How Eratosthenes measured the size of Earth: the Cosmos episode where Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks, using reason & math, figured out the Earth isn’t flat over 2,000 years ago [📽️: https://t.co/95sbMvjYox] [transcript: https://t.co/CP7SQeI7r9]
Last week, in honour of #WorldWaterDay, Civil Engineering Prof. Magdalena Krol sat on a panel of leading hydrogeologists from across the country at an event with @UWaterloo that explored the diversity of Canada’s groundwater resources from coast to coast. https://t.co/1EA05R7XBp
One of the most important time-management principles I’ve learned is that every “yes” is a “no” to something else.
It’s great to take on commitments that are fun or impactful, but it’s key to consider the other side of the equation and what we will have to give up as a result.
The #maya3d team just released #maya2022. This is the culmination of a lot of hard work and new #opensource efforts. Thanks to partners who participated in #universalscenedescription integration; a lot more to come. Devs - checkout #Python3 improvements. https://t.co/hWi7gnJFe8
Treat Python files like Jupyter notebooks in @code and run pieces of code as cells.
Just add # %% above your code, run it and see the outputs in a new window!
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#maya3d#techart Very satisfying going from our current version of the Red9 PuppetRig at 60fps, to a fully threaded version at 112fps! Thanks to Maya profiling and Evaluation Toolkit, great work AD, huge help in tracking down the issues in the way our rig was getting threaded ;)