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It was fun to watch the livestreams showing the development of these drivers. Amazing work.

btown 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina for those who aren't aware - some of the most incredible low-level programming work I've ever seen!
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
  If only it weren't obscured behind unbearable levels of anime cringe. I guess I'm getting old.
  - vGPU 3y ago
    It’s just part of the “coder” subculture these days. To quote @SwiftOnSecurity: “I said that all furries are programmers. I have been contacted and am issuing a correction. There are three furries who are not programmers.” https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46 https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46
  - zbentley 3y ago
    Shrug. It's certainly unusual by the standard of programmers-as-geeky-yet-professional-folks, which is what most people expect these days. However, programming has, for most of the last 60 years, attracted many people from the weird, misfit, or cringe-du-jour segments of the population. This is nothing new; plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this.
    - meragrin_ 3y ago
      > plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this. And they are?
  - dimator 3y ago
    I choose to see that as the cyberpunk future that we are living in. Everything ends with your avatar, just like Gibson foretold. What an amazing time.
  - btown 3y ago
    For some, vtubing is capitalizing on a trend; for many, though, it’s a way to express and experiment with developing one’s identity in a way that transcends the physical limitations of both presenter and audience - and for those for whom that freedom to experiment can unlock unbounded creativity, it’s an incredible way to “limit break.” A bit saccharine from an aesthetic perspective, but it’s something that would be entirely familiar (if old-school) to denizens of a cyberpunk universe, and I don’t think there’s a better way to articulate how it’s connected to a broader vision.

https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina https://www.youtube.com/c/AsahiLina for those who aren't aware - some of the most incredible low-level programming work I've ever seen!

4gotunameagain 3y ago
If only it weren't obscured behind unbearable levels of anime cringe. I guess I'm getting old.
- vGPU 3y ago
  It’s just part of the “coder” subculture these days. To quote @SwiftOnSecurity: “I said that all furries are programmers. I have been contacted and am issuing a correction. There are three furries who are not programmers.” https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46 https://x.com/swiftonsecurity/status/511043756788043776?s=46
- zbentley 3y ago
  Shrug. It's certainly unusual by the standard of programmers-as-geeky-yet-professional-folks, which is what most people expect these days. However, programming has, for most of the last 60 years, attracted many people from the weird, misfit, or cringe-du-jour segments of the population. This is nothing new; plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this.
  - meragrin_ 3y ago
    > plenty of hackers in the '80s and '90s had public personas that were weirder than this. And they are?
- dimator 3y ago
  I choose to see that as the cyberpunk future that we are living in. Everything ends with your avatar, just like Gibson foretold. What an amazing time.
- btown 3y ago
  For some, vtubing is capitalizing on a trend; for many, though, it’s a way to express and experiment with developing one’s identity in a way that transcends the physical limitations of both presenter and audience - and for those for whom that freedom to experiment can unlock unbounded creativity, it’s an incredible way to “limit break.” A bit saccharine from an aesthetic perspective, but it’s something that would be entirely familiar (if old-school) to denizens of a cyberpunk universe, and I don’t think there’s a better way to articulate how it’s connected to a broader vision.