Benjamin

@BenjaminNelan
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EDIT: @rysiek has an explanation about the shady things LinkedIn is doing. He explains it far better than I did:

https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/116337205401370428

LinkedIn/Microsoft are definitely NOT to be trusted. But I realize phrasing is important. So I’m moderating my own post. I apologize if this was misconstrued.

But I subjectively believe there is a high likelihood that LinkedIn is doing nefarious things with this data.

#BrowserGate #LinkedIn #InfoSec #OpSec #Privacy #YouAreTheProduct #Microsoft

A warning for Adobe #InDesign users. I recently updated my copy, and after preparing a document, the recipient of that document sent me the alt text that popped up on one of their figures. Apparently, by default, InDesign uses AI to generate (often hilariously wrong) alt text for images.
Can we get an #eli5 on all the #jirai tagged posts on isle 5 please?
It’s seriously cool to have #NURBS working this well in #Blender. #SurfacePsycho is still alpha, fingers crossed the Blender team steps in to help out. #b3d #CAD

Teaching graphics is a constant tension between "show them how modern GPUs actually work" and "don't drown them in complexity before they see a triangle."

For me, OpenGL ES 3.0 still hits that balance. It's ancient by GPU standards, but it runs (mostly) everywhere and teaches the fundamentals.
Wrote about my reasoning and what would change my mind:

https://eliasfarhan.ch/jekyll/update/2026/01/27/why-i-teach-opengles.html

#gamedev #graphics #programming #education

This amazing thank-you card with 100s of messages from the Blender Reddit community got stuck in the spam, but still very welcome and amazing!
Thank you everyone, it made my day :)
https://www.groupgreeting.com/card/8ead5f15996c05c/delivered
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Sign this card for Ton Roosendaal

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There's something surreal about the edges of a #gaussiansplatting capture. Stray away from the captured path and you end up in a dream state. Seen from a distance, the essence of a place you saw but never went to.