A Texture Lookup Approach to Bézier Curve Evaluation on the GPU (JCGT)(jcgt.org)

29 points by ibobev 3 months ago | 4 comments

Asymptote: 2D and 3D TeX-Aware Vector Graphics Language(asymptote.sourceforge.io)

100 points by smartmic 3 years ago | 7 comments

The XOR Texture (2004)(lodev.org)

212 points by doener 1 year ago | 49 comments

Goodbye Claude, hello Pi(caleb.software)

778 points by karagenit 5 days ago | 474 comments

Blog post explaining why the author switched from Claude Code to the open source Pi coding harness, listing frustrations with Claude Code's features and stability.

Chip Art(en.wikipedia.org)

22 points by SweetSoftPillow 10 days ago | 0 comments

Wikipedia article on chip art, the microscopic drawings and initials that designers etch into unused space on integrated circuits.

GNU Texmacs(texmacs.org)

175 points by remywang 8 months ago | 48 comments

AI models may be capable of self-replicating without access to a datacenter(anthropic.com)

36 points by artninja1988 1 month ago | 26 comments

Anthropic Frontier Red Team post reporting experiments suggesting small AI models may soon self-replicate on commercial IoT devices without datacenter access.

Experts explore new mushroom which causes fairytale-like hallucinations(nhmu.utah.edu)

438 points by astronads 10 months ago | 263 comments

Natural History Museum of Utah article on a newly identified hallucinogenic mushroom from Yunnan markets, known locally as Jian shou qing, that causes fairytale-like visions.

US urged to reveal UFO evidence after claim that it has intact alien vehicles(theguardian.com)

485 points by bloak 3 years ago | 869 comments

Guardian news article on calls for the US to disclose UFO evidence after a whistleblower claimed the government holds intact alien vehicles.

Mathematical Origami(mathigon.org)

108 points by signa11 1 month ago | 22 comments

Mathigon page on mathematical origami, showing how to fold Platonic solids and other polyhedra with 3D models and explanations.

NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars(phys.org)

370 points by Tommstein 2 years ago | 124 comments

Phys.org news article reporting that NASA has regained contact with its Ingenuity mini-helicopter on Mars after a communications loss.

Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not fly again(nasa.gov)

461 points by foobarbecue 2 years ago | 182 comments

NASA news release announcing the end of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter mission after three years, due to rotor blade damage that prevents further flight.