Aria

Software Engineer.
Gamedev, VR/XR, Metaverse/Simulation and Sci-Fi/Space Enthusiast.
(breaking from FB)

[Project Hail Mary Updates @HailMaryLogs]

A new 3D model has dropped on the official Project Hail Mary site. You can now print your own Rocky figurine: a fully articulated action figure or a static version. This is cosmically cool.

[NASA @NASA]

Next stop: lunar flyby.

The Orion spacecraft recently ignited its main engine on the service module for about six minutes to provide about 6,000 pounds of thrust. This maneuver not only sets the Artemis II astronauts on the path to the Moon. It also puts the crew in a free return trajectory, which will allow them to use Moon's gravity to return to Earth. https://t.co/P3PlcEIF7U

[Alan 🇦🇺 @alanhoward]

Before you rush to set up your '24/7 AI employee' - think about what you're actually handing over. Every WhatsApp message becomes AI input. Every integration means giving it your login credentials. One compromised point gives access to everything you've connected.

The tech looks amazing. But the security isn't there yet.

These first-generation systems are built for convenience, not control. If you're dealing with work communications, personal information, or anything sensitive, you need to either wait for it to evolve with better security features, or at minimum use a dedicated phone number and segmented test environment and understand where your data actually goes.

Don't give your AI assistant access you wouldn't give a random stranger.

[Eric Lengyel @EricLengyel]

FGED3 adds five new chapters to the series:

11 • Curves
12 • Motion Operators
13 • Models and Animation
14 • Advanced Shading
15 • Special Effects

I'm shooting for a SIGGRAPH 2026 release.

(The cover is not necessarily final.)

[Dima Zeniuk @DimaZeniuk]

First, we’re building a Moonbase on the Moon — Mars is the next step

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

Looks like I had a typo (above will still work on Linux, BSD, and WSL)

/*usr/bin/env make -s LDLIBS=-lraylib ${0%.*} && ./${0%.*}; exit; */
Will also run on MSYS2 MinGW (that also has a raylib package available via pacman.

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

Kinda like my updated method to make a c/c++ file (seemingly) self executable.
(simplicity of #raylib also helps)

[Ray @raysan5]

Today's #raylib dev session, making sure it works multi-platform for multi-monitor multi-ppi configurations... all good! Next: review fullscreen modes and strategies.

Happy holidays! 🚀

[Long Now Foundation @longnow]

On this day in 1968, the Earthrise photo was taken from Apollo 8, and it changed the world.
What’s now known as the “overview effect,” this one image created a cognitive shift, allowing us to see Earth as one interconnected system.

Why seeing the whole Earth from space changed everything -> https://t.co/zBBk1gEHxU

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

@peter0x44 Nice

[pikuma.com @pikuma]

The first official Commodore 64 in over 30 years. The "Commodore 64 Ultimate" is a faithful recreation of the original motherboard on FPGA hardware.
https://t.co/2CcL1Iw7su

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

@icculus platform development. Just the other day I narrowed down a feature I wanted to three different libraries and ended up trying out first and settling on the one that supported SDL as a target because I could then have a whole handful+ of platforms that would work on.

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

@icculus Good point... LibSDL has been an absolute joy to use! I've used it from 1.2 and mostly use 2 currently. What I've seen of version 3 I've really liked (especially the GPU) and will probably use it a bit more in the future. It really does handle a lot of the annoyances of cross...

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Quake. It was very impressive going from software rendered 320x200 256 colors to GLQuake 640x480 16-bit color after adding a 3dfx Voodoo 1 card (Diamond Monster 3D). It was also very fun playing Quake (and Descent) in the computer lab.

[inigo quilez @iquilezles]

I've been giving a serious attempt at using Cursor in a C++ code base. I might still be using it wrong, but I've only managed to get it to write code that compiles and is also actually useful, once every 20 attempts or less. When it does succeed, it's limited to very narrow tasks, never large enough to offset the time wasted by commanding and helping the AI do the work.

So as of today, the more I use Cursor, the bigger the productivity loss (and frustration), very far from the advertised claims. I haven't tried other competitor products though, but I'd expect the same unless there's some model out there trained through reinforcement learning instead of basic pattern memorization?

Regardless I'll keep trying though because I really want the super-powers; live is short and I have lots of ideas to try. Or is my experience an outlier, and are other C++ developers actually successful with these tools?

[pikuma.com @pikuma]

"From Bits & Gates to C/C++":

🔗https://t.co/Fri5bOpOio

PS: I still have not received my copy but I'm guessing it's a good book based on the online reviews.

[Aria @AriaMoKr]

@wangkaidev Take some rest and recharge :)
Hang in there Kai! 😀

[Gints Zilbalodis @gintszilbalodis]

Flow was made entirely with Blender and rendered in real time with EEVEE. We didn't use a renderfarm. The final render was done on my PC. There was no compositing, all the colors were tweaked and adjusted using shaders.

[Physics Memes @ThePhysicsMemes]

haha so true! #quantumphysics

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

Firefighter putting out a fire using Bernoulli's principle