Tonci Jukic
@tonci.bsky.social
Gamedev | graphics, networking | performance & porting games | MSc comp.sci. eng. | PhD WiP AI/ML
That very specific ex-gamedev is wasting so much of his time in a hate crusade against "woke" and "DEI".
He was successful and is rich and he shouldn't bother and enjoy life. Why would he put do much effort? Is it a frustration for a decade of failing to be a game dev again while "wokes" succeed?
He was successful and is rich and he shouldn't bother and enjoy life. Why would he put do much effort? Is it a frustration for a decade of failing to be a game dev again while "wokes" succeed?
March 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
That very specific ex-gamedev is wasting so much of his time in a hate crusade against "woke" and "DEI".
He was successful and is rich and he shouldn't bother and enjoy life. Why would he put do much effort? Is it a frustration for a decade of failing to be a game dev again while "wokes" succeed?
He was successful and is rich and he shouldn't bother and enjoy life. Why would he put do much effort? Is it a frustration for a decade of failing to be a game dev again while "wokes" succeed?
March 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The tech and graphical advancements in Assassin's Creed Shadows are mighty impressive: Micropolygon geometry, fluid wind simulations, ray traced global illumination and so much more. How do they all work and compare to AC games of the past? Find out in my video below!
youtu.be/nhFkw5CqMN0
youtu.be/nhFkw5CqMN0
March 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The tech and graphical advancements in Assassin's Creed Shadows are mighty impressive: Micropolygon geometry, fluid wind simulations, ray traced global illumination and so much more. How do they all work and compare to AC games of the past? Find out in my video below!
youtu.be/nhFkw5CqMN0
youtu.be/nhFkw5CqMN0
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Today my partner and I cancelled our GDC plans.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
March 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today my partner and I cancelled our GDC plans.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
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All it takes is one bad faith border security staff calling into question why I am travelling to the US from Canada and back on a UK passport, and I could be in a cold cell for a few weeks waiting for a chance to explain myself.
www.thedailybeast.com/german-touri...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.thedailybeast.com/german-touri...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/w...
March 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
All it takes is one bad faith border security staff calling into question why I am travelling to the US from Canada and back on a UK passport, and I could be in a cold cell for a few weeks waiting for a chance to explain myself.
www.thedailybeast.com/german-touri...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/w...
www.thedailybeast.com/german-touri...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/w...
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has anyone else decided to opt out of gdc this year specifically due to the rapid and intentional degradation of the US government? if so, I want to speak to you for a possible article. DMs are open, and my email is nathan@aftermath.site
Today my partner and I cancelled our GDC plans.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but between reduced air safety, increased border control detainments, and escalating tensions between the US and Canada, travelling to the US for a games conference (especially from Canada) doesn't seem worth it.
March 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
has anyone else decided to opt out of gdc this year specifically due to the rapid and intentional degradation of the US government? if so, I want to speak to you for a possible article. DMs are open, and my email is nathan@aftermath.site
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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Trump threatens Canada again, confirms tariffs are blackmail: "Canada, we have a tremendous deficit with Canada. We're not gonna have that anymore. As you probably know, I say you can always become a state. If you're a state, we won't have a deficit, we won't have to tariff you."
January 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Trump threatens Canada again, confirms tariffs are blackmail: "Canada, we have a tremendous deficit with Canada. We're not gonna have that anymore. As you probably know, I say you can always become a state. If you're a state, we won't have a deficit, we won't have to tariff you."
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Trump is threatening to arrest local and state officials, especially in Blue states, if they don’t participate in his ethnic cleansing campaign through mass deportations.
Today it’ll be about “immigration” , tomorrow it’ll be about how they vote.
Today it’ll be about “immigration” , tomorrow it’ll be about how they vote.
January 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump is threatening to arrest local and state officials, especially in Blue states, if they don’t participate in his ethnic cleansing campaign through mass deportations.
Today it’ll be about “immigration” , tomorrow it’ll be about how they vote.
Today it’ll be about “immigration” , tomorrow it’ll be about how they vote.
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The earth gets drier and warmer, and #megadroughts have been increasing for 40 years and will do so in the future. Substantial negative impacts on #water supply, #agriculture and all #ecosystem services are to be expected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Global increase in the occurrence and impact of multiyear droughts
Persistent multiyear drought (MYD) events pose a growing threat to nature and humans in a changing climate. We identified and inventoried global MYDs by detecting spatiotemporally contiguous climatic ...
www.science.org
January 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The earth gets drier and warmer, and #megadroughts have been increasing for 40 years and will do so in the future. Substantial negative impacts on #water supply, #agriculture and all #ecosystem services are to be expected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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If you are in those areas and you aren't masking you have NO IDEA what you're breathing in - Altadena in particular was full of very, very old homes that predated current regulations. Asbestos, lead paint, etc - you don't want any of it in your lungs. Mask up.
Shockingly few people are talking about the toxic air and water in LA.
It’s eerily reminiscent of early days of the pandemic when we were assured we didn’t have to mask
Listen to air quality experts. The same folk educating about IAQ & COVID are providing life saving info now.
And wear a mask.
It’s eerily reminiscent of early days of the pandemic when we were assured we didn’t have to mask
Listen to air quality experts. The same folk educating about IAQ & COVID are providing life saving info now.
And wear a mask.
LA is Toxic, and We Need to Talk About it
The asbestos, my friends, is blowing in the wind
open.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you are in those areas and you aren't masking you have NO IDEA what you're breathing in - Altadena in particular was full of very, very old homes that predated current regulations. Asbestos, lead paint, etc - you don't want any of it in your lungs. Mask up.
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FYI you can opt out of being given those 60 'free' copilot uses and get cheaper 365 in return, but microsoft deliberately hides how to do it, which is pretty unconscionable. You threaten to cancel & then they offer a cheaper, AI-free option:
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
You don’t have to pay the Microsoft 365 price increase
Here’s how to keep the price of your subscription the same as it’s always been.
www.consumer.org.nz
January 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
FYI you can opt out of being given those 60 'free' copilot uses and get cheaper 365 in return, but microsoft deliberately hides how to do it, which is pretty unconscionable. You threaten to cancel & then they offer a cheaper, AI-free option:
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
www.consumer.org.nz/articles/you...
Thiel seems less powerful than Epstein ever was. A simple house while Jerry had a full blown island.
Quite the gathering tonight at Peter Thiel's new house in DC. Don Jr, Zuckerberg, dozens of others inside his recently purchased property here. Secret Service is checking everyone entering. NYT reporters not allowed inside.
January 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Thiel seems less powerful than Epstein ever was. A simple house while Jerry had a full blown island.
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Working on my video covering "Full Ray Tracing" in Indiana Jones atm. Also playing the game to get good B-Roll. Definitely solidifying its self as being an all-time great!
December 11, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Working on my video covering "Full Ray Tracing" in Indiana Jones atm. Also playing the game to get good B-Roll. Definitely solidifying its self as being an all-time great!
Terraforming Mars is unlikely
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Potassium isotope composition of Mars reveals a mechanism of planetary volatile retention | PNAS
The abundances of water and highly to moderately volatile elements in planets are
considered critical to mantle convection, surface evolution proce...
www.pnas.org
November 27, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Terraforming Mars is unlikely
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Now imagine the alternative universe where this man ran HHS. We'd be in such a better place. Peter Hotez is a national treasure.
This Professor Has Taken on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Opposing Vaccines
A Q&A with Dr. Peter Hotez, who has clashed with the new health and human services secretary nominee. Hotez himself helped develop low-cost vaccinations. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Zkgg3Y
A Q&A with Dr. Peter Hotez, who has clashed with the new health and human services secretary nominee. Hotez himself helped develop low-cost vaccinations. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Zkgg3Y
This professor has taken on RFK Jr. for opposing vaccines
A Q&A with Dr. Peter Hotez, who has clashed with the new health and human services secretary nominee. Hotez himself helped develop low-cost vaccinations.
bit.ly
November 23, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Now imagine the alternative universe where this man ran HHS. We'd be in such a better place. Peter Hotez is a national treasure.
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It's 2024, games should not be launching without subtitles.
For a game to count as having subtitles, they need to actually be readable. Far too many are not.
Can we please have none of this in 2025. Collectively as an industry we need to be doing better, our players deserve better.
For a game to count as having subtitles, they need to actually be readable. Far too many are not.
Can we please have none of this in 2025. Collectively as an industry we need to be doing better, our players deserve better.
November 23, 2024 at 11:15 AM
It's 2024, games should not be launching without subtitles.
For a game to count as having subtitles, they need to actually be readable. Far too many are not.
Can we please have none of this in 2025. Collectively as an industry we need to be doing better, our players deserve better.
For a game to count as having subtitles, they need to actually be readable. Far too many are not.
Can we please have none of this in 2025. Collectively as an industry we need to be doing better, our players deserve better.
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Did you know that this weird elongated S is just a for-loop?
November 20, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Did you know that this weird elongated S is just a for-loop?
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Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
These are the vaccination rates of kindergartners by state. It takes 95% coverage of MMR vaccine to prevent measles outbreaks & most states are not achieving it. I fear that under the new administration rates will drop even further and we will start to see preventable illness, disability, and death
November 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Measles requires 95% vaccination rates for herd immunity.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
It has a 16.2% case fatality rate for unvaccinated children under 5 years and 24% for children under 9 months (who are unable to be vaccinated).
30% of the survivors experience severe complications like blindness, deafness, or encephalitis.
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If this chart says to you "the climate/1.5C was screwed either way", then you've missed a fundamental truth about global warming:
–every fraction of a degree matters
–every tonne of CO2 counts
–every delay makes escalating climate impacts on people + planet harder to avoid
www.carbonbrief.org/...
–every fraction of a degree matters
–every tonne of CO2 counts
–every delay makes escalating climate impacts on people + planet harder to avoid
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 7, 2024 at 9:55 AM
If this chart says to you "the climate/1.5C was screwed either way", then you've missed a fundamental truth about global warming:
–every fraction of a degree matters
–every tonne of CO2 counts
–every delay makes escalating climate impacts on people + planet harder to avoid
www.carbonbrief.org/...
–every fraction of a degree matters
–every tonne of CO2 counts
–every delay makes escalating climate impacts on people + planet harder to avoid
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Almost two decades ago I've seen a great documentary. Should've been narrated by Sir Attenborough www.imdb.com/title/tt0387...
Idiocracy (2006) ⭐ 6.5 | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
1h 24m | R
www.imdb.com
November 6, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Almost two decades ago I've seen a great documentary. Should've been narrated by Sir Attenborough www.imdb.com/title/tt0387...
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The new President of Stanford promised to protect academic freedom. I wrote about how he has broken that promise by giving opening remarks at a conference featuring speakers who led attacks on researchers at Stanford, particularly the Stanford Internet Observatory.
stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...
stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...
From the Community | President Levin’s first order of business: abandoning academic freedom
By standing with tenured faculty and powerful political operatives against contingent researchers and trainees at Stanford, President Jonathan Levin has already betrayed academic freedom, writes Mallo...
stanforddaily.com
October 4, 2024 at 11:27 AM
The new President of Stanford promised to protect academic freedom. I wrote about how he has broken that promise by giving opening remarks at a conference featuring speakers who led attacks on researchers at Stanford, particularly the Stanford Internet Observatory.
stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...
stanforddaily.com/2024/10/03/f...