#MolecularNodes v2.5 is out, which adds support for importing... Electron Microscopy densities into #blender3d as volumetric objects that work with #GeometryNodes. This is 6OGD / EMDB 20053 solved by PiperProteinProductions / Sarah Piper MN Release: 1/5show more

The wait is finally over. After months of work,... the Luma mod for Metaphor: ReFantazio is done! This is from Idarion, the same talented modder that brought you the Persona 5 mod. Gamers have been asking for this since release, given the game completely lacked TAA and HDR support. The mod feature set is wide and takes care of the most lacking graphical aspects of the game: - DLSS & FSR (fixes the extremely aliased and shimmery) - HDR support and improved SDR - Fixed broken bloom - Improved performance by adding shadow map frustum culling Download: As usual with Luma, the installation is just: extract the files and play. Comparison videos and images of Vanilla vs DLSS below:show more

So guys Here is a little (UNCONFIRMED) tip for... Lights out! Why don’t you guys try and pick 1 card each row going down, and space it out? Just as it’s shown here! This is the lovely Hunters gameplay, he got 7 cards with 11 picks left! so it’s just a helpful tip that could work for some of you? as i said it is unconfirmed though. Thanks 😊, kenzieshow more

Introducing Attio Objects 🚀 ​ We know how hard... it is to find a CRM that fits your unique business model. ​ That's why we built Attio Objects – our powerful data model with custom objects that gives you complete flexibility to structure your CRM exactly how you need it. ​ Along with custom objects, we've also introduced new standard objects: ​ - Workspaces and Users objects for PLG businesses. - A robust Deals object for sales-driven companies. ​ This is the culmination of a 4-year effort, with 3 years of work put in even before launching Attio. ​ Since day one, we've been determined to solve the fundamental problem in the CRM space: the trade-off between power and time-to-value. ​ If you wanted power and flexibility, your CRM would take forever to build and not work well with your stack. ​ If you wanted speed, you'd need to use highly opinionated, inflexible software that doesn't really work for your business. ​ That ends today. With Attio, you no longer have to compromise. Build your CRM your way, fast. Iterate as you grow. ​ High-growth startups like Replicate, , and Modal and more are already using Attio's object architecture to perfectly match their businesses and accelerate their growth. ​ To get all the details, check out our blog post 👇 ​show more

This video shows a static fire test of the... Archimedes rocket engine, developed by Rocket Lab. Archimedes uses liquid methane (LCH.) as fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) as the oxidizer, a combination known as methalox. During combustion, these cryogenic propellants produce extremely high temperatures (over 3,000°C), hotter than lava. To survive this, the engine circulates cold fuel through its walls before burning it, a technique called regenerative cooling. Multiple Archimedes engines will power Rocket Lab's upcoming Neutron rocket, which is being built to launch satellites and cargo to orbit with lower cost and higher reliability. Rocket Lab is best known for its Electron rocket and is now expanding into larger, reusable launch vehicles with Neutron.show more

No Rest for the Wicked will hopefully come consoles... this year! 🤞🏽 Who else is hyped for this one?? And any PC gamers that have tried out the Early Access, share your thoughts! 💭👇🏽 It’s been Early Access for 2 years now and the devs at Moon Studios have confirmed they’re “hard at work toward 1.0” and explicitly told console players, “we haven’t forgotten you.” Still no exact date but the console release is expected to coincide with (or shortly follow) the full 1.0 drop, which is targeting a 2026 launch 🚀show more

consider this: our videographer here is desperate to catch... the new episode of "5" that aired at 3 am this thursday morning... unfortunately, catnar has other plans! watch closely as he blocks the television screen with his melon-shaped skull, staring vacantly into the camera lens. enjoyers of "5" are sure to get a laugh from this situation parodying an all-too-common conundrum: the sticky situation in which one wishes to do one thing... but is forced by circumstance to do another! indeed, i hope you find that this example video serves as an illustration of the versatility, flexibility, and universality of "5." (from tt @ blastnit)show more

Here’s FUCK by Joe Pease This is Joe’s 4th... 1/1 ever minted and part of his original 17 SR 1/1s. It stands apart within his practice as a work that leans more overtly into social commentary and anti-establishment sentiment, something that feels especially aligned with the spirit of the crypto art scene. Even so, it still carries many of the qualities that define his work. Through repetition, scale, and aviation imagery, Pease transforms language into spectacle and unease, creating a piece that feels both distinct within his oeuvre and deeply connected to it. I am looking to place this work in a long-term collection with someone who not only appreciates Joe’s practice but also understands the importance of stewarding a piece like this with care.show more

This goon, who was clearly saying that in coming... 5 years, we will capture palithana totally by wiping off Jainism, which is being celebrated by the main culprit #maheshgiri at their Sabha in Girnar . He is praising him for his sick and ill efforts, which he has taken to threaten jains and spread violence on the sacred hill . This audacious behavior comes with the support of many high-level BJP ministers who are faking the unity and trying to suppress the real peace loving minority community of India - Jains.show more

🚨SCORING RULES ALERT🚨 This is from today's Detroit Tigers... at New York Mets game. Here, with Workman on second, Zach McKinstry hits a fly to left that lands, and Workman is thrown out 7-5 at third base. This was ruled a single, and the question has been asked as to why. First, this is the correct scoring, as this is a single. If this were a ground ball to short, and the runner is out 6-5 at third on a ball that would have otherwise been a hit, this would have been a fielder's choice, and the difference is in the wording on rule 9.05(b)(3), which says that you do not score a hit when a: (3) pitcher, the catcher or any infielder handles a batted ball and puts out a preceding runner who is attempting to advance one base or to return to his original base, or would have put out such runner with ordinary effort except for a fielding error. The Official Scorer shall charge the batter with a time at bat but no hit; The key is in the McKinstry play, the ball is handled by an outfielder, and not the pitcher, catcher, or any infielder. Another one of those fun weird scoring rules that is great to have in your back pocket for when it comes up.show more

The whitepaper for @ProjectLendX dropped yesterday after many months.... This is a disrupter, aiming to change how crypto lending works. To date, most all lending is p2p, $LENDX is the closest thing to institutional lending without the constraints. This is built on #Arbitrum for all of #DeFi. - There is nothing out there on any chain like the ALT function that Lendx developed. - This is true 1 sided lending, liquidity for the pool is provided BY LendX, not p2p. - Incorporated $ARB through a synthetic asset lending loop further adds value. - The ALT function is scalable to size, and it is tech that can be utilized by future projects to fund their protocol without having a token tax. All live on launch, all audited prior. No insane token emissions to provide incentive for p2p lenders, we've cut all the fat out of crypto lending and have a machine built in it's place. It has been a long climb to this point, but from Monday onward the work truly began for the team. In the coming weeks as we begin ramping things up for May-June, it's going to be really exciting as we grow the community and spread the word. Always loved Arbitrum, this is the best place to build something like this. Be sure to check out the WP and discordshow more

CBS LA Tom (T.J.) Wait While the Fire Aid... money is technically “accounted for” as “political reporter” Tom Wait stated in his piece, the donors were fooled into trusting it would go to the victims. Instead it went to “non-profits” that have nothing to do with the fire. Mr. Tom Wait failed to mention that elephant of a fact. He selects which side he “fact-checks”. Suggesting that Spencer Pratt is being dishonest is dishonest propaganda, presented as “journalism”. This is what you’re up against, Mr. Pratt. It’s a political machine that has the local press by the balls.show more

Trans-identified males are obsessed with the notion that they... will be raped or abused if they use male spaces. The reason for this obsession is that, more often than not, they are using porn that depicts women being bound and / or assaulted (or men 'forcibly' transformed into women by way of sexual abuse), which they find sexually thrilling. It is a masochistic humiliation fetish. Such men see being a woman as something humiliating. (And by the time they begin "identifying" as a little girl, they've already consumed a substantial amount of BDSM content.) When these concepts are repeated in the media, the result is not only to validate the fetish, but also to humiliate women, by proxy, for the pleasure of men with this fetish.show more

I've been editing this article about "brain mapping" and... connectomics, and I'm just stunned by how quickly the cost estimates to map, say, a mouse brain have plummeted in just the last couple years. It actually seems feasible that we could map the entire human brain -- all 86 billion neurons, and their connections -- in this lifetime. In the 1970s, Sydney Brenner started mapping all the connections between neurons in C. elegans. His team sliced the worm into thin pieces, took photos using an electron microscope, and manually traced and reconstructed each synapse for 302 neurons total. This project took more than a decade of work, and it cost about $16,500 to reconstruct each neuron. Scaling this up to a human brain boggles the mind. Electron microscopy remained the norm in connectomics for decades, because it was the only option available to see synapses at a resolution high enough to be able to trace their paths. Each electron microscope costs several hundreds of thousands of dollars, though, and you need lots of them to map even a mouse brain in a reasonable timeframe. In 2023, the Wellcome Trust released a report estimating how long, and how expensive, it would be to map the mouse connectome (~70M neurons). They estimated that imaging alone would cost $200-300M, and that proofreading (or ensuring that traces between neurons are correct) would cost $7-21 BILLION. (A human can only manually trace about 1 mm of neuron per hour.) Also, the images would occupy about 500 petabytes of data, and getting those data would require 20 electron microscopes running in parallel for about 5 years, continuously. They estimated the whole project would take about 17 years of work. This is, understandably, insane. But now it seems like there's an actual path toward mapping the full mouse brain in about five years for ~$100M dollars. There have been three major breakthroughs in the last year or so: 1/ Expansion microscopy, first developed in 2015, showed that it's possible to "enlarge" the brain by about 5x using a swellable polymer. But an improved method increases this number to >20x expansion, meaning we can now expand brains and image neurons much more easily using cheap light microscopes, rather than expensive electron ones. 2/ E11 Bio (a nonprofit research org) developed protein barcodes that get delivered into brain tissue; each neuron gets a unique combination of barcodes. These cells are then stained with colorful antibodies, which stick to a matching protein barcode, causing each neuron to light up in a distinct color. This makes tracing neurons so much easier. 3/ Google Research released PATHFINDER this May, an AI-based neuron tracing tool that can proofread about 67,200 cubic microns of brain tissue per hour, with very high accuracy. It works on electron micrographs, but something similar could be presumably be developed for the E11 / colorful tag approach. This is an extremely exciting time for neuroscience. (C. elegans connectome below.)show more

Massive performance improvement. This is a bit more of... technical post, but man do I love this stuff! Units navigate the map using a 'Navigation Mesh'. Before, I was using one giant nav mesh that spanned the entire map. The more objects that were placed (especially on a large map such as this 'RadarAttack' map designed by Syphotic | Steel Command), the larger the 'lag' would be after placement. You can see here that there is a massive frame drop and the navmesh doesnt update for almost 5 seconds. Now, there are a ton of tiny navmeshes that connect to one another, and together they cover the whole map. Now, when an object is placed, the navmesh will update instantly, because it no longer needs to parse through every object on the map (potentially thousands!!!). It only needs to parse through the objects that exist in the mini navmesh that the object was placed in (probably only 1-5 objects now!). Performance XP Boost +100! Charles Horwood You might appreciate this one :) #Rts #RTSGame #IndieGameshow more

On the evening of his 21st birthday, Jackie is... targeted for assassination by his "Uncle" Paulie Franchetti out of sheer paranoia that Jackie is after his position as the Don. As night falls, the Darkness - an ancient demonic force which has inhabited Jackie's bloodline for generations - violently manifests and massacres his pursuers. With his new powers, Jackie gradually dismantles Paulie's drug and money laundering operations. This is our low-poly take on the scene from the game The Darkness. Vote on the GOG Dreamlist to Make this game live forever! #thedarkness #lowpoly #retrostyle #classicgamesshow more

Madain Saleh, also known as Al-Hijr, is a pre-Islamic... archaeological site located in the northwest of Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Middle East and was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008. Madain Saleh is a place of great historical and cultural significance, and it is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula. Madain Saleh was the second city of the Nabataean kingdom, which was established in 2nd Century BC. The Nabataeans were an Arab tribe who were known for their expertise in carving tombs and buildings out of rock. They were also skilled in agriculture, trade, and commerce. The Nabataean kingdom was centered in Petra, which is located in modern-day Jordan. Madain Saleh served as a strategic outpost for Nabataeans, and it was an important stop on the trade routes that connected the Arabian Peninsula with the Mediterranean world. Archaeological site of Madain Saleh covers an area of 13 square kilometers. It is located in a remote desert region, and it is surrounded by rocky mountains and valleys. The site contains around 130 tombs, which were carved out of the sandstone cliffs. The tombs are adorned with intricate carvings and inscriptions, which provide insights into the culture and religion of the Nabataeans. The most famous tomb at Madain Saleh is the Qasr Al-Farid, which means "the lonely castle." This tomb is located on a hilltop and is surrounded by a large courtyard. It is the largest tomb at the site, and it is considered to be one of the finest examples of Nabataean architecture. The tomb was never completed, and it is believed that it was abandoned after the death of the Nabataean king who commissioned it. Another important tomb at Madain Saleh is the Tomb of Lihyan son of Kuza. This tomb is located in the southern part of the site and is carved into a rock cliff. It features a large entrance hall, a central chamber, and a series of smaller rooms. The tomb is decorated with intricate carvings and inscriptions, which provide insights into the religious beliefs of Nabataeans. Madain Saleh is not just a site of tombs; it also contains a number of other important structures. These include the Al-Khuraymat and Al-Sabika temples, which were used for religious ceremonies and rituals. The site also contains a number of houses, wells, and cisterns, which provide insights into the daily lives of the Nabataeans. Madain Saleh was abandoned in the 3rd Century AD, after decline of the Nabataean kingdom. The site was rediscovered in the 19th Century by the Swiss traveler Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. Since then, it has been studied by archaeologists from all over the world. The site is now managed by the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, which has carried out extensive restoration and preservation work. Madain Saleh is not just a site of historical and cultural significance; it is also a place of great natural beauty. The site is surrounded by rugged mountains and valleys, and it is home to a diverse range of flora and fauna. Visitors to the site can enjoy hiking and camping, as well as exploring the ancient ruins. Madain Saleh is a site of great historical and cultural significance, and it is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in the history and culture of the Arabian Peninsula. Ancient ruins at Madain Saleh provide a glimpse into the engineering and architectural skills of the Nabataeans, as well as their religious beliefs and cultural practices. However, as the site becomes an increasingly popular tourist destination, there are concerns about its preservation and the impact of tourism on the local environment. It is important that the Saudi government and local communities work together to ensure that the site is protected and that tourism is managed in a sustainable way. 🎥© Paris Verra #archaeohistoriesshow more

Marry me… accept Islam or die. The jihadi who... changed from Abdul to Aditya Thakur trapped Aarti by posing as a Hindu… in which Abdul’s grandmother also helped… Abdul’s grandmother manipulated and got both of them into a physical relationship… When Aarti found out that Aditya is actually Abdul, she protested, upon which Abdul flew into a rage and started threatening her to either convert to Islam or be killed… The girl somehow informed her family about this, and they filed a complaint with the police… After that, Abdul was shaved bald and stripped naked… Police paraded him for 7 kilometers.show more