brennan
@brennan.computer
unlicensed back alley alchemy
digital ⇄ physical, 3D and industrial design. living in a world of magic and vibrance
digital ⇄ physical, 3D and industrial design. living in a world of magic and vibrance
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brennan
@brennan.computer
· Jul 31
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our 3D compression tool is out now!
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the dream of making entire assets smaller than a single image is real; we've made entire multi-level, dozens-of-models games in under 7 MB
entirely free and client side
gltf-compressor.com
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Oh to be a spiky little guy snuffling around in the mossy ground
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Oh to be a spiky little guy snuffling around in the mossy ground
I've had a Switch since forever and only own three games for it because they're so freakishly expensive
steam-as-console will crush if the specs per price are there and every steam game is 1/5 the price of the exact same game on other consoles
steam-as-console will crush if the specs per price are there and every steam game is 1/5 the price of the exact same game on other consoles
Valve is about to win the console generation
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/
Valve is about to win the console generation
The newest post on Xe Iaso's blog
xeiaso.net
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I've had a Switch since forever and only own three games for it because they're so freakishly expensive
steam-as-console will crush if the specs per price are there and every steam game is 1/5 the price of the exact same game on other consoles
steam-as-console will crush if the specs per price are there and every steam game is 1/5 the price of the exact same game on other consoles
I suspect headlines like these are the progression that'll deflate the capex bubble
Research shows local language models handle 88.7% of queries, cutting dependence on cloud infrastructure. With a 5.3x boost in energy efficiency since 2023, local AI transforms large-scale processing and conserves resources. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.07885
Intelligence per Watt: Measuring Intelligence Efficiency of Local AI
ArXiv link for Intelligence per Watt: Measuring Intelligence Efficiency of Local AI
arxiv.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I suspect headlines like these are the progression that'll deflate the capex bubble
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click play.
trust me.
do it now.
trust me.
do it now.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
click play.
trust me.
do it now.
trust me.
do it now.
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Big snow capped volcanoes are so cool
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Big snow capped volcanoes are so cool
sometimes you talk to people and you know exactly what they read all day by how they're just sort of toasted by it
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 AM
sometimes you talk to people and you know exactly what they read all day by how they're just sort of toasted by it
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
very slight northern lights outside right now
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
very slight northern lights outside right now
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bought this gobo spotlight for the dark winter to feel like I always have a sunny window and honestly it sorta works
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
bought this gobo spotlight for the dark winter to feel like I always have a sunny window and honestly it sorta works
at some point we're just going to have a suite where my photoshop looks the same as my bluesky looks the same as my bank website and it's all perfectly Brensthetic™ exactly how I want them
one fun part of designing in a vibe code world is you can hand build a really cool website aesthetic, layer and dial in the CSS all day, and then if you want to take that and make some completely other app -- boop! -- you just ingest that codebase as a template
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
at some point we're just going to have a suite where my photoshop looks the same as my bluesky looks the same as my bank website and it's all perfectly Brensthetic™ exactly how I want them
one fun part of designing in a vibe code world is you can hand build a really cool website aesthetic, layer and dial in the CSS all day, and then if you want to take that and make some completely other app -- boop! -- you just ingest that codebase as a template
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
one fun part of designing in a vibe code world is you can hand build a really cool website aesthetic, layer and dial in the CSS all day, and then if you want to take that and make some completely other app -- boop! -- you just ingest that codebase as a template
none of these quadrants are good or bad per se, but group synchronicity is an underrated maslow's need
jamming is a great one. very fond of those memories (even though I am an awful musician)
jamming is a great one. very fond of those memories (even though I am an awful musician)
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
none of these quadrants are good or bad per se, but group synchronicity is an underrated maslow's need
jamming is a great one. very fond of those memories (even though I am an awful musician)
jamming is a great one. very fond of those memories (even though I am an awful musician)
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Space DJ turns genre embeddings into a playable galaxy—pilot a ship, the music follows. 🚀
Key stats
768→128 PCA compression; 3D UMAP projection; three.js rendering; autopilot drift; high‑dim neighbors surfacing hidden similarities.
Key stats
768→128 PCA compression; 3D UMAP projection; three.js rendering; autopilot drift; high‑dim neighbors surfacing hidden similarities.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Space DJ turns genre embeddings into a playable galaxy—pilot a ship, the music follows. 🚀
Key stats
768→128 PCA compression; 3D UMAP projection; three.js rendering; autopilot drift; high‑dim neighbors surfacing hidden similarities.
Key stats
768→128 PCA compression; 3D UMAP projection; three.js rendering; autopilot drift; high‑dim neighbors surfacing hidden similarities.
yep. "they don't make 'em like they used to" -- well, yeah, they do, you just have to shop anywhere other than walmart and amazon
you might have to -heaven forbid- spend money on quality
(and it's still cheaper than equivalent quality in those eras)
you might have to -heaven forbid- spend money on quality
(and it's still cheaper than equivalent quality in those eras)
The reason you believe vacuums in the 80s were better is because, with inflation the avg vacuum cost $400. Now you can get a decent top-of-the-line vacuum for 1/4th that price.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
yep. "they don't make 'em like they used to" -- well, yeah, they do, you just have to shop anywhere other than walmart and amazon
you might have to -heaven forbid- spend money on quality
(and it's still cheaper than equivalent quality in those eras)
you might have to -heaven forbid- spend money on quality
(and it's still cheaper than equivalent quality in those eras)
I realize the gas valve mechanical systems have the sophistication of a BBQ, but it is sorta wild that we just have unlimited access to a deadly neurotoxin tap inside our houses and no preventative check for "hey, this has been open for a few hours - you sure about that?"
ohhh my godddddd i somehow set my gas stove to max instead of turning it off when i was done making food, and i would not have noticed for hours if i hadn't randomly decided to wash my hands in the kitchen instead of in my bathroom after eating
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I realize the gas valve mechanical systems have the sophistication of a BBQ, but it is sorta wild that we just have unlimited access to a deadly neurotoxin tap inside our houses and no preventative check for "hey, this has been open for a few hours - you sure about that?"
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and I don't think anyone replying here has a concept of the gravitational force of mahjong in the culture right now - you can whisper mahjong and get sixty women to show up somewhere and every last one of them leaves with two new friends.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
and I don't think anyone replying here has a concept of the gravitational force of mahjong in the culture right now - you can whisper mahjong and get sixty women to show up somewhere and every last one of them leaves with two new friends.
image converters that take a file name and change the prefix instead of the suffix such that the new image is saved alphabetically to a whole different place: straight to jail
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
image converters that take a file name and change the prefix instead of the suffix such that the new image is saved alphabetically to a whole different place: straight to jail
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this is a stupider amount of joy than i've almost ever had before
i think im properly addicted to exercise again
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
this is a stupider amount of joy than i've almost ever had before
fixed our non-draining dishwasher with the combined power of strong chemicals and putting my arm fully into the gross pool of milky sludge water
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
fixed our non-draining dishwasher with the combined power of strong chemicals and putting my arm fully into the gross pool of milky sludge water
incidentally, the first time I read it was ebook and thought "this seems like it's rendering completely wrong"
bought the paper version and it turns out...
bought the paper version and it turns out...
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
incidentally, the first time I read it was ebook and thought "this seems like it's rendering completely wrong"
bought the paper version and it turns out...
bought the paper version and it turns out...
re: AI-related deskilling depression
we see this in retirement planning all the time, people who work their entire lives on something identify with it and to retire out of it is often really brutal on the psyche
wrestling with it as a 20-30 year old is - as we're seeing - even stranger
we see this in retirement planning all the time, people who work their entire lives on something identify with it and to retire out of it is often really brutal on the psyche
wrestling with it as a 20-30 year old is - as we're seeing - even stranger
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
re: AI-related deskilling depression
we see this in retirement planning all the time, people who work their entire lives on something identify with it and to retire out of it is often really brutal on the psyche
wrestling with it as a 20-30 year old is - as we're seeing - even stranger
we see this in retirement planning all the time, people who work their entire lives on something identify with it and to retire out of it is often really brutal on the psyche
wrestling with it as a 20-30 year old is - as we're seeing - even stranger
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Subway Cadbury Creme Egg Submelt (2023-2023): A 6-inch sub roll, filled with Cadbury Creme Eggs and grill-pressed until toasty golden brown. Was available for free, for one day only, at 4 Subway locations in the UK, with only 500 subs available at each location.
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Subway Cadbury Creme Egg Submelt (2023-2023): A 6-inch sub roll, filled with Cadbury Creme Eggs and grill-pressed until toasty golden brown. Was available for free, for one day only, at 4 Subway locations in the UK, with only 500 subs available at each location.