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by dtf 8y ago
Bit of a flippant tone, but I found this video that shows a man who had the procedure after bilateral amputation following an accident with dynamite. He sounds pretty satisfied with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8yMNu
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by dtf 8y ago
And here's [1] Stephen Hill's list of links for 2018: [1] http://blog.selfshadow.com/2018/08/16/siggraph-2018-links/
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by dtf 8y ago
The original Coco frame times were 1000hrs/f, thanks to millions of light sources (and coming in at 30GB to 120GB of scene data). But engineers got that down to 50hrs/f over the course of production - light acceleration structures
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by dtf 8y ago
Rhino3D integrated Blender’s open-source Cycles renderer. https://github.com/mcneel/RhinoCycles
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by dtf 8y ago
Ahem... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, if you please (for the time being, at least).
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by dtf 8y ago
Great work! So I guess it's this CDC Omega / 480 Model III, as described in this March 1979 Computerworld? https://imgur.com/a/8TKIqNN (edit: and here's a manual I found for the Model I. Does indeed soun
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by dtf 8y ago
"Before each bi-annual game, Jacobson arrived at the drab Dittler Brothers’ office at 5 a.m to observe their Omega III supercomputer making the McDonald’s prize draw." Does anyone know what the 'Omega III supercomputer'
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by dtf 8y ago
Excellent points. I've come to appreciate that this explosion of tutorials and choice on the modern web is not a bad thing. It seems rather like keeping up with the news - you can either read for (maybe pay for) one high-quality, autho
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by dtf 8y ago
"It will be available once the minutes for the meeting have been compiled in the days to come." (from @EP_Legal) https://twitter.com/EP_Legal/status/1009418817393577985
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by dtf 8y ago
What targets? Where have you heard something about targets?
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by dtf 8y ago
Native modules have brought the fun and immediacy back to development for me. I never quite got used to the delay and boilerplate of build systems, despite their power. But performance seems a little inconsistent in production. For iOS Safa
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by dtf 9y ago
Here's Susan Simpson's latest blog on the matter, with some interesting thoughts on what might have happened and why: https://viewfromll2.com/2018/03/11/on-the-origins-of-stormy-...
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by dtf 9y ago
Is the GDPR a bad thing? Previous commentary on HN seemed broadly positive.
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by dtf 9y ago
Consider this with BuzzFeed’s reports on the recent string of suspicious Russia-connected deaths in the U.K. (police seeming to close cases either out of fear, lack of resource or advice from the security services) and the future is looking
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by dtf 9y ago
It’s mainly in large facilities that run huge jobs with massive amounts of data. Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Flame, Baselight, many in-house VFX software all run perfectly well Linux. And of course the cornucopia of renderers running on their serv
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by dtf 9y ago
Price, I think. Small outfits do use GPUs in production. edit: I think another reason might be something to do with the gigantic asset sizes (eg textures) typical in big studio jobs.
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by dtf 9y ago
How do I run it on my computer?
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by dtf 9y ago
How do I run that in my web page?
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by dtf 9y ago
On a related note, Sky News body language review of 2017 is quite fun. https://youtu.be/l4n67_dbaC0 It’s interesting how the eyebrow flash and the smile are promoted in this BBC article on charm, yet perhaps did not do Hill
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by dtf 9y ago
The evening standard has recently started promoting a made-up place called "North Mayfair". I assume it's part of the same strategy.
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by dtf 9y ago
Still around in 2017, it seems: https://barnthespoon.com/
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by dtf 9y ago
Much of the FT's output is about the business of business, and they've covered Uber and the fallout from Fowler's revelations extensively. It's not a stretch. (A very cynical person might mention the FT's recent tro
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by dtf 9y ago
According to editor Lionel Barber, Fowler was up against the likes of Macron, Xi, MbS, Musk and Bezos. https://www.ft.com/content/7ab21e44-de85-11e7-8f9f-de1c2175f...
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by dtf 9y ago
Amazingly, this was disclosed offhand on the Apple developer forums, two weeks ago (see final comment by chethan177): https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/79235 (spotted by https://twitter.com/fris
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by dtf 9y ago
Things have got a little better since Viner stepped in. Good take on the state of newspapers, and the particular success of the FT, from ex-editor of Guardian Peter Preston. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/n
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by dtf 9y ago
2010 macbook, Chrome user. Things are generally slow, but felt like they got a bit snappier after the High Sierra upgrade. I tried FF57 but for me it feels a bit slower than Chrome on this older device.
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by dtf 9y ago
The Trip [1] is a worthwhile TV comedy series, wherein the protagonists visit a number of these haute cuisine pubs-in-the-middle-of-nowhere. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trip_(2010_TV_series)
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by dtf 9y ago
The sRGB image might look punchier at first, but once you start looking closer you'll see it's blown out and the colours are wrong. It's like putting 10 spoonfuls of sugar in your coffee.
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by dtf 9y ago
Lysenkoism proved fruitful many unpopular subjects.
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by dtf 9y ago
I must have missed that news, that showreel is phenomenal! Linked in the comments was a Reddit AMA with the VFX creators, including this really interesting reply on their choice of Blender: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA

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