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My fellow Europeans, I'm once again asking you to write or call your EU representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. They're essentially selling our sensitive data to companies, effectively destroying our privacy and risking our digital well-being. Check the site! fightchatcontrol.eu

Writing code for any sufficiently large project is just a constant exercise of getting confronted with how poor past you was, even if just days ago. And any current feelings of superiority are bound to be overtaken by reality in mere moments.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

Toch nog één voordeel van AI-muziek: omdat Suno (cum suis) ook generieke popslop kan maken, moet je als artiest nu echt origineel blijven/worden. Goed voorbeeld: www.youtube.com/watch?v=htQB...

Perhaps it's getting a bit #gameboy heavy over here, but you've got to have a hobby. Fixed a bug in which I accounted twice for the background scrolling, added some support for ROM and RAM banking, and we have a proper Zelda intro. Link can wake up now. #emudev #odinlang

I have the feeling this will come in handy on more than one occasion. But at the moment i'm just trying to figure out why Link's animation is in hyper mode. I have no clue what could cause that. #gameboy #emudev #odinlang #zelda

I would for now suggest that Link stays asleep a little longer, but it's getting there. Silly mistakes in the MBC1 handling resulted in garbage before, but now we have some content at least. #gameboy #emudev #odinlang

So, I made a hair shader that doesn't require any specially made meshes or textures. Initially I made this work by sampling many normal directions rotated around the hair strand direction, but I eventually got an approximation working that doesn't rely on multi-sampling. github.com/runevision/H...

It was a weird time, but so much fun though.

Fixed a whole bunch of sprite/object drawing behaviours today. Still not passing the acid2 tests, but at least I can play Dr. Mario 😁. I guess it's on to some more cartridge support to be able to play other games, and trying to pass some more validation roms. #gameboy #emudev #odinlang

Okay, Mario no longer has a split personality, and the Koopas no long moonwalk (which is a good thing). Still some scanline glitches and currently running into some strange issues when trying to support background and object palettes, but that's for another day. #gameboy #emulator #odinlang

That is more like it. Background tile selection seems fixed. Now to figure out what I got wrong about the window scrolling and column drawing. Plenty of things to fix still, but it's starting to look recognizable. #gameboy #emulator #odinlang

BoE flags risk of ‘sudden correction’ in tech stocks inflated by AI on.ft.com/3WqHK5t

I'm not going to argue that this looks entirely correct, but I'm still calling it progress. #gameboy #emulator #odin

After quite a bit of work, I am finally done with the first blog post about ocean rendering! You can find it here: rtryan98.github.io/2025/10/04/o... I've also decided to create a video to showcase the ocean simulation in motion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OXm...

everyone should checkout Messenger by Abeto. it's a free browser game where ur just a little delivery kid on a little planet! messenger.abeto.co

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content. www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

Disney has changed ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.” Remember, bike-lanes mean business. 10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

new Manben new Manben new Manben new Manben!!! Otomo!

I don't know what you're trying to tell me Google, but I am not particularly interested in a montage of reimbursement receipts set to music as an "on this day" reminder.

I was just thinking that I kinda miss a good old-fashioned engine self-destruct on the Monza straight with flames and smoke. Tis a bit much of a parade today, isn't it? #F1 #ItalianGP

Unfortunately, Arcana Festival has been postponed to next year due to sponsoring issues... ;( I now have both stock and time for commissions ! An e-shop is on the way, but until then you can DM me for any book that you'd like. :) More details in the upcoming days !

EPFL, ETH Zurich & CSCS just released Apertus, Switzerland’s first fully open-source large language model. Trained on 15T tokens in 1,000+ languages, it’s built for transparency, responsibility & the public good. Read more: actu.epfl.ch/news/apertus...

An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.

This sketch from the Netherlands is in Dutch, but it's very, very good. If your phone does live translation or something, give it a watch.

Hmm, Ferrucci has not been mentioned for the past 10 laps. Are they okay in the Fox booth? #indycar

I don't think that's an entirely correct transcript @multiviewer.app 🤣 #f1

Our paper "A Comprehensive Review of Real-Time Multi-View Multi-Person Markerless Motion Capture" has just been published by ACM Comp. Sur. doi.org/10.1145/3757... It is the result of an extensive review primarily conducted by ‪@a1rb4ck.bsky.social at Artanim‬, in our quest to get rid of markers. 🧵

MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.

Derivatives, Gradients, Jacobians and Hessians – Oh My! New mathy blog post to try and make some scary sounding terms less scary. blog.demofox.org/2025/08/16/d...

AI Slop Merchants, the purple guy is you

David Bull, a woodblock printmaker in the traditional Japanese style, just posted part 3 of his "Adventures in Washi" series. In it he explores the traditional paper making that supplies his craft, trying to rescue it from going extinct at the same time. Go watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIF...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Now, I'm no expert, and it's been a while since I've worked on it, but I would argue that my emulator may have an issue ... #gameboy #emulator #odin

This thread is incredible.

My First Sony. A range of electronics for kids, issued 1988. www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/m...

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

What happened to safe, responsible, ethical ... unity.com/blog/engine-...

"One month later than last year, warm clear weather for the weekend. This might be the most incident-free #24hNBR ever. Maybe even a lap record." ... I definitely did not predict the track losing all power ...

keep your head down

𝐍𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐋𝐌 𝐮𝐬𝐞. See our paper for more results: "Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task" : www.brainonllm.com

🥹 14 ans après l'accident qui lui a coûté une prometteuse carrière en #F1 mais qui aurait pu lui prendre bien plus, Robert Kubica remporte l'une des plus grands épreuves du monde sur une Ferrari 👏🇵🇱 #LeMans24 #WEC

Decided to check out how water is rendered in Counter-Strike 2. Given how interactive water in CS2 is, I expected to see some cellular fluid simulation, but turns out they just use a low-resolution off-screen buffer with flat 2D decals used for various aspects of water. Reminds me of HL2 water :)

Infomaniak backs mass surveillance, aims to end online anonymity in Switzerland https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/psa-infomaniak-supports-mass-surveillance-calling-for-legal-change-to-end-online-anonymity-mandatory-metadata-retention/28065 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44199377)