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Blender's UV unwrapping tools are just atrocious
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Blender's UV unwrapping tools are just atrocious
I tried Claude to see if it could generate 3d models that were decent, and the answer is very definitely no
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I tried Claude to see if it could generate 3d models that were decent, and the answer is very definitely no
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in this agreement, NU formally says it will define "sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities" by sex assigned at birth.
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
in this agreement, NU formally says it will define "sports, locker rooms, and showering facilities" by sex assigned at birth.
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
Reposted by beka valentine
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
Reposted by beka valentine
also, he DID do this in Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 PM
also, he DID do this in Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
continental philosophy got confused and fell into a trap of thinking that doing this is a form of communication, rather than the reality, which is that communication is a form of doing things
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
continental philosophy got confused and fell into a trap of thinking that doing this is a form of communication, rather than the reality, which is that communication is a form of doing things
TIL that DigitalBlasphemy.com is still up and functioning and has all its wallpapers going right back to 1997, and boy those early ones are some extreme cyber vibes
Digital Blasphemy 3D Wallpaper
3D Wallpaper
DigitalBlasphemy.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
TIL that DigitalBlasphemy.com is still up and functioning and has all its wallpapers going right back to 1997, and boy those early ones are some extreme cyber vibes
all modern high tech bougie interior design is just footnotes to Tron: Legacy
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
all modern high tech bougie interior design is just footnotes to Tron: Legacy
its fascinating to me how even people who aren't in love with chatbot AIs are still capable of being driven made by the possibility of modern AI existing
like, obviously there's the whole "liberals calling anyone who disagrees with them a bot" thing, but i dont mean that
like, obviously there's the whole "liberals calling anyone who disagrees with them a bot" thing, but i dont mean that
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
its fascinating to me how even people who aren't in love with chatbot AIs are still capable of being driven made by the possibility of modern AI existing
like, obviously there's the whole "liberals calling anyone who disagrees with them a bot" thing, but i dont mean that
like, obviously there's the whole "liberals calling anyone who disagrees with them a bot" thing, but i dont mean that
while looking for zambian silimba music on youtube, i stumbled across this zimbabwean college's marimba band playing a very fun song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=855f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=855f...
Marimba Beats with the Hillcrest College Marimba Band
YouTube video by H&M Productions
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
while looking for zambian silimba music on youtube, i stumbled across this zimbabwean college's marimba band playing a very fun song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=855f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=855f...
hot take: the Bay Area has great Chinese Chinese food but mediocre to terrible American Chinese food
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
hot take: the Bay Area has great Chinese Chinese food but mediocre to terrible American Chinese food
figuring out how to make good multi-layered laser cut parts using registration pins. ill probably make a video about it soon :)
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
figuring out how to make good multi-layered laser cut parts using registration pins. ill probably make a video about it soon :)
my benchmark for good software design is can you open it up and figure out how to use the basic tools without having to be instructed, and I think the comparison between Fusion 360 and FreeCAD really exemplifies this
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
my benchmark for good software design is can you open it up and figure out how to use the basic tools without having to be instructed, and I think the comparison between Fusion 360 and FreeCAD really exemplifies this
YouTube comments are DEEPLY broken and I have the evidence to prove it
two days ago I commented on a Utopian Scholastic montage music video:
two days ago I commented on a Utopian Scholastic montage music video:
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
YouTube comments are DEEPLY broken and I have the evidence to prove it
two days ago I commented on a Utopian Scholastic montage music video:
two days ago I commented on a Utopian Scholastic montage music video:
a lot of folx who make YouTube videos explaining stuff they've made just.. have no clue how to structure such a video. it's really frustrating
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
a lot of folx who make YouTube videos explaining stuff they've made just.. have no clue how to structure such a video. it's really frustrating
trees and mountains are social constructs as much as gender is
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM
trees and mountains are social constructs as much as gender is
here's a wonderful 1972 video from the BBC about the effect of cutting tool geometry on chip formation and power consumption
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdD5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdD5...
BBC Engineering Craft Studies EP 9 Material Removal Principles
YouTube video by Old Education Videos
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
here's a wonderful 1972 video from the BBC about the effect of cutting tool geometry on chip formation and power consumption
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdD5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdD5...
redundant tools are not idle tools. the cost of an idle tool is not the same as the cost of a redundant tool. but the typical business mindset treats them the same, because the value of redundancy is omitted in typical cost calculations
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
redundant tools are not idle tools. the cost of an idle tool is not the same as the cost of a redundant tool. but the typical business mindset treats them the same, because the value of redundancy is omitted in typical cost calculations
there's currently a big debate raging over banning phones at school, and in the April 20, 2000 episode of The Screen Savers that I'm currently watching, they're talking about a then-raging debate over banning laptops in colleges
time is a flat circle
time is a flat circle
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
there's currently a big debate raging over banning phones at school, and in the April 20, 2000 episode of The Screen Savers that I'm currently watching, they're talking about a then-raging debate over banning laptops in colleges
time is a flat circle
time is a flat circle
good video about the ridiculousness of post-1960s reading education trends that's been damaging literacy for multiple generations of people, and how it's being finally discarded
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsN...
You Were Probably Taught to Read Wrong | Otherwords
YouTube video by Storied
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
good video about the ridiculousness of post-1960s reading education trends that's been damaging literacy for multiple generations of people, and how it's being finally discarded
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGsN...
hearing David Graeber explain a Levi-Strauss style structuralist analysis of vampires and James Bond, as mythic figures, makes me skeptical of that kind of analaysis, as a kind of arbitrary framework with no ability to make scientific claims at all
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
hearing David Graeber explain a Levi-Strauss style structuralist analysis of vampires and James Bond, as mythic figures, makes me skeptical of that kind of analaysis, as a kind of arbitrary framework with no ability to make scientific claims at all
Trader Joe's broccoli and kale slaw is so fucking good, man
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Trader Joe's broccoli and kale slaw is so fucking good, man
spent about 45 minutes today cleaning up a spin indexer at Humanmade today. hands got covered in steel dust and machine oil. excellent smell
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 AM
spent about 45 minutes today cleaning up a spin indexer at Humanmade today. hands got covered in steel dust and machine oil. excellent smell