Mastodawn

I find the fact that Ubuntu updates can fail to build a wifi kernel module, then update grub to point at that broken kernel and then effictively brick my MacBook Air to be a good reason normal humans will have a hard time switching off things like Windows.

w00tdude Mar 19

Jeff Johnson Mar 19

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116252836013163221

My browser extension StopTheMadness Pro stops autoplaying videos and hides Sign in with Google on all sites. It also hides sticky videos and notification requests on many sites.

For more extreme measures, try my Safari extension StopTheScript. It kills JavaScript dead on websites you select. For example, from the blog post, it makes The Guardian readable.

https://underpassapp.com/

w00tdude Mar 18

fork_dev Mar 18

Today is Fork's birthday 🎂. It's been 10 years since the first commit. Time flies, but when we look back at our journey, it turns out it hasn't been a short one. Thank you for being with us, for your feature requests and bug reports! ❤️ Looking forward to the next 10 years!🤘

w00tdude Mar 15

⁡snow

Jan 26

new tech warcrime

ppl always complain that the clock on my microwave never shows the right time bcs i cant be assed to set it manually

so now i have an unfuck-microwave.sh cronjob which briefly kills its power every day at midnight

w00tdude Mar 11

The VFX Feed Mar 11

Adobe Substance 3d Painter 12.0
https://helpx.adobe.com/substance-3d-painter/release-notes/version-12-0.html
#vfxSoftwareFeed

w00tdude Mar 9

Yining Karl Li Mar 9

Adobe just released an Apache-2.0 licensed reference implementation of the OpenPBR Surface standard, extracted from their in-house Eclair renderer.

Neat trick: the reference implementation cross-compiles for C++, GLSL, Cuda, Metal, and Slang!

https://github.com/adobe/openpbr-bsdf

w00tdude Mar 5

Ben Mar 4

Best explanation for Quantum Mechanics I've ever heard

w00tdude Feb 27

malducin Feb 26

The #VESAwards took place last night, and Avatar: Fire and Ash was the big winner, taking 7 awards including Outstanding #VFX in a Photoreal Feature. Sinners won for supporting VFX. KPop Demon Hunters dominated the animation category. On the TV side, awards were more spread out but Andor season 2 took 2 awards. Congrats to all the winners and hard working cre3ws #movies #AwardsSeason #VisualEffects #Animation #CGI

https://variety.com/2026/artisans/news/vfx-society-awards-winners-2026-full-list-1236672570/