OpenStreetMap looks to relocate to EU due to Brexit limitations
OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia-for-maps organisation that seeks to create a free and open-source map of the globe, is considering relocating to the EU, almost 20 years after it was founded in the UK by the British entrepreneur Steve Coast. OpenStreetMap Foundation, which was formally registered in 2006, two years after the project began, is a limited […]
Pixar RenderMan 24 with XPU Hybrid Rendering
Introducing XPU, Stylized Looks, and a New Shading System EMERYVILLE, CA – June 29th, 2021 – Pixar today released RenderMan® version 24, the biggest release in its long history, introducing a next-generation rendering architecture for animation and visual effects, RenderMan XPU™. This major release brings major advancements to look development and interactivity for feature film […]
Image color replacement with numerical optimization
The topic of color replacement in images has interested me long before I started programming. Playing around with free tools and simple processing approaches (e.g. hue replacement in the HSV space) never felt “satisfying” in relation to what I was imagining when specifying the replacement colors – there’s always some fidgety part such as specifying […]
Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
The spinning saxon, flying pigeons, polka batteries, jumping jacks and firecrackers, squibs and salutes, Aztec Fountains, Bengal Lights, and Egyptian Circlets, bangers or bungers, cakes, crossettes, candles, and a Japanese design known as kamuro (boys haircut), which looks like a bobbed wig teased out across the stratosphere. . . the language of fireworks has a […]
A foreign seller has hijacked Cliff Stoll’s Amazon Klein bottle listing
. At last, Acme Klein Bottle has conquered topological and engineering frontiers to manufacture genuine glass Klein bottles. These are the finest closed, non-orientable, boundary-free manifolds sold anywhere in our three spatial dimensions. These elegant bottles make splendid gifts, outstanding classroom displays, and inferior mouse-traps. With its circle of singularities, an Acme Klein bottle can […]
Io_uring is not (only) a generic asynchronous syscall facility
TL;DR: After reading io_uring is not an event system, I think there is another way to consider why io_uring can adapt to every use case: io_uring is more than a generic asynchronous syscall facility. It’s the state-of-the-art asynchronous interface for communication between subsystems implemented between the kernel and the userspace. Starting from describing an abstract […]
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A curated list of books on Software Architecture
A curated list of books on, or relevant to, Software Architecture. People in the software industry have long argued about a definition of architecture. Ralph Johnson famously defined software architecture as “the important stuff (whatever that is).” I, subjectively, followed his definition while deciding whether or not to include a specific book. Table of Contents […]
System76 Releases Pop _OS 21.04 with New Cosmic Desktop
Pop!_OS is developed to help you unleash your potential by providing you efficient tools that streamline your workflow. Pop!_OS 21.04 continues this ethos with COSMIC, a set of catered customizations geared towards accommodating a variety of use cases. Continue below for details on these new features! COSMIC Workflow Pop!_OS COSMIC (Computer Operating System Main Interface […]
Reviving extinct species may soon be possible
Jun 15th 2021 LATE ONE day in April 2002, a delicate blue-beige bird with a white collar and black eye mask was released into the dense forest on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The bird, a female, was one of just three remaining po’ouli (pronounced poh-oh-oolee), a species of honeycreeper that had been discovered in […]