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In August, two mathematicians found a shape that puts an end to a centuries-old geometric mystery. @ericaklarreich.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In August, two mathematicians found a shape that puts an end to a centuries-old geometric mystery. @ericaklarreich.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
NovaLogic's Voxel Space engine was able to render some pretty and detailed landscapes. I particularly liked those in Comanche 3.
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
NovaLogic's Voxel Space engine was able to render some pretty and detailed landscapes. I particularly liked those in Comanche 3.
Weather forecast: timefall
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Weather forecast: timefall
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if you’ve ever wondered what a comet looks like from the iss, this is it ☄️🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
September 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
if you’ve ever wondered what a comet looks like from the iss, this is it ☄️🌌
📸: don pettit
📸: don pettit
I learned two things about Darren Aronofsky's Pi today. First, it got a remaster in 2023. Second, the original was apparently the first film to be sold as a pay-per-view download, if the Wikipedia sources are to be trusted.
September 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I learned two things about Darren Aronofsky's Pi today. First, it got a remaster in 2023. Second, the original was apparently the first film to be sold as a pay-per-view download, if the Wikipedia sources are to be trusted.
I was looking into Voxel Space rendering engine stuff and rediscovered the unrelated MARS.EXE demo by Tim Clarke from 1993. Originally 5.6K it got rewritten to only 1.5K.
github.com/matrix-toolb...
github.com/matrix-toolb...
September 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I was looking into Voxel Space rendering engine stuff and rediscovered the unrelated MARS.EXE demo by Tim Clarke from 1993. Originally 5.6K it got rewritten to only 1.5K.
github.com/matrix-toolb...
github.com/matrix-toolb...
The Cockpit night landing simulator, 1984.
September 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The Cockpit night landing simulator, 1984.
Not everything everywhere is for us
September 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Not everything everywhere is for us
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A new LIGO observation of merging black holes has confirmed a theorem formulated in 1971 by Stephen Hawking, which asserts that the total surface area of black hole horizons cannot decrease in time.
Landmark Black Hole Test Marks Decade of Gravitational-Wave Discoveries
The clearest black hole merger signal ever measured has allowed researchers to test the Kerr nature of black holes and validate Stephen Hawking’s black hole area theorem.
physics.aps.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new LIGO observation of merging black holes has confirmed a theorem formulated in 1971 by Stephen Hawking, which asserts that the total surface area of black hole horizons cannot decrease in time.
Exploring the history of flight simulators. This was my first serious sim, a 1997 Airbus A310 AFS trainer for DOS.
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Exploring the history of flight simulators. This was my first serious sim, a 1997 Airbus A310 AFS trainer for DOS.
Always code as if the AI who ends up training on your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil. | Quanta Magazine
The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Always code as if the AI who ends up training on your code is a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-f...
I'm very tempted to try Reentry but somewhat intimidated by the sheer number of buttons.
store.steampowered.com/app/882140/R...
store.steampowered.com/app/882140/R...
Reentry - A Space Flight Simulator on Steam
Do you have what it takes to be an astronaut? Reentry is a realistic space flight simulator based on NASAs space programs; from the first American human spaceflight in Project Mercury, the rendezvous ...
store.steampowered.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I'm very tempted to try Reentry but somewhat intimidated by the sheer number of buttons.
store.steampowered.com/app/882140/R...
store.steampowered.com/app/882140/R...
The Invincible based on Stanisław Lem's novel is my kind of sci-fi game. Thank you for making this happen @starwardindustries.bsky.social !
January 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Invincible based on Stanisław Lem's novel is my kind of sci-fi game. Thank you for making this happen @starwardindustries.bsky.social !
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Thanks to improvements in the performance of physical qubits, researchers have tamed the sources of decoherence that inevitably beset quantum computers.
Cracking the Challenge of Quantum Error Correction
Researchers at Google Quantum AI have demonstrated “below-threshold” error correction, a necessary condition for building noise-resistant quantum computers that are sufficiently large to perform usefu...
physics.aps.org
December 9, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Thanks to improvements in the performance of physical qubits, researchers have tamed the sources of decoherence that inevitably beset quantum computers.
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Today, with the release of Vulkan 1.3.302, Khronos is proud to announce two new #Vulkan Video encode extensions. 1. Encode AV1 extension adds AV1 encode functionality; 2. Encode Quantization Map extension introduces advanced encoding features for all supported codecs to Vulkan Video developers
November 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Today, with the release of Vulkan 1.3.302, Khronos is proud to announce two new #Vulkan Video encode extensions. 1. Encode AV1 extension adds AV1 encode functionality; 2. Encode Quantization Map extension introduces advanced encoding features for all supported codecs to Vulkan Video developers
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
November 30, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow