Ghadeer Abou-Saleh

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Professionally, I am a backend Java developer. However, my passion lies in the realms of computer graphics, and everything involving math, physics, audio, simulations and like-stuff.

Aside from tech-related interests, I am also into classical music, the violin, astronomy, and Japanese stuff.

I currently live in Montreal, Canada.

Websitehttps://ghadeeras.github.io
GitHubhttps://github.com/ghadeeras
LinkedInhttps://linkedin.com/in/ghadeer-abousaleh
PronounsHe / Him
Ghadeer Abou-SalehMar 10

Is this a cult in charge of a nuclear super power? Aside from the suits and ties, how are they different from the Taliban?

https://youtu.be/4Q1gUyNJKEQ?si=Bim7oPDhrueigGdP

Utterly disgusting, and unsettling.

Faith leaders pray over Trump in Oval Office

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Ghadeer Abou-SalehMar 9

I usually don't post about politics in this account, but ...

These days mark the first anniversary of the horrific massacres (more like a genocidal campaign) committed against the #Alawites communities in #Syria by barbaric forces aligned with the de facto Syrian "government" (formerly the members of #ISIS, #HTS, and #AlQaeda) that is backed by #Turkey, #Qatar, #SaudiArabia, and western countries, primarily the #US. All these countries are complicit in these crimes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_massacres_of_Syrian_Alawites

Crimes against members of these communities and other minorities sadly continue to this day, which include systemic killings, rape, abductions, and forced marriages.

May the victims and their families find justice and peace soon.

2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites - Wikipedia

Ghadeer Abou-SalehMar 9
Brandon JonesMar 8

*This* is the type of thing I'm fully onboard with "AI" being used for:
- Reduces manual labor, not creative work
- Failure case only has mild consequences
- Trained on data specifically donated for that purpose
- Open source

https://youtu.be/3Ploi723hg4

It Took Me 30 Years to Solve this VFX Problem

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Ghadeer Abou-SalehMar 2
Eric LengyelJan 18

FGED3 adds five new chapters to the series:

11 • Curves
12 • Motion Operators
13 • Models and Animation
14 • Advanced Shading
15 • Special Effects

I'm shooting for a SIGGRAPH 2026 release.

(The cover is not necessarily final.)

Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 28
Ironically, the same orange guy who claims to be liberating the Iranian people from tyranny, that same guy, just a couple of days ago admitted publicly to "appointing" the ex-founder of the Islamic State terrorist group as the president of Syria; the thing that sent the people of Syria into a tunnel darker than the one they endured the last 15 years. Perhaps Trump is an Islamic Salafist in disguise.
Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 22
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Feb 21

I was disappointed to read Cory Doctorow's post where he got weirdly defensive about his LLM use and started arguing with an imaginary foe.

@tante has a very thoughtful reply here:

https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/
A few further comments, 🧵>>

Acting ethically in an imperfect world

Life is complicated. Regardless of what your beliefs or politics or ethics are, the way that we set up our society and economy will often force you to act against them: You might not want to fly somewhere but your employer will not accept another mode of transportation, you want to eat vegan but are […]

Smashing Frames
Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 22
Les OrchardFeb 21

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

https://マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardware/

Hold on to Your Hardware

A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.

マリウス
Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 20
Freya HolmérJan 3, 2025

my new video is out!

this one is a lot more personal than my usual stuff, but I've felt a need to express this for a long time

Generative AI is a Parasitic Cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opBifFfsMY

Generative AI is a Parasitic Cancer

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Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 20
Show threadJure TriglavFeb 19
@tojiro Thanks! They're based on the approaches from Hillaire et al. https://www.ea.com/frostbite/news/physically-based-unified-volumetric-rendering-in-frostbite and Wronski et al. https://bartwronski.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/bwronski_volumetric_fog_siggraph2014.pdf from about a decade ago. Fast and looking really good!
Physically-based & Unified Volumetric Rendering in Frostbite - Frostbite

Talk by Sebastien Hillaire at SIGGRAPH 2015 in the Advances in Real-time Rendering course.

Electronic Arts Inc.
Ghadeer Abou-SalehFeb 11
Jason LefkowitzFeb 10

"Google handed over a trove of personal data about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge.

The search giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, a British student and journalist who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024.

Google also turned over Thomas-Johnson’s IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers and identities, and credit card and bank account numbers linked to his account."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/google-sent-personal-and-financial-information-of-student-journalist-to-ice/

#USPol

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch

The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena powers to target people critical of the Trump administration.

TechCrunch