In 1988, during the late hours of the night, a Hawaiian musician named Israel Kamakawiwo'ole reached out to a local studio, urgently requesting a recording session. Eagerly, he implored the engineer, expressing his desire to bring his idea to life. In a remarkable display of talent and spontaneity, Kamakawiwo'ole recorded a rendition of the beloved song "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in a single take. This rendition would soon resonate deeply with listeners worldwide, touching the hearts of countless individuals.
The recording itself featured Kamakawiwo'ole's voice accompanied solely by his ukulele, creating a mesmerizing and unforgettable experience for anyone who encountered it. Despite the artist's untimely passing in 1997 at the age of 38, his music and his remarkable but brief life have continued to profoundly impact people from all corners of the globe.
A laminar flow is characterized by fluid particles following smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past the adjacent layers with little or no mixing
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Time Domain Audio Compression at 3.2 bits per Sample -- introducing QOA, the Quite OK Audio Format. 400 lines of C, single header library: https://t.co/gE7pCYUbyq
Prophesy: Leo Szilard—the physicist who first conceived of the nuclear chain reaction and who urged the US to undertake the Manhattan Project—explaining how science would stagnate, in 1948. https://t.co/0NCSFElvOg
i decided to make a long lowpoly sci fi aesthetic reference thread. i do a lot of research for projects, and i thought i i'd make some of it public in case this is of use to others!
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Thanks to its intelligent kinematics, FESTO's BionicFlyFox can master the agile flying manoeuvres of its natural role model
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Mean value coordinates extend usual barycentric coordinates to arbitrary polygons, including non-convex ones! Defined by Michael Floater in 2003. https://t.co/X9V9ugIoph https://t.co/oCgUyyDWb6
In the last post in the Order Independent Transparency exploration series, I wrap up the investigation discussing 2 more transmittance function approximations: Weighted-Blended OIT and Moment Based OIT. https://t.co/O1EneJ8nnF
Part 2 of the Order Independent Transparency techniques exploration is now online, discussing rasteriser order views and transmittance function approximations https://t.co/reGq2mCoBN