hikari 🌟 (fell out of the sky)
@hikari.noyu.me
from another world; magical girls on the internet, gpu programmers, musicians, sky enthusiasts, etc; EN/SV/DE/日本語
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Is there anything more beautiful in the world than the way the sunlight scatters through the leaves of a tree on a cool summer's day?
every now and then I read an article on the BBC News website and I feel uncomfortable with how the text is written like it's meant to be read by ten-year-olds
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
every now and then I read an article on the BBC News website and I feel uncomfortable with how the text is written like it's meant to be read by ten-year-olds
THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING OLOF PALME'S MURDER?!?
December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING OLOF PALME'S MURDER?!?
what if
you wanted to go heaven
but god said
[CONTENT ABBREVIATED FOR DEMO]
you wanted to go heaven
but god said
[CONTENT ABBREVIATED FOR DEMO]
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
what if
you wanted to go heaven
but god said
[CONTENT ABBREVIATED FOR DEMO]
you wanted to go heaven
but god said
[CONTENT ABBREVIATED FOR DEMO]
Sebastian Aaltonen's “No Graphics API” post is long-awaited and very important
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I suspect the % of our audience that understand GPU architecture enough to meaningfully understand and comment on it is quite small
as for us, our knowledge is confidential 🙃
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I suspect the % of our audience that understand GPU architecture enough to meaningfully understand and comment on it is quite small
as for us, our knowledge is confidential 🙃
No Graphics API — Sebastian Aaltonen
Graphics APIs and shader languages have significantly increased in complexity over the past decade. It’s time to start discussing how to strip down the abstractions to simplify development, improve pe...
www.sebastianaaltonen.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Sebastian Aaltonen's “No Graphics API” post is long-awaited and very important
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I suspect the % of our audience that understand GPU architecture enough to meaningfully understand and comment on it is quite small
as for us, our knowledge is confidential 🙃
www.sebastianaaltonen.com/blog/no-grap...
I suspect the % of our audience that understand GPU architecture enough to meaningfully understand and comment on it is quite small
as for us, our knowledge is confidential 🙃
bro, you're still on hypomania? bro that's the lite version of mania. you gotta upgrade bro. yeah the full version has an episodic release model but it's sick you gotta check it out
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
bro, you're still on hypomania? bro that's the lite version of mania. you gotta upgrade bro. yeah the full version has an episodic release model but it's sick you gotta check it out
the problem with AI research is that they don't understand that the first thing a living being experiences must be pain
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
the problem with AI research is that they don't understand that the first thing a living being experiences must be pain
man girls band cry (episodes 1~8) was such a good show. shame they never made a girls band cry (episodes 9~13)
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
man girls band cry (episodes 1~8) was such a good show. shame they never made a girls band cry (episodes 9~13)
my sleep deprived ass is going to write something today, may god be my witness
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
my sleep deprived ass is going to write something today, may god be my witness
I wonder if we'd have an easier time guitaring if we didn't have a guitar with such a super-flat fingerboard radius (400mm!), hmm
December 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wonder if we'd have an easier time guitaring if we didn't have a guitar with such a super-flat fingerboard radius (400mm!), hmm
pluralkit mod that uses AI to generate an ungodly combination of the pfps of the two members currently suspected to be in control
December 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
pluralkit mod that uses AI to generate an ungodly combination of the pfps of the two members currently suspected to be in control
is it true that not everyone sees spikey lines facing all directions emanating from bright lights. that must be so boring
December 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
is it true that not everyone sees spikey lines facing all directions emanating from bright lights. that must be so boring
Zen 5 is amazing, Rogue Squadron III's opening cinematic can run at a full 60fps in Dolphin* on battery power on a thin-and-light laptop
* with a PR that hasn't been merged yet
* with a PR that hasn't been merged yet
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Zen 5 is amazing, Rogue Squadron III's opening cinematic can run at a full 60fps in Dolphin* on battery power on a thin-and-light laptop
* with a PR that hasn't been merged yet
* with a PR that hasn't been merged yet
you guys ever hear of Kanbaru Suruga from the Monogatari series?
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
you guys ever hear of Kanbaru Suruga from the Monogatari series?
jag kan inte tolerera -s som pluraländelse för ett lånord som är så djupt etablerad i svenska språket som _partner_. om ett ord uttalas svenskt ska det pluralböjes svenskt.
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
jag kan inte tolerera -s som pluraländelse för ett lånord som är så djupt etablerad i svenska språket som _partner_. om ett ord uttalas svenskt ska det pluralböjes svenskt.
had to dissect the very unusual boot drive situation we used for much of 2024, and discovered to my delight that, if you have a raw disk image (i.e. `dd if=/dev/sda of=foobar.img`), then 7-zip on Windows can extract individual partitions and grab files from an ext4 filesystem!
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
had to dissect the very unusual boot drive situation we used for much of 2024, and discovered to my delight that, if you have a raw disk image (i.e. `dd if=/dev/sda of=foobar.img`), then 7-zip on Windows can extract individual partitions and grab files from an ext4 filesystem!
I'm considering going to a certain hacker event that takes place at the end of the year, but it would cost like *checks notes* as much as a decent electric guitar
December 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm considering going to a certain hacker event that takes place at the end of the year, but it would cost like *checks notes* as much as a decent electric guitar
Reposted by hikari 🌟 (fell out of the sky)
sometimes, if you hold still for just a moment, you can see the world revolving above you
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
sometimes, if you hold still for just a moment, you can see the world revolving above you
Reposted by hikari 🌟 (fell out of the sky)
oh my god bsky applying a horrendously tuned compressor to the audio continues to be the WORST
this clip happens to really exemplify it. i hear the first part and WOW THAT'S LOUD, but when it gets to the dialogue and it's… normal?
but it's absolutely destroyed the intended atmosphere 😭
this clip happens to really exemplify it. i hear the first part and WOW THAT'S LOUD, but when it gets to the dialogue and it's… normal?
but it's absolutely destroyed the intended atmosphere 😭
this is in fact exactly what meeting me irl is like
September 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
oh my god bsky applying a horrendously tuned compressor to the audio continues to be the WORST
this clip happens to really exemplify it. i hear the first part and WOW THAT'S LOUD, but when it gets to the dialogue and it's… normal?
but it's absolutely destroyed the intended atmosphere 😭
this clip happens to really exemplify it. i hear the first part and WOW THAT'S LOUD, but when it gets to the dialogue and it's… normal?
but it's absolutely destroyed the intended atmosphere 😭
“average guitarist knows ten alternate tunings” actually just a statistical error. average guitarist only knows drop tuning. kevin shields, who steals jazzmasters with impossible tunings from a pocket dimension in his back garden, is a threat to the coherence of this world and
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“average guitarist knows ten alternate tunings” actually just a statistical error. average guitarist only knows drop tuning. kevin shields, who steals jazzmasters with impossible tunings from a pocket dimension in his back garden, is a threat to the coherence of this world and
the problem with winter is you can't go outside wearing nothing but bike shorts
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
the problem with winter is you can't go outside wearing nothing but bike shorts
wow, looks like we have finally gotten an appointment with the adhd clinic, scheduled for just after the fourth anniversary of our diagnosis! waiting lists eh
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
wow, looks like we have finally gotten an appointment with the adhd clinic, scheduled for just after the fourth anniversary of our diagnosis! waiting lists eh
every time we think a chord sounds vaguely cool we have gotten semantic satiation from it by the time we manage to record it
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
every time we think a chord sounds vaguely cool we have gotten semantic satiation from it by the time we manage to record it
oh! the colour brown is called 茶色 in Japanese… cha-iro… tea colour!
December 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
oh! the colour brown is called 茶色 in Japanese… cha-iro… tea colour!
the world needs more Valhalla Combi fanart
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the world needs more Valhalla Combi fanart
in 2006 Squier (Fender) released the OBEY Graphic Series, consisting of two Stratocaster and two Telecaster models, all with art by Shepard Fairey, who besides being behind the OBEY brand also came up with the infamous 2008 Obama “HOPE” poster
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
in 2006 Squier (Fender) released the OBEY Graphic Series, consisting of two Stratocaster and two Telecaster models, all with art by Shepard Fairey, who besides being behind the OBEY brand also came up with the infamous 2008 Obama “HOPE” poster