Hornet / Super Hornet / Growler
19: fictional stealth fighter
20: Tigershark
21: Kfir - used as mock Mig-23s
22: Raptor
23: Black Widow

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@TomF 47? Embarrasing

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@TomF Ugh

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That’s a first: A website that completely disables itself with an overlay if your iPad or iPhone are in landscape mode. Something has gone very wrong in your understanding of websites if you do this. Very wrong.

https://studentsstartups.com/

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@agiletortoise I love the “yet”.

They’re working very hard to work out what magic is needed to support landscape mode!

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So it's actually this huh?

Abused xkcd dependencies cartoon - but with US-EAST-1 and cloudflare as the load bearing blocks.
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@killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , (edited ) to random

The (new) Steam Machine is a semi-custom desktop PC.
Marketed to a massive mainstream audience.
And it ships with Linux.
And it's now part of an entire Linux gaming ecosystem.
This is a big, big deal.
(Laptop in 2027?)

The image features a black VR headset with two controllers, a handheld gaming device, and a compact gaming console with USB ports. All items are arranged on a neutral background.
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@killyourfm do we know what linux and how they all work with your own distro on it?

@schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

Up at 4am today. I guess I’m a morning person now.

@yiningkarlli@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar yiningkarlli , (edited ) to random

So there's this startup aiming to put GPU farms in space because of cheap solar power but... how are they going to cool it? The vacuum of space is an insulator! The ISS uses huge radiators- their concept video shows a big solar grid but no radiators!

Modern spacecraft radiators can dissipate about 100W per sq meter. So for a 5 GW data center in space, you'd need 50 square km of radiators alone. Their video shows a 16 sq km solar array- where is all of the heat going???

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/starcloud/?linkId=100000388085273

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@yiningkarlli Its dumb. Super dumb.

@killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

I had lunch today atop these incredible petrified sand dunes. Utah continues to amaze me. .

A panoramic view of red rock formations under a partly cloudy sky, featuring a sparse tree and textured ground with small stones. The landscape showcases layers of rock and natural beauty typical of a desert environment.

A panoramic view of red rock formations under a partly cloudy sky, featuring a sparse tree and textured ground with small stones. The landscape showcases layers of rock and natural beauty typical of a desert environment.
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@killyourfm Profoundly gorgeous.

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@killyourfm And yeah - we didn't know quite to expect from Utah. But wow… it gave.

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@killyourfm We stayed south too - did all the national parks - lots of driving through desert.

Then we did AZ on the way back too. Monument Valley etc.

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    @killyourfm casual racism?

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , (edited ) to random

    Despite the US government shutdown, Visitor Centers and campgrounds in all Utah National Parks are open and it's business as usual. This includes Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion.

    The state of Utah is diverting "dedicated funds" to keep the parks open and operating normally.

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    @killyourfm wait so states are picking up the slack? That’s crazy

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    Shall we go inside?

    Narrow canyon with tall, textured reddish rock walls under a clear blue sky.
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    @killyourfm cathedral gorge!

    Gorgeous! Pun intended

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    @killyourfm yeah for us it was our last stop before Zion and we were throughly impressed. The dog had a blast exploring each nook. Although it had just rained and that stuff is like porridge.

    I recommended Dead Horse Point state park in Utah to you before. Standing by it. If you go near Moab for Arches or Canyonlands it’s well located and is just breathtaking.

    @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org avatar frameworkcomputer , to random

    Some of the last reasons to stay on Windows have been gaming related. Both the time from installation to in-game and gaming performance on Bazzite are now actually better than Windows on many games, and living room usability is more seamless too.

    Bazzite on Framework Desktop
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    @frameworkcomputer how does bazzite compare to vanilla fedora on Desktop?

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , (edited ) to random

    An epic road trip to visit 12 National Parks begins today! 10 of them will be brand new to me.

    Along the way I'll be revisiting my first ever hike (from 2016) to Goldstrike Canyon in Boulder City, NV. And who knows what else? TIME FOR ADVENTURE!

    A vertical list of locations, featuring both national parks (like Arches and Bryce Canyon) and cities (like Boulder City).
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    @killyourfm we did a very similar trip last year. Please please please add Dead Horse Point state park just outside of Moab to your list. It’s breathtaking (but don’t forget it has no water there because it’s above the water table by quite a lot).

    Also Kodachrome state park is gorgeous too. Utah has a glut of wonderful state parks that are overlooked because of Bryce and Zion.

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    I’m so satisfied with how today turned out. It would have been so easy to let the negativity from lack of sleep overwhelm me.

    Instead, I enjoyed some coffee in the mountains, got some contract writing work done with a river view, and even cooked up some pretzel bun pizzas for dinner 😋

    Enjoy your weekend. Stay positive!

    A toasted pizza sandwich is being grilled over a fire, with melted cheese stretching out from the sides. The sandwich is in a cast iron press, showing a golden brown color and a decorative top. Ashes and glowing embers can be seen in the background

    A toasted pizza sandwich is being grilled over a fire, with melted cheese stretching out from the sides. The sandwich is in a cast iron press, showing a golden brown color and a decorative top. Ashes and glowing embers can be seen in the background
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    @schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

    What's the most beautiful Markdown editor?

    Need to edit a large document and the usual suspects are giving me hives.

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    @castano Yeah same with Obsidian. Typora looks great - thanks (& @jackbrewster !)

    @lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar lisyarus , to random

    So I've sprinkled a bunch of doubles here and there and indeed the jarring issue was caused by fp imprecisions. (There're some minor logic issues as well, but not in the raycast code itself.)

    Time to rewrite everything in fixed-point, I guess 🥲

    video/mp4

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    @lisyarus @dotstdy @scottcheloha @thomastc no double support on Apple gpus either

    @gnome@floss.social avatar gnome , to random

    On August 15, 1997, @Migueldeicaza announced the start of GNOME on the GTK mailing list¹. Twenty-eight years later a lot has changed, but we continue to develop and iterate on “a free and complete set of user friendly applications and desktop tools… based entirely on free software.”

    To help us continue this work far into the future, we hope you join us in celebrating our birthday by becoming a Friend of GNOME today! 🎂

    https://donate.gnome.org

    ¹https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/1997-August/msg00123.html

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    @gnome @Migueldeicaza is there anything Miguel hasn’t made?

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    As I hiked the last 5 miles of the Oregon Coast Trail, my best friend spent several hours secretly running all over Brookings to set up this amazing finish line for me AND had an ice cold beer waiting. Seriously, this woman deserves all the good karma in the world.

    And yes, I was crying in that last photo. There were a lot of heavy emotions as I neared the end...

    A sandy beach with two sets of words written in the sand separated by a vertical track leading towards the ocean. The words read "OREGON" on the right side and "CALIFORNIA" on the left side. Waves gently approach the shore under a clear blue sky.
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    @killyourfm amazing to follow along. Thanks for posting.

    @louie@pdx.social avatar louie , to random

    With 320x480 iPhone screens, we had to be economical for navigation, tools, and the content view. (BTW, the content view is UI. The entire app is UI.)

    Screens got wider and taller, which gave us more space for the content view, without having to sacrifice navigation and tools.

    But look what happened. In many cases, it actually got much worse, with vertical space eaten up by things that were never even visible before.

    So why are we now sacrificing navigation and tools?

    https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/114829148037318202

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    @louie from what I hear they’re losing a lot of designers (and hardware folks). I don’t think it’s just us outsiders who are disillusioned with this direction

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    Aside from unsafe highway walking, I have tried my best not to cheat the Oregon Coast Trail. I want to walk the entire coastline. Experience everything.

    But today is testing my resolve. Today’s 14 mile hike is part of the Oregon Dunes Natl Recreation Area. The shoreline is sloped, which wrecks your knee after awhile. Also the softest sand I’ve walked on thus far, at a time when I really need that nice, hard, compact sand.

    And blisters.

    But there WAS pure joy earlier with canine trail friends.

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    @killyourfm I really want to follow in your footsteps and do the same trail. How long are you budgeting for it?

    @schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

    I know zero former coworkers at Apple who actually like Liquid Glass. Every single time it has come up in conversation so far the reaction has been negative.

    I am in two group-chats with ex-Apple folks and both chats have devolved into Liquid Glass hate-fests.

    @yiningkarlli@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar yiningkarlli , to random

    Denis Villeneuve is the most perfect choice to direct the next Bond movie that there is and I’m super excited for it, but there is one name that I would be even more excited to see direct a Bond movie… HIDEO KOJIMA. It would be weird as heck and I’d 100% be there for it.

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    @yiningkarlli no. Just no.

    @louie@pdx.social avatar louie , to random

    You know, I could write a whole blog post about this—and I might—but I think we need to start addressing the very likely possibility that the entire thesis that “UI should get out of the way” and “apps should focus on content” is wrong.

    Apps aren’t just for looking at photos or videos. They’re for navigating through these things, organizing them, editing them. The tools to do those things should not get out of the way. They should be clearly defined and separate from the content.

    A screenshot of the Photos app on macOS Tahoe, with Liquid Glass toolbar buttons, icons, and a search field, which blend so much into the content that they’re barely noticeable.
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    @louie yup. Completely agree. For many apps the content is the UI.

    @schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

    36 Starships built. 36 failures to reach orbit

    13 Saturn V launches. 13 reached orbit.

    Tell me more about how private industry is more efficient.

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    On day 5 of the Oregon Coast Trail, Mother Nature teaches me a lesson that could have been fatal: never turn your back on the ocean.

    This is my longest blog to date, and I hope you’ll enjoy reading it.
    https://seasonsofjason.com/hiking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-5-high-tide-sneaker-waves/

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    @killyourfm Keep up the good work.

    @killyourfm@layer8.space avatar killyourfm , to random

    Travel with me as we revisit every step of the Oregon Coast Trail! The deep dive into my journey starts right here.

    https://seasonsofjason.com/backpacking-the-oregon-coast-trail-day-1-high-hopes-stinging-rain/

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    @killyourfm subscribed. Thank you!

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    @killyourfm random q. How many days would you recommend your Henry Cole trip? I just did Ohlone Trail and it kicked my ass (literally. A cow took a dislike to me).

    Sounds like 3 was hard going?

    @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org avatar frameworkcomputer , to random

    Framework team right now.

    Aging backwards

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    @frameworkcomputer until tomorrow

    @lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar lisyarus , to random

    Watching TV in a Cornell box with a cat

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    @lisyarus I’m in moderate awe and maximum jealousy

    @molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

    happy monday, i hope everyone also enjoyed the SIX STRAIGHT WEEKS of holidays we just had!

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    @molly0xfff for real

    @lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar lisyarus , to random

    A collage of different test scenes I used in my raytracer. Gotta admit I'm quite happy with it 🥰

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    @lisyarus that’s awesome

    @ocornut@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar ocornut , (edited ) to random

    I would say if a FIXME has been there for 8 years then it's empirically not a priority and that's fine. I prefer a FIXME staying for 8 years and conveying an intent or a thought through time, while not getting in the way; rather than a JIRA task being deleted after 1-2 years because prod decided to cleanup.

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    @ocornut that’s an interesting point.

    I know a lot of developers object to fixme in code and prefer to see JIRA

    @lisyarus@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar lisyarus , to random

    Behold: a glorious CPU-rasterized 3D cube! No depth buffer yet, relying solely on backface culling. With minimal optimizations this renders at 6ms (~166 fps) on my machine (fill-rate is the bottleneck rn).

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    @lisyarus what are you rendering into?

    How are you going to do a depth buffer?

    @schwa@mastodon.social avatar schwa , to random

    Indiscriminately detonating 2000-3000 bombs more or less at random in a civilian population sure sounds like the very definition of terrorism to me.

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    Some recent tweets from the founder and CEO of a prominent cryptocurrency company.

    Tweet by Ryan Selkis: "The Civil War for the country started today, and if you are anti-Trump you are against the men who are willing to fight. Good luck."
    Tweet by Ryan Selkis: "Bolshevism cannot be cured with votes. We must excise the metastatic cancer and evil of the left, by force if necessary. This is why the second amendment was and is so important. Do not initiate violence, but if it’s brought to your door, finish with violence."
    Tweet by Ryan Selkis: "I hate leftists with the fire of 1000 suns. I’m not a Republican. I’m built different. War." Quoted tweet: "what is missing on the right, is the desire to crush enemies & see them driven before you & hear the wailing of their women. never trust anybody who complains that victory of this kind is a problem or a tactical overreach. nobody on the left ever says stupid shit like that."

    Tweet by Ryan Selkis: "Anyone that votes against Trump at this point can die in a fucking fire. Literal war."
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    @molly0xfff “as well as their failure to tamp down divisive rhetoric that” hahahahah

    @nicebyte@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar nicebyte , to random

    quick and dirty "debug renderer" - dump .obj from test code and import it into blender. pic related: frustum culling.
    (the frustum is asymmetric which is why it looks weird)

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    @aras @nicebyte Wait… You can?

    OMG You can.

    Although not onto the Icon in the dock… but hey.