Zaphos
@zaphos.bsky.social
Currently making geometry tools and algorithms at Epic Games.
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https://howtobeatree.com/
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Coming in Spring 2026: Oeuf, a 3D physics platformer where U egg. Wishlist innit. store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/...
Oeuf on Steam
3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.
store.steampowered.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Coming in Spring 2026: Oeuf, a 3D physics platformer where U egg. Wishlist innit. store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/...
0 crimes clearly legal, 1 crime clearly not legal, but 100% crime? also legal?
September 20, 2025 at 3:09 AM
0 crimes clearly legal, 1 crime clearly not legal, but 100% crime? also legal?
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We have a rare opening on our team for an Animation Programmer. If working with us on shipping Machine Learning animation tech inside UE appeals to you, please go ahead and apply!
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
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Join Epic Games Today! See Our Latest Career and Job Opportunities.
Visit Epic Games Careers to see the latest jobs and employment opportunities. Join an exciting team pushing the limits in gaming and interactive entertainment.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We have a rare opening on our team for an Animation Programmer. If working with us on shipping Machine Learning animation tech inside UE appeals to you, please go ahead and apply!
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/c...
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Logarithmic maps are incredibly useful for algorithms on surfaces--they're local 2D coordinates centered at a given source.
Yousuf Soliman and I found a better way to compute log maps w/ fast short-time heat flow in "The Affine Heat Method" presented @ SGP2025 today! 🧵
Yousuf Soliman and I found a better way to compute log maps w/ fast short-time heat flow in "The Affine Heat Method" presented @ SGP2025 today! 🧵
July 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Logarithmic maps are incredibly useful for algorithms on surfaces--they're local 2D coordinates centered at a given source.
Yousuf Soliman and I found a better way to compute log maps w/ fast short-time heat flow in "The Affine Heat Method" presented @ SGP2025 today! 🧵
Yousuf Soliman and I found a better way to compute log maps w/ fast short-time heat flow in "The Affine Heat Method" presented @ SGP2025 today! 🧵
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Summary:
- Dude is an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US
- ICE abducts and "detains" him
- Private "detention" facility has him doing farmwork
- So he's still an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US, but now paid only $1 a day
Nobody's been convicted of a crime or anything
- Dude is an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US
- ICE abducts and "detains" him
- Private "detention" facility has him doing farmwork
- So he's still an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US, but now paid only $1 a day
Nobody's been convicted of a crime or anything
Take a listen and seriously consider it. While this is not an uncommon practice, I am glad people are beginning to speak up about it.
June 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Summary:
- Dude is an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US
- ICE abducts and "detains" him
- Private "detention" facility has him doing farmwork
- So he's still an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US, but now paid only $1 a day
Nobody's been convicted of a crime or anything
- Dude is an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US
- ICE abducts and "detains" him
- Private "detention" facility has him doing farmwork
- So he's still an immigrant agricultural worker working in the US, but now paid only $1 a day
Nobody's been convicted of a crime or anything
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More rendering tech details on how the Witcher 4 UE5 demo works youtu.be/0X6amtHcrUE?...
Livestream 2, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
More rendering tech details on how the Witcher 4 UE5 demo works youtu.be/0X6amtHcrUE?...
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Excited to finally show off Nanite Foliage www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtF...
The Witcher 4 - UE 5.6 Tech Demo | State of Unreal 2025
YouTube video by IGN
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June 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Excited to finally show off Nanite Foliage www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtF...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tactical Takedown is OUT NOW!
Get the gang back together, save New York from Karai, and kick some shell! 🐢🍕
store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...
Get the gang back together, save New York from Karai, and kick some shell! 🐢🍕
store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...
May 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tactical Takedown is OUT NOW!
Get the gang back together, save New York from Karai, and kick some shell! 🐢🍕
store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...
Get the gang back together, save New York from Karai, and kick some shell! 🐢🍕
store.steampowered.com/app/3229100/...
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Fun new paper at #SIGGRAPH2025:
What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a single "funky-shaped" die that gives the same statistics (e.g, 7 is twice as likely as 4 or 10).
Or make fair dice in any shape—e.g., dragons rather than cubes?
That's exactly what we do! 1/n
What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a single "funky-shaped" die that gives the same statistics (e.g, 7 is twice as likely as 4 or 10).
Or make fair dice in any shape—e.g., dragons rather than cubes?
That's exactly what we do! 1/n
May 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fun new paper at #SIGGRAPH2025:
What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a single "funky-shaped" die that gives the same statistics (e.g, 7 is twice as likely as 4 or 10).
Or make fair dice in any shape—e.g., dragons rather than cubes?
That's exactly what we do! 1/n
What if instead of two 6-sided dice, you could roll a single "funky-shaped" die that gives the same statistics (e.g, 7 is twice as likely as 4 or 10).
Or make fair dice in any shape—e.g., dragons rather than cubes?
That's exactly what we do! 1/n
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*sigh* 1979 ibm slide updated, again
May 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
*sigh* 1979 ibm slide updated, again
This is the "Colossus" AI datacenter that VCs were praising Elon for spinning up so quickly last year
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is the "Colossus" AI datacenter that VCs were praising Elon for spinning up so quickly last year
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i'm working on an open world roguelike with beautiful unconventional worldbuilding and procedural generation. consider pitching in if you can, or help by reposting! i'm currently below the poverty line and being trans in the USA is, frankly, very challenging.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
i'm working on an open world roguelike with beautiful unconventional worldbuilding and procedural generation. consider pitching in if you can, or help by reposting! i'm currently below the poverty line and being trans in the USA is, frankly, very challenging.
patreon.com/vacuumflowers
patreon.com/vacuumflowers
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NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
April 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
THREAD: Under a new law, thousands of prisoners in Louisiana have been cut off from ever getting a chance at parole.
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
Why?
Because an algorithm said so. 1/
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If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
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If you live in North Carolina and you voted in 2024, please check if your name is on this list. If it is, the government suspects you of failure-to-vote-Republican and therefore is trying to nullify your vote. You have to call in and do some paperwork or they retroactively throw your vote out
🚨 Hey, North Carolina!
Please search this list to see if you - or others you know - have been singled out by Jefferson Griffin.
If you're one of the 60,000+ voters on this list, please TAKE ACTION. Call your county BOE ASAP! Then tell Griffin to shove it! #RiggsWon
thegriffinlist.com#search-line
Please search this list to see if you - or others you know - have been singled out by Jefferson Griffin.
If you're one of the 60,000+ voters on this list, please TAKE ACTION. Call your county BOE ASAP! Then tell Griffin to shove it! #RiggsWon
thegriffinlist.com#search-line
The Griffin List
A list of 60,273 North Carolina voters – these are registered voters who showed ID to
early vote in the November 2024 election – whose votes Jefferson Griffin wants to not be counted.
...
thegriffinlist.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you live in North Carolina and you voted in 2024, please check if your name is on this list. If it is, the government suspects you of failure-to-vote-Republican and therefore is trying to nullify your vote. You have to call in and do some paperwork or they retroactively throw your vote out
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hey I made another video, this one is about the Texture Painting toolset in Gradientspace Toolbox. Shows how to use the Create Texture tool, walks through the TexturePaint tool settings panel, and you get to see me make a lot of mistakes - fun! youtu.be/i1m7uI7soAM
Paint Textures in UE5 with Gradientspace Toolbox
YouTube video by gradientspace
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
hey I made another video, this one is about the Texture Painting toolset in Gradientspace Toolbox. Shows how to use the Create Texture tool, walks through the TexturePaint tool settings panel, and you get to see me make a lot of mistakes - fun! youtu.be/i1m7uI7soAM
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Musk killed these people.
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Musk killed these people.
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Update: The above thread, recommending trans people renew passports, is from November. At this moment, 2025-01-24, I recommend against. I take this ACLU statement as confirmation of this week's rumors: If you submit a passport renewal with gender change, they will "hold" it & might not give it back.
January 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Update: The above thread, recommending trans people renew passports, is from November. At this moment, 2025-01-24, I recommend against. I take this ACLU statement as confirmation of this week's rumors: If you submit a passport renewal with gender change, they will "hold" it & might not give it back.
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Hello! I wrote a big blog post about what's in my upcoming game collection, and what isn't: distractionware.com/blog/2025/01...
January 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hello! I wrote a big blog post about what's in my upcoming game collection, and what isn't: distractionware.com/blog/2025/01...
Great talk on how to use Scriptable Tools in Unreal Engine, which got some nice new features in UE 5.5
Geometry Scripting and Scriptable Tools | Unreal Fest 2024
YouTube video by Unreal Engine
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January 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Great talk on how to use Scriptable Tools in Unreal Engine, which got some nice new features in UE 5.5
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