Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

In Fast Company, I wrote about how wild it is that Ford, GM, and Stellantis no longer offer any sedan models in the US.

That's bad for Americans -- and it's risky for the Big Three.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91123174/detroit-killed-the-sedan-we-may-all-live-to-regret-it

#cars #SUVs #transportation

scrolling fediverse is like this

smarter sampling on the floor...

when it samples the floor tex, it raycasts the texelspace grid to see how many screen-pixels it'll step along the scanline before hitting the next texel, and it can reuse the latest sample until then - fewer samples, sharper result!

it also does some smooth LOD, where it starts using a bigger and bigger "screen-pixel steps per sample" ratio as pixels get farther away

(before/after)

I can't stress enough how important it is to have a central API for coordinate transformations.

Tile grid coords, pixel coords, internal buffer pixel, screen pixel, viewport, world, zoomed/unzoomed, you never want to just transform these in-line anywhere. Take the time to write functions for going between them all especially if you're making a something like a map editor.

I also use typedefs to help document what function signatures expect and return.

#gamedev

"The Raw Milk Institute called the warnings "clearly fearmongering." The institute's founder told the LATimes his customers are specifically requesting raw milk from H5N1-infected cows."

This is an example of how minimizing COVID is destructive to public health far beyond COVID.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

‘Damn, Remember COVID?’ Says Woman Unaware She Has It Right Now https://reductress.com/post/damn-remember-covid-says-woman-unaware-she-has-it-right-now/

So many man-made horrors, so little time

Today, I was asked about effective air cleaners, because wildfires have already begun to flare in North America.

Extensive global testing has found that a DIY #CorsiRosenthalBox will outperform almost every commercial HEPA unit while costing less to run.

For the US & Canada, the best source of filters to build one is Costco: Filtrete 1900, 2200, or 2500 models with at least one 20-inch dimension.

These units also help mitigate allergens and infectious aerosols like #Covid and Influenza.

1/3

Finally something worse than “looking for 10yrs of SwiftUI experience”

We need to get rid of the idea that ads can pay for literally everything online. It’s a fundamental part of the reason everything is so broken.

I think a not-insignificant portion of people who are against universal basic income are against it because they fear their own wealth or status losing meaning.

When they ask you
(and they will ask you)
why you are wearing a mask
in this moment
when case numbers are low
respond by telling them
that case numbers are low
and you are doing your part
to keep them that way.

there are three flavours of soda: cola, lemon, and mystery. scientists believe this latter category is by far the largest, with most of its members still undocumented

‪examples:‬

‪cola‬
‪- coca-cola‬
‪- pepsi‬

‪lemon‬
‪- sprite‬
‪- 7-up‬
‪- fanta lemon‬
‪- probably fanta orange also, citrus fruits are inbred‬

‪mystery‬
‪- irn bru‬
‪- uludağ gazoz‬
‪- dr pepper‬
‪- cream soda‬
‪- trocadero‬
‪- dandelion and burdock‬
‪- those extremely cheap sodas with implausible flavours‬

Another fun @FieldFX #ByteJam

Tried an aurora. Got close to a cartoon one, if not physically accurate.

Or maybe it's one of those sour, rainbow astro belt sweets. You, dear reader, shall decide.

#demoscene #livecoding #TIC80

In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free.

Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it?

Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist.

https://www.booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-focus-on/same-sex-parents/

#CumberlandCityCouncil #SameSexParents #BookBans #Bookstodon

For my birthday, I'd really like it if my beloved fedi could spread word far and wide of Kitsune Tails. It's a platformer with a heartwarming story featuring queer main characters and personal discoveries in classic SMB3 style. You can find trailer, screenshots, and wishlist links here: https://kitsunegames.com/kitsunetails

It's coming out this year and the team and I have been working hard on it for several years now. Most of the team is queer in some form so by boosting you'd not only be making me happy on my birthday, but supporting a bunch of queer creators making queer art as well