David Mayerich
supox.net
David Mayerich
@supox.net
optics, microscopy, high performance computing
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video games, TTRPG, fencing, woodworking

STIM Lab
https://stim.ee.uh.edu/
(views are my own and do not represent the University of Houston)
This is really cool!

I’ve always thought it would be cool to implement a range of biomedical visualization tools (ex. wrappers for VTK/ITK) in Unreal Engine. Blender may actually be the way to go since it’s more accessible.
December 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
That’s a thing? Anytime I click I feel scammed. It’s either (1) bad narration of someone else’s video or (2) some un-dated clip from like 10 years ago sold as something recent.
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The most frustrating thing on YouTube is my inability to flat-out block a channel that's like "DRACULA 2026 TRAILER: Keanu Reeves, Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Taylor"

Why would I *ever* want this to come up in a search?!?
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Urban and Thirlby were perfect.

I always tell people that Anderson is the “main character” and Dredd is the “setting”.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I think it was somebody on CORE that made the joke that independent developers want to make money, but corporate studios want to make ALL the money.

I just can’t imagine thinking “what gamers want is another app that lets them not actually own software.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I heard a joke once about how indy developers want to make money but AAA studios want to make *all* the money.

I wonder if private companies in the gaming space can simply afford to make better products because they don’t have shareholders breathing down their necks forcing them to make crap.
October 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's strange - I feel like there are things we can do to improve quality of life for the elderly, and that machine learning can play a role.

But what I've seen so far seems objectively worse than "sitting around watching TV all the time"
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
My life got a lot easier since I figured out how to optimize "holding down Attack while wielding torches"

My kids are mostly interested in watching me chat up people in the hot springs anyway...
October 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I’ve heard that, but couldn’t find stats on accidents in the US vs EU vs UK. All the safety concerns seem to be pretty intent-driven (ex people sticking weird stuff in sockets).

I’d bet that Imperial units are WAY more dangerous 😅
October 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Do you think they get some sort of buzz mocking their own religion?

I mean, there aren’t a lot of verses as cut-and-dry as Matthew 6:5-6.

Maybe they spend their time off-camera forcing camels through needles…
October 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
2 genders but only one case: UPPER
October 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
God I remember having to play memory-Tetris to get the drivers to fit on my Tandy.

Some poor saint at Radio Shack walked me through editing autoexec.bat and config.sys to make my first boot disk.
October 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I decided to try CachyOS (it came up on Gamer’s Nexus) and it’s the most seamless install I’ve done. Seriously impressed with the strides Linux devs have made in terms of usability.

I can count my Windows requirements on one hand, and they’re pretty niche work-related things.
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Unreal came out with MetaHuman Creator like 4 years ago and those tools seem objectively more useful.

Can you imagine Variety writing about how Siri, Princess of Cintra, is seeking representation in the film industry?

Maybe I'm missing something but this seems like some weird hype.
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I once saw someone describe Bluey as a parenting instruction manual masquerading as a kid’s show.
September 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
There’s an entire aisle of custom old-school mechanical keyboards at MicroCenter that my kids camp in when I’m shopping.

I’m really surprised at the stuff that’s come back and in retrospect I shouldn’t be. White mechanical keyboards with bold clear letters are just so obviously better.
September 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Literally reading this during the intermission at 90’s Mixtape concert in Houston rn

Never thought I’d feel nostalgic listening to Backstreet Boys…
August 16, 2025 at 1:57 AM
And for the record we aren't playing niche or retro games here. I'm playing Expedition 33 on a 4k TV at 60fps. Wife is playing Civ7. Kids play Roblox and Minecraft.

Everything was plug-and-play.
August 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Put Kubuntu on my PC several months ago based on your advice.

Just talked my family into installing it on our gaming rig to fix a crazy rebooting bug we've had since building it.

Not only did it fix the problem, my wife and kids have zero issues using it. Literally better in every way.
August 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My use has changed a lot recently. Less social media in favor of Discord, visiting vendor sites instead of Amazon, aggressively avoiding AI slop.

I feel like my home turned into a tourist trap and I’m looking for quiet places buy groceries and have a beer with real people I actually know…
August 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This came out of absolutely nowhere for me. Just beat Act I and damn.

Friend sent me the trailer and I thought “the game looks weird but the combat seems cool.”

I guess I’m still there but the weirdness feels more…justified?
July 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM