Jon Valdés
@jon-valdes.bsky.social
Wearing all the hats I possibly can at the Frostbite Rendering team
We have an intern working on her thesis now, and she started by using Gigi... then went on try FAST noise... and is now watching lectures about optimal transport.
At this point I just tell her "can you guess who you should talk about that next?" 😅
At this point I just tell her "can you guess who you should talk about that next?" 😅
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We have an intern working on her thesis now, and she started by using Gigi... then went on try FAST noise... and is now watching lectures about optimal transport.
At this point I just tell her "can you guess who you should talk about that next?" 😅
At this point I just tell her "can you guess who you should talk about that next?" 😅
Hey, is there anything I can do to help narrow this one down?
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hey, is there anything I can do to help narrow this one down?
It turns out it had nothing to do with the speed modifier, and it was seemingly that scrubbing while the preview is being generated leads to general wonkiness?
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It turns out it had nothing to do with the speed modifier, and it was seemingly that scrubbing while the preview is being generated leads to general wonkiness?
Ok, I think I have a repro now.
Sorry the video is a bit long
Sorry the video is a bit long
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ok, I think I have a repro now.
Sorry the video is a bit long
Sorry the video is a bit long
It was indeed. I had one clip, I cut it in 5 parts, set speed to 8x on the 2 on the even positions. So, (N)ormal, (F)ast: NFNFN
The last normal one was where I noticed the desync
The last normal one was where I noticed the desync
November 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
It was indeed. I had one clip, I cut it in 5 parts, set speed to 8x on the 2 on the even positions. So, (N)ormal, (F)ast: NFNFN
The last normal one was where I noticed the desync
The last normal one was where I noticed the desync
I tried using it last week. Two issues I ran into:
- speed modifier was annoying (already mentioned by someone else)
- video playback preview desynced from the actual edit, so it was showing me the wrong parts of the video. The final render was different from the preview 😔
- speed modifier was annoying (already mentioned by someone else)
- video playback preview desynced from the actual edit, so it was showing me the wrong parts of the video. The final render was different from the preview 😔
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I tried using it last week. Two issues I ran into:
- speed modifier was annoying (already mentioned by someone else)
- video playback preview desynced from the actual edit, so it was showing me the wrong parts of the video. The final render was different from the preview 😔
- speed modifier was annoying (already mentioned by someone else)
- video playback preview desynced from the actual edit, so it was showing me the wrong parts of the video. The final render was different from the preview 😔
Don't worry, Amazon's new CEO will turn the ship around by... (checks notes...) firing the folks the company depends on to keep working
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-layof...
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-layof...
The era of mega AI layoffs is upon us
Amazon's full-throttle layoffs are a warning sign for white-collar workers everywhere.
www.businessinsider.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Don't worry, Amazon's new CEO will turn the ship around by... (checks notes...) firing the folks the company depends on to keep working
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-layof...
www.businessinsider.com/amazon-layof...
Just came across this. She uploaded a 6 minute video of that session. Pure awesomeness ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
Coding Trance Music (Full Narrated)
YouTube video by Switch Angel
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just came across this. She uploaded a 6 minute video of that session. Pure awesomeness ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWXC...
Getting flashbacks of musicians checking how their carefully mastered songs sound on shitty phone speakers and earbuds before releasing them, because "that's how most people will actually listen to it" 😭
October 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Getting flashbacks of musicians checking how their carefully mastered songs sound on shitty phone speakers and earbuds before releasing them, because "that's how most people will actually listen to it" 😭
It's wild how different the effects are on different people. For me methylphenidate (Concerta) has a _much_ faster onset, more mouth dryness, a lot less sweating and much more stable mood than Elvanse.
It was stable in the "all anxiety all the time" kind of way, though, which admittedly isn't great
It was stable in the "all anxiety all the time" kind of way, though, which admittedly isn't great
October 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It's wild how different the effects are on different people. For me methylphenidate (Concerta) has a _much_ faster onset, more mouth dryness, a lot less sweating and much more stable mood than Elvanse.
It was stable in the "all anxiety all the time" kind of way, though, which admittedly isn't great
It was stable in the "all anxiety all the time" kind of way, though, which admittedly isn't great
I mean... the combined hyperfixations of music, games, programming, synths, the specific tactility of certain things... if that's not an autistic gravitational vortex I don't know what would be 😅
October 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I mean... the combined hyperfixations of music, games, programming, synths, the specific tactility of certain things... if that's not an autistic gravitational vortex I don't know what would be 😅
I absolutely love it. I could listen to hours of this, with her calmly narrating what she's doing. Feels like she's coordinating a docking sequence with the spaceship traffic control authority.
Oh, and she's around here!
@switchangel.bsky.social fantastic stuff!
Oh, and she's around here!
@switchangel.bsky.social fantastic stuff!
October 9, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I absolutely love it. I could listen to hours of this, with her calmly narrating what she's doing. Feels like she's coordinating a docking sequence with the spaceship traffic control authority.
Oh, and she's around here!
@switchangel.bsky.social fantastic stuff!
Oh, and she's around here!
@switchangel.bsky.social fantastic stuff!
This is the way I've ended up doing recorded presentations too.
I seem to be incapable of facing a blank page, and this works to fill the page with _something_ you can refine later.
Light version of this is talking to yourself in the shower.
I seem to be incapable of facing a blank page, and this works to fill the page with _something_ you can refine later.
Light version of this is talking to yourself in the shower.
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the way I've ended up doing recorded presentations too.
I seem to be incapable of facing a blank page, and this works to fill the page with _something_ you can refine later.
Light version of this is talking to yourself in the shower.
I seem to be incapable of facing a blank page, and this works to fill the page with _something_ you can refine later.
Light version of this is talking to yourself in the shower.
Sounds like what a vampire would say... 🤔
September 20, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Sounds like what a vampire would say... 🤔
Both. This seems more chill... but also more sanitized.
Mastodon is spicier, but also more fun.
I open one or the other based on how much spice I want a given day
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Mastodon is spicier, but also more fun.
I open one or the other based on how much spice I want a given day
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
September 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Both. This seems more chill... but also more sanitized.
Mastodon is spicier, but also more fun.
I open one or the other based on how much spice I want a given day
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Mastodon is spicier, but also more fun.
I open one or the other based on how much spice I want a given day
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Lovely work!
It's funny how this thing has higher geometric detail than most AAA games 😅
It's funny how this thing has higher geometric detail than most AAA games 😅
August 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lovely work!
It's funny how this thing has higher geometric detail than most AAA games 😅
It's funny how this thing has higher geometric detail than most AAA games 😅
Spaniards like myself that have had to do exactly this for weeks/months every single summer
August 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Spaniards like myself that have had to do exactly this for weeks/months every single summer
FIFA (now FC) has always been built in Vancouver. I'm sure there's quite a few Canadians in that team that would love to build this 😄
July 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
FIFA (now FC) has always been built in Vancouver. I'm sure there's quite a few Canadians in that team that would love to build this 😄
A total mystery. We will never find out
July 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A total mystery. We will never find out
It's interesting seeing how layoffs happen often in the US, more rarely in Europe, and almost never in Japan.
It's, as if... regulation mattered, or something?
It's, as if... regulation mattered, or something?
July 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
It's interesting seeing how layoffs happen often in the US, more rarely in Europe, and almost never in Japan.
It's, as if... regulation mattered, or something?
It's, as if... regulation mattered, or something?
Loved it! Insta-subscribed. Thanks for sharing!
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Loved it! Insta-subscribed. Thanks for sharing!
I've been enjoying Alex Ávila's videos lately. A well-spoken, leftist, latino trans man feels like an appropriate counterpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhs...
Is there a crisis of masculinity or is it just capitalism?
YouTube video by ALEX AVILA
www.youtube.com
June 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I've been enjoying Alex Ávila's videos lately. A well-spoken, leftist, latino trans man feels like an appropriate counterpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOhs...
The hinge!!!
a woman wearing hoop earrings and a yellow shirt
ALT: a woman wearing hoop earrings and a yellow shirt
media.tenor.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The hinge!!!