S. Thompson
@planckstar.bsky.social
Lol I dunno what I'm gonna post here, too much random shite inna great
New physics theory: we are the satirical version of a universe that makes sense, they created us as a joke
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
New physics theory: we are the satirical version of a universe that makes sense, they created us as a joke
AI isn't completely useless, here's the back to the future remake we don't need, but in an alternate timeline got:
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
AI isn't completely useless, here's the back to the future remake we don't need, but in an alternate timeline got:
Just came across a site that pirates scientific papers, and then puts them behind an adwall.
On one hand I support knowledge for everyone, on the other hand having an adwall feels a bit icky. I'm probably overthinking this stupid site that won't exist after soon enough
On one hand I support knowledge for everyone, on the other hand having an adwall feels a bit icky. I'm probably overthinking this stupid site that won't exist after soon enough
November 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Just came across a site that pirates scientific papers, and then puts them behind an adwall.
On one hand I support knowledge for everyone, on the other hand having an adwall feels a bit icky. I'm probably overthinking this stupid site that won't exist after soon enough
On one hand I support knowledge for everyone, on the other hand having an adwall feels a bit icky. I'm probably overthinking this stupid site that won't exist after soon enough
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there aren't polls on bluesky right
ok manual poll time:
in the "shorter games with worse graphics" meme do you interpret games' shortness and graphics' worseness as
A. instrumental
(i.e. necessary for achieving devs paid more to work less)
or
B. an end in and of itself?
(short/worse = desirable)
ok manual poll time:
in the "shorter games with worse graphics" meme do you interpret games' shortness and graphics' worseness as
A. instrumental
(i.e. necessary for achieving devs paid more to work less)
or
B. an end in and of itself?
(short/worse = desirable)
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
there aren't polls on bluesky right
ok manual poll time:
in the "shorter games with worse graphics" meme do you interpret games' shortness and graphics' worseness as
A. instrumental
(i.e. necessary for achieving devs paid more to work less)
or
B. an end in and of itself?
(short/worse = desirable)
ok manual poll time:
in the "shorter games with worse graphics" meme do you interpret games' shortness and graphics' worseness as
A. instrumental
(i.e. necessary for achieving devs paid more to work less)
or
B. an end in and of itself?
(short/worse = desirable)
Watching the high end games industry fall apart got me wondering if games have gotten too big for their own good.
I can't answer that definitively but my two favorite games this year, The Alters and Absolum, are much smaller in budget and scope than the Assassin's Creeds of the world, so... maybe?
I can't answer that definitively but my two favorite games this year, The Alters and Absolum, are much smaller in budget and scope than the Assassin's Creeds of the world, so... maybe?
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Watching the high end games industry fall apart got me wondering if games have gotten too big for their own good.
I can't answer that definitively but my two favorite games this year, The Alters and Absolum, are much smaller in budget and scope than the Assassin's Creeds of the world, so... maybe?
I can't answer that definitively but my two favorite games this year, The Alters and Absolum, are much smaller in budget and scope than the Assassin's Creeds of the world, so... maybe?
Extreme optimization nerd alert, turn your small neural net into a LUT for even faster performance. Section 5.2 in: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Edge-aware denoising framework for real-time mobile ray tracing
With the proliferation of mobile hardware-accelerated ray tracing, visual quality at low sampling rates (1spp) significantly deteriorates due to high-…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Extreme optimization nerd alert, turn your small neural net into a LUT for even faster performance. Section 5.2 in: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Status: that feeling you get when one reviewer for your paper skimmed it then accuses you of not explaining something you did, and another did read it but thinks they're grading a highschool English paper and has marked you down for not following the exact template they set
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Status: that feeling you get when one reviewer for your paper skimmed it then accuses you of not explaining something you did, and another did read it but thinks they're grading a highschool English paper and has marked you down for not following the exact template they set
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October 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Keeper: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
1000% an art game, and 100% good for it, recommend to any art enjoyers
1000% an art game, and 100% good for it, recommend to any art enjoyers
Keeper on Steam
From Lee Petty and Double Fine Productions, Keeper is an atmospheric puzzle adventure in which a long-forgotten lighthouse is awakened and, joined by a spirited seabird, it embarks upon a heartening t...
store.steampowered.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Keeper: store.steampowered.com/app/3043580/...
1000% an art game, and 100% good for it, recommend to any art enjoyers
1000% an art game, and 100% good for it, recommend to any art enjoyers
Nvidia buys part of Intel and OpenAI
OpenAI buys part of AMD
"AI" has found an infinite money glitch, just like plugging surge protectors into each other is an infinite power hack
Sell your stock while you can
OpenAI buys part of AMD
"AI" has found an infinite money glitch, just like plugging surge protectors into each other is an infinite power hack
Sell your stock while you can
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nvidia buys part of Intel and OpenAI
OpenAI buys part of AMD
"AI" has found an infinite money glitch, just like plugging surge protectors into each other is an infinite power hack
Sell your stock while you can
OpenAI buys part of AMD
"AI" has found an infinite money glitch, just like plugging surge protectors into each other is an infinite power hack
Sell your stock while you can
Activision passed up an enthusiastic Steven Spielberg, who had an entire pitch and was ready to go, for the Call of Duty movie so they could retain rights and control at Paramount
If that sounds gobsmackingly stupid consider this is the second time in row this mistake has been made. 🧵
If that sounds gobsmackingly stupid consider this is the second time in row this mistake has been made. 🧵
October 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Activision passed up an enthusiastic Steven Spielberg, who had an entire pitch and was ready to go, for the Call of Duty movie so they could retain rights and control at Paramount
If that sounds gobsmackingly stupid consider this is the second time in row this mistake has been made. 🧵
If that sounds gobsmackingly stupid consider this is the second time in row this mistake has been made. 🧵
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It is Wednesday morning and I need $15,000 to fall from the sky so that a group of extremely high-risk activists can continue to get anti-doxxing protection and data-deletion services.
I am not enjoying this week. Zero stars on WeekAdvisor.
I am not enjoying this week. Zero stars on WeekAdvisor.
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It is Wednesday morning and I need $15,000 to fall from the sky so that a group of extremely high-risk activists can continue to get anti-doxxing protection and data-deletion services.
I am not enjoying this week. Zero stars on WeekAdvisor.
I am not enjoying this week. Zero stars on WeekAdvisor.
Companies are giving billions to Nvidia for infrastructure that Nvidia proudly states is going to be outdated within 2 years
They're doing so without coming close to making that money back
A year 1 business student could spot the problem, can the CEOs of trillion $ companies?
They're doing so without coming close to making that money back
A year 1 business student could spot the problem, can the CEOs of trillion $ companies?
September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Companies are giving billions to Nvidia for infrastructure that Nvidia proudly states is going to be outdated within 2 years
They're doing so without coming close to making that money back
A year 1 business student could spot the problem, can the CEOs of trillion $ companies?
They're doing so without coming close to making that money back
A year 1 business student could spot the problem, can the CEOs of trillion $ companies?
Microsoft's Co-Pilot now has a blobby avatar.
August 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Microsoft's Co-Pilot now has a blobby avatar.
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Great Siggraph 2025 presentation of Gran Turismo's tonemapping pipeline, which also includes a fantastic introduction to light perception and tonemapping, its origins and how it evolved over the years with display technology, recommended read: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
blog.selfshadow.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great Siggraph 2025 presentation of Gran Turismo's tonemapping pipeline, which also includes a fantastic introduction to light perception and tonemapping, its origins and how it evolved over the years with display technology, recommended read: blog.selfshadow.com/publications...
Been considering "(Entertainment industry) is doing badly!"
Insert: Games, reading, movies. Podcasts, shows, YouTube, Tiktok.
Drinking, smoking, sex and rock n roll.
Travel, food, swimming, mountain climbing.
Etc.
Entertainment seems saturated, is boredom cured for those with money? 🤔
Insert: Games, reading, movies. Podcasts, shows, YouTube, Tiktok.
Drinking, smoking, sex and rock n roll.
Travel, food, swimming, mountain climbing.
Etc.
Entertainment seems saturated, is boredom cured for those with money? 🤔
August 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Been considering "(Entertainment industry) is doing badly!"
Insert: Games, reading, movies. Podcasts, shows, YouTube, Tiktok.
Drinking, smoking, sex and rock n roll.
Travel, food, swimming, mountain climbing.
Etc.
Entertainment seems saturated, is boredom cured for those with money? 🤔
Insert: Games, reading, movies. Podcasts, shows, YouTube, Tiktok.
Drinking, smoking, sex and rock n roll.
Travel, food, swimming, mountain climbing.
Etc.
Entertainment seems saturated, is boredom cured for those with money? 🤔
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It's time to share the program for the 2025 Advances in Real-time Rendering in Games.
Check out all the details here: advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/index....
and, of course, come attend the course live on Tuesday August 12 at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver!
Check out all the details here: advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/index....
and, of course, come attend the course live on Tuesday August 12 at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver!
August 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It's time to share the program for the 2025 Advances in Real-time Rendering in Games.
Check out all the details here: advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/index....
and, of course, come attend the course live on Tuesday August 12 at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver!
Check out all the details here: advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/index....
and, of course, come attend the course live on Tuesday August 12 at SIGGRAPH in Vancouver!
With Suckerberg spending tens of billions on it it I feel safe in concluding "AI" is reaching it's current zenith. Who better to serve as a dead canary than the man that spent 50 billion on "the metaverse"?
July 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
With Suckerberg spending tens of billions on it it I feel safe in concluding "AI" is reaching it's current zenith. Who better to serve as a dead canary than the man that spent 50 billion on "the metaverse"?
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Looks like I'm looking for a job :-/
Anyone looking for a senior dev?
Anyone looking for a senior dev?
July 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Looks like I'm looking for a job :-/
Anyone looking for a senior dev?
Anyone looking for a senior dev?
"Gaming" is currently in an odd spot, everyone can play Wordle, and more "core" games have their tradition of hitting and balling.
But trying to break a non traditional game into the "core" of more money and time commitment is hard. Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley managed, that's an exception.
But trying to break a non traditional game into the "core" of more money and time commitment is hard. Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley managed, that's an exception.
July 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Gaming" is currently in an odd spot, everyone can play Wordle, and more "core" games have their tradition of hitting and balling.
But trying to break a non traditional game into the "core" of more money and time commitment is hard. Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley managed, that's an exception.
But trying to break a non traditional game into the "core" of more money and time commitment is hard. Animal Crossing/Stardew Valley managed, that's an exception.
Mammals have evolved into anteaters at least 12 times. That's twice as many times as we've counted sea creatures evolving into crabs (carcinisation).
I propose "myrmecoisation" for "evolve into ant eater" as Latin for anteater is myrmecophagus
Citation: www.sciencealert.com/mammals-have...
I propose "myrmecoisation" for "evolve into ant eater" as Latin for anteater is myrmecophagus
Citation: www.sciencealert.com/mammals-have...
Mammals Have Evolved Into Anteaters at Least 12 Times Since The Dinosaurs
If you want to get by in this world, you could do a lot worse than developing a predilection for ants.
www.sciencealert.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Mammals have evolved into anteaters at least 12 times. That's twice as many times as we've counted sea creatures evolving into crabs (carcinisation).
I propose "myrmecoisation" for "evolve into ant eater" as Latin for anteater is myrmecophagus
Citation: www.sciencealert.com/mammals-have...
I propose "myrmecoisation" for "evolve into ant eater" as Latin for anteater is myrmecophagus
Citation: www.sciencealert.com/mammals-have...
Executives, as soon as you finish that AI tool that "helps you do your job better"
July 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Executives, as soon as you finish that AI tool that "helps you do your job better"
"Xbox ROG Ally" has had it's price leaked, and is right in line with other windows based handheld gaming PCs
People are complaining and confused, they thought this was an Xbox console, because it's a gaming device that's an Xbox, and that's a high price for a console.
People are complaining and confused, they thought this was an Xbox console, because it's a gaming device that's an Xbox, and that's a high price for a console.
July 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Xbox ROG Ally" has had it's price leaked, and is right in line with other windows based handheld gaming PCs
People are complaining and confused, they thought this was an Xbox console, because it's a gaming device that's an Xbox, and that's a high price for a console.
People are complaining and confused, they thought this was an Xbox console, because it's a gaming device that's an Xbox, and that's a high price for a console.
Concord cost years and over a hundred million in development costs and failed within weeks.
Peak is a co-op game made in a month by a few people for a game jam and just past 5 million sales.
Is there a lesson here 🤔
Peak is a co-op game made in a month by a few people for a game jam and just past 5 million sales.
Is there a lesson here 🤔
July 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Concord cost years and over a hundred million in development costs and failed within weeks.
Peak is a co-op game made in a month by a few people for a game jam and just past 5 million sales.
Is there a lesson here 🤔
Peak is a co-op game made in a month by a few people for a game jam and just past 5 million sales.
Is there a lesson here 🤔