Marcelo de G. Malheiros
@mgmalheiros.bsky.social
Patterns. Simulation. Graphics. Compilers. Creative Coding.
mgmalheiros.github.io
PhD in Computer Science. Academic researcher at UEM.
Also at https://mathstodon.xyz/@mgmalheiros
mgmalheiros.github.io
PhD in Computer Science. Academic researcher at UEM.
Also at https://mathstodon.xyz/@mgmalheiros
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Absolutely worth a read. Taking a shot at defining what makes a game AAA or Indie (without calling it 'indie') by using actual data.
The install footprint + length of credits seems to be as good a metric as any.
Love me some graphs
#gamedev
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
The install footprint + length of credits seems to be as good a metric as any.
Love me some graphs
#gamedev
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
By the way, what’s a AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...
hushcrasher.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Absolutely worth a read. Taking a shot at defining what makes a game AAA or Indie (without calling it 'indie') by using actual data.
The install footprint + length of credits seems to be as good a metric as any.
Love me some graphs
#gamedev
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
The install footprint + length of credits seems to be as good a metric as any.
Love me some graphs
#gamedev
hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...
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Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun | Discussion
“The Fall Of Icarus”: You Have Never Seen An Astrophotography Picture Like This!
This is not photoshopped. That’s really a person falling in front of the Sun.
www.iflscience.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Astrophotographer snaps skydiver falling in front of the sun | Discussion
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Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders | Discussion
Windows 11 to add an AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders, warns of security risk
Microsoft is moving forward with its plans to turn Windows 11 into a full-fledged “AI” operating system amidst Copilot backlash. The first big move in that direction is an experimental feature called “Agent Workspace,” which gives AI agents access to the most-used folders in your directory, such as Desktop, Music, Pictures, and Videos. It will […]
www.windowslatest.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Windows 11 adds AI agent that runs in background with access to personal folders | Discussion
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Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 417 - November 15th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 417 - November 15th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
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so you're saying it has out of the box support for git, vim and c++, and it's foss? ok fine I'll try zed
November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
so you're saying it has out of the box support for git, vim and c++, and it's foss? ok fine I'll try zed
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❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
❤️ Love this ❤️
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
@mathforge.org has done what I’ve never been organised enough to do myself, and catalogued every #geometrypuzzle I’ve ever posted on social media. It looks amazing!
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In Praise of Useless Robots | Discussion
In Praise Of Useless Robots
The most intriguing robots aren’t built to work, but to make us imagine other worlds.
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
In Praise of Useless Robots | Discussion
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This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
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Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler | Discussion
research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler
research.swtch.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler | Discussion
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Deezer ran a study with 9,000 listeners and found that only 3 percent could tell the difference between a fully AI-generated song and a human-made one.
I dig into the implications here:
medium.com/the-riff/dee...
I dig into the implications here:
medium.com/the-riff/dee...
Deezer Reports Only 3% of Users Can Accurately Identify AI-Generated Tracks
130 days' worth of AI “music” floods the platform every day
medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Deezer ran a study with 9,000 listeners and found that only 3 percent could tell the difference between a fully AI-generated song and a human-made one.
I dig into the implications here:
medium.com/the-riff/dee...
I dig into the implications here:
medium.com/the-riff/dee...
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Go's Sweet 16 | Discussion
Go’s Sweet 16 - The Go Programming Language
Happy Birthday, Go!
go.dev
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Go's Sweet 16 | Discussion
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I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
LLMs excel at programming—how can they be so bad at it?
My explanation for the mystery of why LLMs can be both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think I understand how it can be that LLMs are both exceptionally good and quite terrible at programming. It's because there are two entirely different skillsets that we both call "good at programming." LLMs have only one of them.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/llms-excel...
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I found this knot pattern this week and generated a planar embedding by first using stereographic projection onto the disk, tracing, and tweaking—all in PowerPoint and Photoshop. I really enjoy this process as it allows me to experience the structure of the knot throughout the very slow process. 😊
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I found this knot pattern this week and generated a planar embedding by first using stereographic projection onto the disk, tracing, and tweaking—all in PowerPoint and Photoshop. I really enjoy this process as it allows me to experience the structure of the knot throughout the very slow process. 😊
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Prefer Boring Technology | Discussion
3A29's webspace - Prefer boring technology.
in which it explains why it has a preference for boring technology.
itwont.work
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Prefer Boring Technology | Discussion
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Why Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun Are Both Betting on "World Models" | Discussion
Why Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun Are Both Betting on “World Models” — and How Their Bets Differ | entropytown
Gaussian splats, JEPA and Genie 3 — and why “world model” now means three different things at once.
entropytown.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Why Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun Are Both Betting on "World Models" | Discussion
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Why I'm Learning Sumerian | Discussion
Why I’m Learning Sumerian, and What It Taught Me About Hard Work, Burnout, and the Joy of Doing Useless Things
After burning out on a massive project, I started learning Sumerian, a language no one’s spoken in 4,000 years. What began as a useless obsession turned into a lesson on meaning, burnout, and the quiet joy of doing hard things that don’t need to matter.
mindthenerd.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Why I'm Learning Sumerian | Discussion
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On my way home from #GodotFest. Thanks so much to everyone for this incredible event! Hope to see you all again soon :)
My presentation on foliage rendering in #Godot is already up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nB...
And I also shared my slides here: slides.com/hexaquo/plan...
My presentation on foliage rendering in #Godot is already up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nB...
And I also shared my slides here: slides.com/hexaquo/plan...
Karl Bittner: Plants, Polygons and Pixels: Large-Scale Vegetation Rendering in Godot #GodotFest2025
YouTube video by GodotFest
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
On my way home from #GodotFest. Thanks so much to everyone for this incredible event! Hope to see you all again soon :)
My presentation on foliage rendering in #Godot is already up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nB...
And I also shared my slides here: slides.com/hexaquo/plan...
My presentation on foliage rendering in #Godot is already up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2nB...
And I also shared my slides here: slides.com/hexaquo/plan...
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The fact that OpenAI even tried to frame their defence in this absurd manner betrays how morally bankrupt they are. But perhaps also how desperate.
We didn't plagiarize, you made us plagiarize by asking questions to which we stole the answers.
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
"Because its output is generated by users of the chatbot via their prompts, OpenAI said, they were the ones who should be held legally liable for it – an argument rejected by the court."
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The fact that OpenAI even tried to frame their defence in this absurd manner betrays how morally bankrupt they are. But perhaps also how desperate.
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I have updated my "Optimal Transport for Machine Learners" repository with a Pytorch illustration of Wasserstein gradient flows on pairwise interaction functionals (MMD distances) github.com/gpeyre/ot4ml
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I have updated my "Optimal Transport for Machine Learners" repository with a Pytorch illustration of Wasserstein gradient flows on pairwise interaction functionals (MMD distances) github.com/gpeyre/ot4ml
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a warning from India for countries thinking of adopting a Digital ID model like Aadhar
rethinkaadhaar.in/campaign2025
rethinkaadhaar.in/campaign2025
Campaign 2025 — Rethink Aadhaar
rethinkaadhaar.in
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
a warning from India for countries thinking of adopting a Digital ID model like Aadhar
rethinkaadhaar.in/campaign2025
rethinkaadhaar.in/campaign2025
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I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla | Discussion
I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla
Mozilla is developing a built‑in AI assistant for Firefox that will be offered as a third browsing mode alongside Normal and Private tabs. They’re calling it “Window AI.” Details are still scarce.
manualdousuario.net
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla | Discussion
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Fat - types.kitlangton.com
Visual Types
Interactive visualizations of TypeScript concepts. Behold pretty colors.
types.kitlangton.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Fat - types.kitlangton.com
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Proud to be part of this amazing tribute to HR GIGER by @spiridude.com and In official collaboration with the HR Giger Estate! 240 pages and over 100 artists!
The kickstarter campaign just started so you guys know what to do 🙂
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
The kickstarter campaign just started so you guys know what to do 🙂
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Proud to be part of this amazing tribute to HR GIGER by @spiridude.com and In official collaboration with the HR Giger Estate! 240 pages and over 100 artists!
The kickstarter campaign just started so you guys know what to do 🙂
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
The kickstarter campaign just started so you guys know what to do 🙂
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
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Someone at work just called the new Steam Machine a “GabeCube” and I can’t stop laughing.
steampowered.com/hardware
steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Someone at work just called the new Steam Machine a “GabeCube” and I can’t stop laughing.
steampowered.com/hardware
steampowered.com/hardware