Drew Olbrich
@drewolbrich.bsky.social
I'm creating a special relativity explainer app for iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.
https://www.lunarskydiving.com/relativity/
https://www.lunarskydiving.com/relativity/
minimize abstraction
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
minimize abstraction
On iPadOS 26 beta, the navigation bar can appear inset underneath the status bar (FB18241928)
June 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
On iPadOS 26 beta, the navigation bar can appear inset underneath the status bar (FB18241928)
@tvaziri.com Hello, I require your expert opinion to settle an argument.
Was the reflection of the chess board in Judd Hirsch's glasses in the Independence Day chess scene practical or was it CG?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNy...
Thank you.
Was the reflection of the chess board in Judd Hirsch's glasses in the Independence Day chess scene practical or was it CG?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNy...
Thank you.
June 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
@tvaziri.com Hello, I require your expert opinion to settle an argument.
Was the reflection of the chess board in Judd Hirsch's glasses in the Independence Day chess scene practical or was it CG?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNy...
Thank you.
Was the reflection of the chess board in Judd Hirsch's glasses in the Independence Day chess scene practical or was it CG?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARNy...
Thank you.
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Perseverance Parachute Uplook Camera A - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qMq1hb
June 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Perseverance Parachute Uplook Camera A - From Simeon Schmauß (stim3on.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2qMq1hb
Do you know Claude? Claude is the confident, supportive advisor who holds my hand and patiently guides me out of coordinate space hell.
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Do you know Claude? Claude is the confident, supportive advisor who holds my hand and patiently guides me out of coordinate space hell.
Hey everybody, I've made an important discovery.
AIs are fundamentally unable to reason about how to mix Objective-C and Swift code within a Swift package.
I'm still working out the details, but on the day of the machine uprising, I believe we'll be able to exploit this weakness and defeat them.
AIs are fundamentally unable to reason about how to mix Objective-C and Swift code within a Swift package.
I'm still working out the details, but on the day of the machine uprising, I believe we'll be able to exploit this weakness and defeat them.
May 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey everybody, I've made an important discovery.
AIs are fundamentally unable to reason about how to mix Objective-C and Swift code within a Swift package.
I'm still working out the details, but on the day of the machine uprising, I believe we'll be able to exploit this weakness and defeat them.
AIs are fundamentally unable to reason about how to mix Objective-C and Swift code within a Swift package.
I'm still working out the details, but on the day of the machine uprising, I believe we'll be able to exploit this weakness and defeat them.
i'm in coordinate space hell again
May 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
i'm in coordinate space hell again
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Reposted by Drew Olbrich
A gossamer early light this morning on my walk.
May 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
A gossamer early light this morning on my walk.
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Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island had a massive eruption yesterday
May 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island had a massive eruption yesterday
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Love the original Planet of the Apes but they never explain how the Statue of Liberty was transported to the Planet of the Apes—major plot hole!
May 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Love the original Planet of the Apes but they never explain how the Statue of Liberty was transported to the Planet of the Apes—major plot hole!
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Kilauea is going absolutely crazy right now with episode 23 of the eruption. USGS live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
May 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Kilauea is going absolutely crazy right now with episode 23 of the eruption. USGS live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqmp...
Reposted by Drew Olbrich
Reposted by Drew Olbrich
please enjoy my favorite disproven hypotheses ✨
May 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
please enjoy my favorite disproven hypotheses ✨
running of the bulls but with chihuahuas
May 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
running of the bulls but with chihuahuas
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Einstein taught us that gravity is not a force. But in a recently published paper, researchers claim that we might have had it wrong this whole time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA75...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA75...
Gravity might be a force after all
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Einstein taught us that gravity is not a force. But in a recently published paper, researchers claim that we might have had it wrong this whole time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA75...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA75...
We have nothing to fear from AI until it is able to reason about multiplatform Xcode project Info.plist configuration.
Based on my experience this morning, I estimate that this will take another 20 or 30 years.
Based on my experience this morning, I estimate that this will take another 20 or 30 years.
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We have nothing to fear from AI until it is able to reason about multiplatform Xcode project Info.plist configuration.
Based on my experience this morning, I estimate that this will take another 20 or 30 years.
Based on my experience this morning, I estimate that this will take another 20 or 30 years.
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Reposted by Drew Olbrich
How cool is this. Voyager 1 is coasting in interstellar space, more than 48 years & 25 billion miles from Earth. Its back-up manoeuvring thrusters failed more than 2 decades ago. But @NASAJPL have GOT THEM WORKING AGAIN!!!! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
NASA’s Voyager 1 Revives Backup Thrusters Before Command Pause
The mission team wanted to fix the thrusters, deemed unusable decades ago, before the radio antenna that sends commands to the probe went offline for upgrades.
www.jpl.nasa.gov
May 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
How cool is this. Voyager 1 is coasting in interstellar space, more than 48 years & 25 billion miles from Earth. Its back-up manoeuvring thrusters failed more than 2 decades ago. But @NASAJPL have GOT THEM WORKING AGAIN!!!! www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-v...
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what would happen if you put the canonical neutron star matter teaspoon on the earth?
May 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
what would happen if you put the canonical neutron star matter teaspoon on the earth?
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No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
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#AmazingHistory.
British humour at its best 😆
British humour at its best 😆
May 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#AmazingHistory.
British humour at its best 😆
British humour at its best 😆
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There's so much bad news in the world. So, here's some wrapping paper designed by Japanese artist Ippei Tsujio that turns everything into bread. A delightful (delicious?) distraction.
More info: spoon-tamago.com/bread-wrappi...
More info: spoon-tamago.com/bread-wrappi...
May 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There's so much bad news in the world. So, here's some wrapping paper designed by Japanese artist Ippei Tsujio that turns everything into bread. A delightful (delicious?) distraction.
More info: spoon-tamago.com/bread-wrappi...
More info: spoon-tamago.com/bread-wrappi...
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Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)