Kaia Vintr
@kaiavintr.bsky.social
Art college drop-out who became a software developer.
they/them will do
they/them will do
Unrelated, but just now I looked up "shenanigans"...
Collins Dictionary says it might be from Irish Gaelic "sionnachuighim", meaning "I play the fox", which would be wonderful if true. OED says "unknown origin" though.
Collins Dictionary says it might be from Irish Gaelic "sionnachuighim", meaning "I play the fox", which would be wonderful if true. OED says "unknown origin" though.
I looked up who originated the term “throwing shade”, assuming it was like, rupaul, but
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Unrelated, but just now I looked up "shenanigans"...
Collins Dictionary says it might be from Irish Gaelic "sionnachuighim", meaning "I play the fox", which would be wonderful if true. OED says "unknown origin" though.
Collins Dictionary says it might be from Irish Gaelic "sionnachuighim", meaning "I play the fox", which would be wonderful if true. OED says "unknown origin" though.
I was puzzled when my last post didn't appear in the Graphics Programming feed, then remembered that the feed has been showing very little content lately. I guess this is related to the monetization of Bluesky Feed Creator. Feeds using the free functionality probably only see a fraction of posts :(
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I was puzzled when my last post didn't appear in the Graphics Programming feed, then remembered that the feed has been showing very little content lately. I guess this is related to the monetization of Bluesky Feed Creator. Feeds using the free functionality probably only see a fraction of posts :(
Seasonal real-time rendering experiment I did (radiosity-based lighting) within Shadertoy's constraints (not loading any textures or meshes, no compute shaders)
#GraphicsProgramming #webgl #glsl #shader
#GraphicsProgramming #webgl #glsl #shader
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Seasonal real-time rendering experiment I did (radiosity-based lighting) within Shadertoy's constraints (not loading any textures or meshes, no compute shaders)
#GraphicsProgramming #webgl #glsl #shader
#GraphicsProgramming #webgl #glsl #shader
Relevant (tragicomedy with a happy ending): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
Cassandra case - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Relevant (tragicomedy with a happy ending): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassand...
Modest proposal: use "AI" to perform some token tasks on behalf of all the people getting UBI so we can say (to those who hate giving people money for no work) that the income is in exchange for this "work" (because apparently it's now acceptable to use "AI" for your job, right?)
Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)
M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial
: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex
www.theregister.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Modest proposal: use "AI" to perform some token tasks on behalf of all the people getting UBI so we can say (to those who hate giving people money for no work) that the income is in exchange for this "work" (because apparently it's now acceptable to use "AI" for your job, right?)
Saw that the Wikipedia featured article today is on Emmy Noether: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_No...
I guess it's fairly predictable that a 1982 abstract algebra text, with a section heading "Axioms and Men" in the introduction, is going to omit any mention of Emmy Noether.
June 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Saw that the Wikipedia featured article today is on Emmy Noether: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_No...
Trying to debug code that renders intersecting spheres, using messy random data, instead of sensibly using simpler data to test it (but no regrets).
#creativecoding #graphicsprogramming #glsl
#creativecoding #graphicsprogramming #glsl
February 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trying to debug code that renders intersecting spheres, using messy random data, instead of sensibly using simpler data to test it (but no regrets).
#creativecoding #graphicsprogramming #glsl
#creativecoding #graphicsprogramming #glsl
Simple path-tracing renderer written for a math-y experiment (subsurface scattering model) but it can make fractal-like pictures too...
#creativecoding #technicalart #shader #graphicsprogramming
#creativecoding #technicalart #shader #graphicsprogramming
February 1, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Simple path-tracing renderer written for a math-y experiment (subsurface scattering model) but it can make fractal-like pictures too...
#creativecoding #technicalart #shader #graphicsprogramming
#creativecoding #technicalart #shader #graphicsprogramming
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The house stands at the head of the river. It breeds beetles. It is melodious.
December 30, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The house stands at the head of the river. It breeds beetles. It is melodious.
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The seed capsules of ice plants (Aizoaceae) glistening like watermelon gumdrops in the early morning light.
At first I thought the plants were dappled with dew, but they’re actually covered with hundreds of transparent bladder cells that store water and sequester salt.
At first I thought the plants were dappled with dew, but they’re actually covered with hundreds of transparent bladder cells that store water and sequester salt.
December 3, 2024 at 7:36 PM
The seed capsules of ice plants (Aizoaceae) glistening like watermelon gumdrops in the early morning light.
At first I thought the plants were dappled with dew, but they’re actually covered with hundreds of transparent bladder cells that store water and sequester salt.
At first I thought the plants were dappled with dew, but they’re actually covered with hundreds of transparent bladder cells that store water and sequester salt.
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We made it this far
Keep going ☕️
Keep going ☕️
October 30, 2024 at 8:39 AM
We made it this far
Keep going ☕️
Keep going ☕️
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We've had a trailcam set up in the garden for a few months now, but recently there's been some hedgehog gold, like a cute hedgehog train, and a stray kitten being very surprised by a little hoglet
October 29, 2024 at 7:35 PM
We've had a trailcam set up in the garden for a few months now, but recently there's been some hedgehog gold, like a cute hedgehog train, and a stray kitten being very surprised by a little hoglet
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more zine assembly! this is a letterfold with a download key in it, which i think is a really nice way to distribute software locally.
October 24, 2024 at 7:12 PM
more zine assembly! this is a letterfold with a download key in it, which i think is a really nice way to distribute software locally.
Oof...I have to stop reading this Julio Cortázar collection (Casa tomada y otros cuentos) because it seems to include only his most unsettling stories, and I don't believe he would have wanted to do that to a person. Anyway, I wanted to read some kinder ones too.
October 14, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Oof...I have to stop reading this Julio Cortázar collection (Casa tomada y otros cuentos) because it seems to include only his most unsettling stories, and I don't believe he would have wanted to do that to a person. Anyway, I wanted to read some kinder ones too.
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Inktober prompt: nomadic
October 10, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Inktober prompt: nomadic
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“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”
October 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM
“I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.”
seeing the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for work on neural networks made me think of the Simpsons episode where Homer won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism (although iirc Homer started just making stuff up *after* he won the prize)
October 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
seeing the Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for work on neural networks made me think of the Simpsons episode where Homer won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism (although iirc Homer started just making stuff up *after* he won the prize)
oh to be a mastodon sleeping in a four-poster bed attended by a chicken
October 6, 2024 at 6:21 PM
oh to be a mastodon sleeping in a four-poster bed attended by a chicken
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An incredibly cute project sculpted for 100% Soft. Bodega Kitties! If you know, you know - shoutout to all of you in NYC. This blind box series will be debuting at NYCC - booth 1665.
October 4, 2024 at 5:23 PM
An incredibly cute project sculpted for 100% Soft. Bodega Kitties! If you know, you know - shoutout to all of you in NYC. This blind box series will be debuting at NYCC - booth 1665.
no, not to the grid - a secret electricity market for billionaires who want to power their houses with vintage light from distant stars
September 28, 2024 at 4:12 PM
no, not to the grid - a secret electricity market for billionaires who want to power their houses with vintage light from distant stars
nominating "Pig of Knowledge" for the term to replace "AI"
(still inaccurate, but no one is going to think it's literally a pig, right? right??)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned...
(still inaccurate, but no one is going to think it's literally a pig, right? right??)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned...
June 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
nominating "Pig of Knowledge" for the term to replace "AI"
(still inaccurate, but no one is going to think it's literally a pig, right? right??)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned...
(still inaccurate, but no one is going to think it's literally a pig, right? right??)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned...