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Demallien

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D&D need that likes astronomy

Demallien 2d ago

Ars Technica 3d ago

Report: Apple M4, more comfortable strap will headline first major Vision Pro update
Iterative update will supposedly be a bridge to a later, more extensive redesign.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/report-apple-m4-more-comfortable-strap-will-headline-first-major-vision-pro-update/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Demallien 3d ago

Todd Vaziri 3d ago

This is incredibly clever. “Cinematographer Nicola Daley shares how she used the backdrop creatively to craft immersive, three-dimensional lake scenes for the final season.”

Creating A Realistic Lake Setting With Rosco SoftDrop™ For The Handmaid’s Tale
https://spectrum.rosco.com/creating-a-realistic-lake-setting-with-rosco-softdrop-for-the-handmaids-tale

Creating A Realistic Lake Setting With Rosco SoftDrop™ For The Handmaid’s Tale

Discover how filmmakers used Rosco SoftDrop to create stunningly realistic 3D lake scenes for the final season of The Handmaid's Tale.

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Demallien 3d ago

@hotdogsladies@mastodon.socia this has literally been my coping strategy every time my life went too crazy and I was depressed. It really works !

Demallien 3d ago

Merlin Mann 3d ago

This is one of my favorite things I've written this year.

I hope it helps you a little.

https://merlin.ghost.io/that-was-good/

“That was good.”

Smart people always find the best reasons for being very sad. Especially on Facebook.

Merlin Mann

Demallien 3d ago

Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀Jun 26

Demallien 4d ago

Enia 4d ago

this is like… a really good one.

cc @SutroTower

Demallien 4d ago

sjvn 4d ago

An ancient Nokia device was found in an archaeological dig with 17% power.

Demallien 4d ago

Daniel Pomarède 4d ago

VLT timelapse of 3I/ATLAS, a new interstellar object

In this video, 3I/ATLAS is seen moving to the right over the course of about 13 minutes. These data were obtained with the FORS2 instrument on the VLT on the night of 3 July 2025, just two days after the comet was first discovered. At the end of the video, we see all frames stacked into a single image: the deepest and best to date we have of this foreign object.

https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2527a/

#3IATLAS #Astronomy #Astrodon

Demallien 5d ago

Ars Technica 5d ago

How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion
Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/how-a-big-shift-in-training-llms-led-to-a-capability-explosion/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Demallien 6d ago

@julian it depends. If Vegemite is available I hate it. Otherwise I love it.

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Anthony Horton Jun 23

Now that's a nice bit of astrophotography.

(Credit: NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory)

#Astronomy #Astrodon #RubinObservatory #VeraRubinObservatory

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Anthony Horton Jun 24

The Vera Rubin Observatory just casually discovering over 2000 new asteroids from only 10 hours of observations over 7 nights, when up to now the rate of discovery has been about 20000 per year from all the world's telescopes combined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuq-vBsDJE

#Astronomy #Astrodon #RubinObservatory

A Swarm of New Asteroids - VIDEO - EN

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Anthony Horton Jun 26

A story on how Australia is contributing to the Vera Rubin Observatory via the data wrangling experts in Data Central, part of the AAO, at Macquarie University. And also Swinburne.

https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/media-releases/australian-data-experts-to-support-worlds-largest-sky-survey

#VeraRubinObservatory #RubinObservatory #LSST #Astronomy #Astrodon