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Final render for my ray-tracing Computer Graphics coursework!
Featuring:
- Refraction
- Mirrors
- Metals
- Texture Mapping
- Normal Mapping
- Environment Mapping
- Soft Shadows
- Axis-aligned collisions and rigid-body physics
- Animation
- Flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading
Featuring:
- Refraction
- Mirrors
- Metals
- Texture Mapping
- Normal Mapping
- Environment Mapping
- Soft Shadows
- Axis-aligned collisions and rigid-body physics
- Animation
- Flat, Gouraud, and Phong shading
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Going to end up leaving the UK at this rate
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Going to end up leaving the UK at this rate
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On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
About The Other Night...
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
graze.leaflet.pub
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
Love how namecheap doesn't warn you that auto-renewal has failed (because it's enabled for the domain but not the card??) except in small text at the bottom of a single email
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Love how namecheap doesn't warn you that auto-renewal has failed (because it's enabled for the domain but not the card??) except in small text at the bottom of a single email
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We are already helping several employees sue employers for enforcing the EHRC Interim Guidance, which *we think* is unlawful. Should the High Court agree, we plan to make available in generic form, for free, and in a usable state, all the legal materials a trans employee needs to sue their employer.
I'd venture politely to suggest that if the EHRC had done its job and written a code that was about the law rather the pursuit of an anti-trans ideological agenda duty bearers would be better able to do what she urges upon them.
October 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are already helping several employees sue employers for enforcing the EHRC Interim Guidance, which *we think* is unlawful. Should the High Court agree, we plan to make available in generic form, for free, and in a usable state, all the legal materials a trans employee needs to sue their employer.
Damn what they made a sequel to HRT?
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Damn what they made a sequel to HRT?
Nothing makes you realise how evil Microsoft et al are more than setting up a new laptop for an elderly relative, including all the BS they got upsold on at the shop
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nothing makes you realise how evil Microsoft et al are more than setting up a new laptop for an elderly relative, including all the BS they got upsold on at the shop
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Someone recently managed to get on a Microsoft Teams call with representatives from phone hacking company Cellebrite, and then leaked a screenshot of the company’s capabilities against many Google Pixel phones
🔗 www.404media.co/someone-snuc...
🔗 www.404media.co/someone-snuc...
Someone Snuck Into a Cellebrite Microsoft Teams Call and Leaked Phone Unlocking Details
The leaked slide focuses on Google Pixel phones and mentions those running the security-focused GrapheneOS operating system.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Someone recently managed to get on a Microsoft Teams call with representatives from phone hacking company Cellebrite, and then leaked a screenshot of the company’s capabilities against many Google Pixel phones
🔗 www.404media.co/someone-snuc...
🔗 www.404media.co/someone-snuc...
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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just imagine if any reporters had bothered to notice the long train of troubling parliamentary positions taken by starmer from 2020 onwards: more war crimes, more surveillance, fewer rights, etc. then they could have seen this coming instead of cheering him into number 10 by default
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
just imagine if any reporters had bothered to notice the long train of troubling parliamentary positions taken by starmer from 2020 onwards: more war crimes, more surveillance, fewer rights, etc. then they could have seen this coming instead of cheering him into number 10 by default
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“Europe needs an EU Sovereign Tech Fund” — yeah, we can agree on that, but Microsoft/GitHub shouldn't be anywhere near it or in a position to exert control over it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Europe needs an EU Sovereign Tech Fund” — yeah, we can agree on that, but Microsoft/GitHub shouldn't be anywhere near it or in a position to exert control over it.
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This is the fantastic outcome of two decades of work by so many people.
Firesheep used to be a thing! Your ISP used to know everything you did online! The web is so much safer than it was just 10 years ago.
Especially happy that this will kill off invisible links to HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects.
Firesheep used to be a thing! Your ISP used to know everything you did online! The web is so much safer than it was just 10 years ago.
Especially happy that this will kill off invisible links to HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects.
It's time to make HTTPS the web's default, and reap the full security benefit from years worth of HTTPS adoption!
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
security.googleblog.com/2025/10/http...
HTTPS by default
One year from now, with the release of Chrome 154 in October 2026, we will change the default settings of Chrome to enable “Always Use Secu...
security.googleblog.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is the fantastic outcome of two decades of work by so many people.
Firesheep used to be a thing! Your ISP used to know everything you did online! The web is so much safer than it was just 10 years ago.
Especially happy that this will kill off invisible links to HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects.
Firesheep used to be a thing! Your ISP used to know everything you did online! The web is so much safer than it was just 10 years ago.
Especially happy that this will kill off invisible links to HTTP-to-HTTPS redirects.
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Kagi is amazing, it’s worth every penny to be able to dump the abomination known as Google Search — i joined at the beginning of this year and never looked back, 10/10
Here are their FAQs: help.kagi.com/kagi/faq/faq...
You can read more about their search ranking here: help.kagi.com/kagi/search-...
Kagi does have some AI tools, but they are separate from search, completely optional (I never use them), and basically just wrappers around industry models.
You can read more about their search ranking here: help.kagi.com/kagi/search-...
Kagi does have some AI tools, but they are separate from search, completely optional (I never use them), and basically just wrappers around industry models.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) | Kagi's Docs
Kagi Search Help
help.kagi.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kagi is amazing, it’s worth every penny to be able to dump the abomination known as Google Search — i joined at the beginning of this year and never looked back, 10/10
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Traffic to Pornhub has fallen by more than 75% in the UK since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, as legal adults have shifted to the thousands non-compliant sites, supercharging the growth of platforms that don't moderate for pirated content, revenge porn and CSAM
An unmitigated disaster.
An unmitigated disaster.
UPDATED: Aylo Accuses Ofcom of Ineffective AV Enforcement AVN
Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.com and other adult platforms, accused the United Kingdom's (UK) digital regulator of ineffective enforcement of the age verification requirements outlined und...
avn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Traffic to Pornhub has fallen by more than 75% in the UK since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, as legal adults have shifted to the thousands non-compliant sites, supercharging the growth of platforms that don't moderate for pirated content, revenge porn and CSAM
An unmitigated disaster.
An unmitigated disaster.
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
Memememe
Who (else) up obsessing over distributed systems
October 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Memememe
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ideal social media is you see your friends posting about the fermented cabbage they ate today or the art or music they made and youre like thats so cool. an update on the lives of my friends and their gay little hobbies. and you decide to do your gay little hobbies in response
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
ideal social media is you see your friends posting about the fermented cabbage they ate today or the art or music they made and youre like thats so cool. an update on the lives of my friends and their gay little hobbies. and you decide to do your gay little hobbies in response
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web3 has its problems, but the *whole point* is to challenge the rent-seeking enabled by centralization
this is just meaninglessly throwing around buzzwords you hate
this is just meaninglessly throwing around buzzwords you hate
They want Web3 so fucking bad, man.
They want to build rent seeking for nothing on top of rent seeking for nothing.
They want to build rent seeking for nothing on top of rent seeking for nothing.
X to start basically leasing desirable handles to users
X to start basically leasing desirable handles to users
www.avclub.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
web3 has its problems, but the *whole point* is to challenge the rent-seeking enabled by centralization
this is just meaninglessly throwing around buzzwords you hate
this is just meaninglessly throwing around buzzwords you hate
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"Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour is being deserted by a so-called Green wave of left-wing voters who are disillusioned with the party’s shift to the right on welfare, migration and transgender rights."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Starmer warned of ‘Green wave’ exodus over Reform obsession
Labour may soon be ‘haemorrhaging’ left-wing voters to the Green Party, which is surging in polls, amid disillusionment with the party’s shift to the right
www.thetimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that Labour is being deserted by a so-called Green wave of left-wing voters who are disillusioned with the party’s shift to the right on welfare, migration and transgender rights."
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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If you want to try out a somewhat unique, classic 4X/RTS game, we are in Steam Next Fest!
store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...
It's an anniversary release of our indie debut game, but with cool new content & modding.
#nextfest #indiegames #strategy #rts #games #steam #videogames
store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...
It's an anniversary release of our indie debut game, but with cool new content & modding.
#nextfest #indiegames #strategy #rts #games #steam #videogames
Eufloria Classic on Steam
Eufloria Classic brings back the original 4X/Strategy charms of the long-unavailable indie classic, updated for a new age with tons of new content and features, including extreme moddability. Old scho...
store.steampowered.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you want to try out a somewhat unique, classic 4X/RTS game, we are in Steam Next Fest!
store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...
It's an anniversary release of our indie debut game, but with cool new content & modding.
#nextfest #indiegames #strategy #rts #games #steam #videogames
store.steampowered.com/app/3254570/...
It's an anniversary release of our indie debut game, but with cool new content & modding.
#nextfest #indiegames #strategy #rts #games #steam #videogames
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it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
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watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily
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New documents obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's license plate data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the company and the Sheriff’s narrative that the search was simply for a "missing person." www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a
New documents and court records obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the narrative promoted by the company and
www.eff.org
October 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New documents obtained by EFF show that Texas deputies queried Flock Safety's license plate data in an abortion investigation, contradicting the company and the Sheriff’s narrative that the search was simply for a "missing person." www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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So many programmer's paths go from hating types because "holy shit, without types I write so much code so fast!" to being a type absolutionist because "holy shit, without types I write so much unmaintainable code so fast!"
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
So many programmer's paths go from hating types because "holy shit, without types I write so much code so fast!" to being a type absolutionist because "holy shit, without types I write so much unmaintainable code so fast!"