richardacarter

richardacarter, 1 month ago to photography

Obligatory.

*It is rather nice to see social media flooded with beautiful images of a wondrous natural scene.

#aurora #silentSunday #photography

richardacarter, 1 month ago to Weather

For one day only this week, York ground station was active, running two satellite workshops with my MA students. Both were entirely successful, having involved some of the most complex and lengthy prep I've ever done for a single activity. A lot of hard work, time, and energy well rewarded with some great images and curious questions. An actual teaching win!

Passes from NOAA 19, 18, and 15 all shown here, plus double-X antenna

#SilentSunday #NOAA #Weather #Data #Radio #Networks #amateurRadio

A satellite image of Europe. Britain and the continent can be clearly seen, along with North Africa, and the snow capped mountains of Norway. Some hints of Iceland and Greenland, with white swirling clouds over the Atlantic Ocean.
A satellite image of Europe. This morning show from NOAA 15 ensures the continent is very indistinct, although synthetic outlines are provided here to offer some measure of orientation. These pick out the coast of Greenland, Iceland, Britain, and Europe, with plenty of white, swirling clouds over the Atlantic Ocean.
York ground station. A portable double cross antenna sits on a stand next to a bench with a laptop on it. Lots of lush bushes and trees surround it, along with the lakes of the East campus - a tranquil scene.

richardacarter, 4 months ago to gamedev

Even if I say so myself, I think this piece is coming together well - various landscapes and modes of being within them. This has probably now exceeded what I can achieve in coffee breaks alone, and I know the same applies to my other such project. Nevertheless, it will be good to have in the background once I recommence teaching next week (and, moreover, a lot of research writing).

#gamedev #games #gaming #art #MastoArt #environment #ecology #animals

A game screenshot - a tile-based tropical landscape with an donkey in the centre
A game screenshot - a tile-based mountain landscape with a crow in the centre
A game screenshot - a tile-based forest landscape with an goose in the centre

richardacarter, 4 months ago to ascii

Still working at it

#ascii #asciiArt #roguelike #generative #gamedev #games #gaming

richardacarter, 5 months ago to ascii

Mountain vista with forests, meadows, and scrubland. Exploring the pseudo 3D effect to... results, of sorts!

#ascii #asciiArt #roguelike #generative #gamedev #games #gaming

richardacarter, 5 months ago to Aviation

Ever seen a glider hover to a standstill? Today's wave conditions ensured the surprising sight of gliders practically "sitting" in the air. It's strange enough from the ground, but quite eerie in the air. Here's a clip from today's footage, showcasing the effect.

#aviation #gliding #sailplane #glider #soaring

A glider cockpit in flight - the terrain below is not moving at all

richardacarter, 6 months ago to ai

Just doing some further tests of my browser-based local LLM* - I highly doubted this particular model would address this particular prompt correctly or effectively, but I love the almost dismissive poetry of the response here...

*Developed with an eye towards some important, officially backed projects for 2024.

#coding #ai #llm #technology

richardacarter, 8 months ago to generative

More enigmatic vignettes from the Haiku garden

https://racarter.itch.io/haiku-garden

#generative #gamedev #haiku #garden #pixelart

richardacarter, 9 months ago to Haiku

This will be last mention of this little piece on here for a good while, but it's now Autumn in the garden, and new haikus await!

https://racarter.itch.io/haiku-garden

#haiku #garden #pixelart #game #gamedev

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richardacarter, 11 months ago to random

The sculptural kites of Alexander Graham Bell (via https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alexander-graham-bell-goes-and-flies-a-kite-for-science/)

#flight #kites #air #wind #atmosphere