That’s actually a really clever use of Gaussian splats, though I’m not really sure what the practical use of it would be. You can probably create some really cool, interactive renders of shipwrecks and reefs and such, but I’m not immediately seeing the value beyond edutainment content.

Corridor does a really good breakdown of what Gaussian splats are here, for those interested. The explanation ends when the sponsor segment begins, for those who don’t want to watch the whole video.

Super Mario Bros 3. It was the first video game I’d ever played. That was my gateway drug.

I used to know that game like the back of my hand. Any time I pick it back up, it feels like visiting an old, childhood home.

This is a weird thing to care so much about.

[yeehaws sadly]

As a Texan, it’s a relief to finally not be included on one of these lists for once.

Maybe you’d do better minding your own plate and let others eat what they want.

I don’t understand this post. I can’t tell what OP is upset about or what it has to do with privacy.

Because they don’t have propellers?

It is a very US unit, yes.

It is exactly one half of two meters.

I used to get breakfast at McDonald’s every day before work. I’d roll up, place my order, hand them a $5 bill, and get change back. And I had a filling breakfast after it all.

Now they want you to finance a hash brown.

Yes, I too am confused when people like different flavors than I do. How can they not be me? I’m me, they should be me, too.

There are pee cleaning solutions available. I’ve never had to use them, but I know people that have passed tests with them.

Can confirm, I’ve used them a few times. It’s always best to go clean for as long as possible before getting tested, but I’ve had success with as little as 3 days notice.

People often think these products are scams because they’re marketed like woo medicine. But that’s because they have to be, they legally can’t just put “THIS IS SO YOUR STONER ASS CAN PASS A DRUG TEST” on the label, so they have to sell it as a BS “cleanse”.

I’ve only had a few people ever tell me that they didn’t get it to work. But, those were people who I probably wouldn’t trust to follow the directions printed on a bottle, in the first place. Just stay clean for a few days and follow the instructions exactly as they’re written, and it’ll work out, in my experience.

Worst case scenario is that you’ll have a “dilute” result and will need to re-test a few days later. Do the same process the second time, and chances are you’ll come out as dilute again. Generally, if you test as dilute twice in a row, they assume that’s just your normal baseline and it’s considered a pass. I’ve never heard of anybody coming back dilute twice and ever needing a third test, nor have I heard of anybody failing a test over dilute results.

I seem to recall reading something around the time PT came out, where somebody said that Kojima is pretty difficult to work for, and runs his studio more like a director on a film set would. Apparently, he doesn’t take input or suggestions from anybody else outside of a few trusted writers on his team.

Granted, that was 10+ years ago when he was still at Konami, so maybe things are different now that he’s independent.

If you look at the Bungie art it couldn’t possibly be an inspo gallery because they are just straight up used with (some) changes made to them.

That’s why I’m thinking the folders were merged in error. Bungie makes a lot of stupid decisions, but I think “willfully stealing art and assuming nobody would ever find out as we heavily advertise our game to get as many eyes on the product as humanly possible” is too stupid, even for them.

I can almost guarantee you that what happened is that Antireal’s art was saved to one of the artists’ “inspiration” folders, and somewhere between creating an inspo gallery and that artist quitting/getting laid off, the files got merged into a “concept/assets” folder. Likely when going through the laid off artist’s hard drives, they found images that they probably assumed were all originals.

Another theory I’ve considered is that the artist may have known they were about to be laid off, and intentionally merged the folders in secret to sabotage the game. But I feel like that’d be hard to cover your tracks on, so I’m going to apply Hanlon’s Razor to this.

Yeah, he’s crossing into a bit of Hideki Kamiya territory with actions like that.

Winter. I’ve never handled the heat well and it feels like there’s always something I’m allergic to during the rest of the year, so I’ve never really been an outdoorsy guy. But there really is something special about being by yourself in the woods on a sunny winter day. Most of the animals have either migrated or hibernated, and the snow completely absorbs the noises from the outside world. It’s honestly kinda magical, just getting to appreciate the cold stillness of the world, with the only sounds being the gentle crunch of snow under your feet and trees rustling in the breeze. It feels like taking a glimpse into a world before sentient life existed. Or after sentient life existed.

God, I love winter.

That ping, tho.

I found no mention of it in their About/FAQ pages, so I’m assuming it’s all proprietary code.