💰 Finance - Crypto Tax Nightmare
This article recounts a personal experience involving a significant cryptocurrency-related financial event, including substantial gains followed by losses and tax implications.
Key Points:
• Account of a rapid rise and fall in cryptocurrency value.
• Details of a resulting significant tax debt.
• Reflection on the challenges and lessons learned from this experience.
🔗 Resources:
• Adam Iakadr ↗ - Author's Twitter
• Song A Day Mann ↗ - Author's Twitter
• Tweet Detail ↗ - Link to the original tweet
✨ Game Development - Pixel Animation Update
This article discusses the creation of new sprites for a pixel animation in a game development project, along with a milestone announcement.
Key Points:
• Development of a new walk-through-objects ability.
• Reaching 1000 followers on social media.
• Showcase of newly created sprites for pixel animation.
🔗 Resources:
• ManuDev95 ↗ - Developer's Twitter
• Egor Poskriakov ↗ - Developer's Twitter
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💡 Human-Computer Interaction - Snap Interaction
This article summarizes a research paper presented at GI2025, focusing on novel interaction methods using finger snapping.
Key Points:
• Presentation of a paper on snap-based interaction at GI2025.
• Exploration of various finger snapping techniques for interaction.
• Collaboration with @nonsequitoria on the project.
🔗 Resources:
• Nikhita Joshi ↗ - Researcher's Twitter
• Allen Shock ↗ - Researcher's Twitter
• Nonsequitoria ↗ - Collaborator's Twitter
• Paper ↗ - Link to research paper
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🤖 Game Development - Custom GI in Unreal Engine 5
This article showcases an early implementation of custom Global Illumination (GI) in Unreal Engine 5, using Global SDFs.
Key Points:
• Implementation of custom GI using Global SDFs in Unreal Engine 5.
• Achieved speed exceeding Lumen, though with reduced accuracy.
• Work in progress, lacking sun light bounces.
🔗 Resources:
• LifeArtStudios ↗ - Developer's Twitter
• skx_doom ↗ - Developer's Twitter
🤖 Virtual Reality - Head Shape and Binocular Overlap
This article discusses the importance of understanding human head shape and its implications for virtual reality (VR) headset design.
Key Points:
• Highlights the significance of binocular overlap in VR headset design.
• Emphasizes the influence of head shape on the user experience.
• Connects evolutionary biology to VR headset ergonomics.
🔗 Resources:
• LifeArtStudios ↗ - Author's Twitter
• BattleAxeVR ↗ - Author's Twitter
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🤖 Computer Graphics - Closest Point Query Algorithms
This article explores the importance of closest point query algorithms in various fields, highlighting considerations for GPU implementation.
Key Points:
• Focus on closest point query algorithms in physics, geometry, and machine learning.
• Importance of memory access and data locality for GPU optimization.
• Parallel between spatial neighbor search and attention mechanics.
🔗 Resources:
• Luckyballa ↗ - Author's Twitter
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✨ Music - Medieval Manuscript Performance
This article announces a performance of a medieval manuscript by Hermann of Reichenau, featuring leiken & Doug Balliett of the Theotokos Ensemble.
Key Points:
• Announcement of a musical performance.
• Featuring the Theotokos Ensemble.
• Performance of "Historia Sancti Magni" by Hermann of Reichenau.
🔗 Resources:
• Peter Skylight ↗ - Announcer's Twitter
• Chelsea Music Festival ↗ - Event Website
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✨ Filmmaking - DanteMinutes Special Effects Development
This article discusses the ongoing development and iterative process behind the special effects for the DanteMinutes series.
Key Points:
• Focus on integrating special effects into the series.
• Exploration of parallax and animation techniques.
• Planning for future scaling of special effects.
🔗 Resources:
• Peter Skylight ↗ - Author's Twitter
• Greats Story Lab ↗ - Production Company's Twitter
• SJ Murray ↗ - Collaborator's Twitter
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✨ Filmmaking - DanteMinutes Special Effects Experiment
This article shows an example of an experiment with parallax and animation used for special effects in the DanteMinutes series.
Key Points:
• Experimentation with parallax and animation for special effects.
• Showcase of a specific experiment using Gustave's artwork.
• Focus on artistic integration of special effects.
🔗 Resources:
• Peter Skylight ↗ - Author's Twitter
• SJ Murray ↗ - Collaborator's Twitter
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🤖 Hardware Hacking - Custom eSIM on Humane Ai Pin
This article documents the installation of a custom eSIM on the Humane Ai Pin device.
Key Points:
• Successful installation of a custom eSIM on the Humane Ai Pin.
• Significant reverse engineering work required.
• Upcoming release of supporting code on GitHub.
🔗 Resources:
• iam_agg ↗ - Author's Twitter
• PenumbraOS GitHub ↗ - Project repository
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