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onenameon Understanding Transformers Using a Minimal Example

Have you checked out this video from 3Blue1Brown that talks bit about transformers?

onenameon Anthropic's CEO says in 3-6 months, AI will write 90% of the code (March 2025)

Meanwhile: Nearly half of all code generated by AI found to contain security flaws - even big LLMs affected

https://www.techradar.com/pro/nearly-half-of-all-code-genera...

onenameon Learning from the Amiga API/ABI

I believe the Amiga was fine for more than just games and word processing. It was also used in movie and tv show productions [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga#Uses

onenameon Inigo Quilez: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene

When I want to show people what an intro is and tell them a bit about the demoscene, I usually show them the intro Elevated, which won the PC 4k compo at Breakpoint 2009. For me it really shows the talent of Iq and the other people who created it. It’s truly amazing what can be done in just 4 kilobyte!

Elevated by Rgba & TBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB0vBmiTr6o

Iq's slides on the Elevated intro: https://iquilezles.org/articles/function2009/function2009.pd...

Sourcecode: https://files.scene.org/view/resources/code/sources/rgba_tbc...

onenameon I built a pixel art editor after playing Octopath Traveler II

Maybe this can help. The image in the video is the one Steffest won the Oldskool Graphics Compo with at Revision 2025

https://youtu.be/kkjfk8zjaak

The program used can be found here https://www.stef.be/dpaint/

onenameon Livestream for Revision Demoparty 2025

Alt link: https://2025.revision-party.net/live/

onenameon AI used for skin cancer checks at London hospital

I assume if you get a positive response you will want to speak with doctor about it

onenameon The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden

Not sure if we are following the same demoparties but I still see plenty of great demos, intros, music, etc. being released. I do see new compos being add liked Modern GFX, Animations, Photo, and Videos but I dont feel that deminish the creativity of the Demoscene.

On a side note, I am looking forward to this year Revision demoparty.

onenameon Salty game dev comments, easier mods are in Command and Conquer's source code

> I never understood commenting offensive things or calling variables by terrible names.

Maybe because of this? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36584464

onenameon Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

It seems Nathan Myhrvold also made a TED talk about it.

https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_cooking_as_never_s...

onenameon Civilization VII only needs 20 GB of free disk space

I remember playing this one on the amiga 500 when it was maybe just 1 disk? Still the best version I have played. Fantastic game.

onenameon Ask HN: What's the best book you've read regarding software development?

np. The 2nd edition, have not read the 1st :-)

onenameon Ask HN: What's the best book you've read regarding software development?

Code Complete by Steve McConnell is a really great book.

onenameon Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT

Why not be more ambitious and aim for free?