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adrenvion Lumiere: A space-time diffusion model for realistic video generation

The same was probably said about photography, moving film, film with sound, computer graphics, etc.

adrenvion Model suggests asteroids that come close to Earth are torn apart by its gravity

The Roche Limit specifically applies to loose, gravitationally-bound bodies.

Chemically bonded objects e.g. solid rock or a huge diamond could approach closer to the planet without breaking up due to tidal forces, depending on the bulk material strength and melting point.

adrenvion Stirling-PDF: local web application to perform various operations on PDFs

Firefox now has some simple built-in PDF editing tools. Text and images can be added on top, but existing text can't be modified.

adrenvion Paper posits ultradense asteroid 33 Polyhymnia has transuranic elements

Some more info on asteroid occultations:

https://britastro.org/2018/observing-asteroid-occultations-w...

adrenvion HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on printers when ink runs low

What is this trend of the headline, sub-headline and first sentence being totally identical? It feels like I've been violated somehow, like a mild brainwashing. One less reason to click on the article link.

adrenvion Car showed pop-up while driving

The web version of Twitter/X is an example of this. Way too many modals

adrenvion Paint on Windows is getting layers and transparency support

Win + Shift + S allows you to select a rectangular region and copy the image data to clipboard.

adrenvion Refact Code LLM: 1.6B LLM for code that reaches 32% HumanEval

That could also help tech giants build even larger/more capable models cheaply. Ideally there would be a hard ceiling of LLM capability that even massive amounts of hardware couldn't exceed, allowing inexpensive hardware to catch up.

adrenvion How the World’s Most Famous Scream Was Recovered

I often hear sound effects from the original Doom and Doom II games in TV and movies.

adrenvion High Dynamic Time Range Images (2006)

It would be interesting to see this concept extended into time-lapse video. The day/night segments of the video could shift to the right with the passage of time.

adrenvion It's official: Smartphones will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027

Maybe this is why Apple is focusing so much on health sensors. It's a bit of a stretch but it could be argued that Apple's fall detection and heart rate monitoring is required for the safety of the user.

adrenvion Project Orion

Project Orion uses a pusher plate mounted on giant springs to spread out the force of each explosion. If the system is designed correctly it should result in constant acceleration.

adrenvion The AI-powered Seinfeld spoof returns to Twitch with new guardrails in place

I believe it's supposed to be minimalist background music but it's a bit too minimalist

adrenvion American drivers have a blinding headlight problem

LASIK is known for causing night vision difficulties e.g. bright lights causing starburst patterns or halos. This can happen when the pupil widens to the point where light is entering the eye from both the corrected and uncorrected areas of the cornea. I think the issue decreases over time as the eye heals but in some cases it can remain as a long-term side effect.

https://lasikcomplications.com/starbursting.htm

adrenvion Update on Samsung SSD Reliability

Samsung 870 EVO drives were also known to fail early including my 2TB model.

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/samsung-870-evo-b...