thejapantimes, to Japan
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has made a landmark trip to Okinawa Prefecture’s remote Yonaguni Island — just 160 km from Taipei — as Washington and Tokyo look to present a united front amid growing concerns about a conflict with China over Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/japan/politics/rahm-emanuel-yonaguni/

yeti, to lemmy
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Nice theme. If they would drop the placeholders for the failing images too, I might like it even more... ;-P

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Discussions are ongoing to create a more responsive U.S.-Japan command structure, addressing issues such as command authority, integration and rapid decision-making capabilities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/05/14/japan/japan-defense-modernization/ #commentary #japan #usjapanrelations #defense #usmilitary #indopacific #southkorea #sdf #defenseministry #us

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FEC must investigate apparent Trump campaign cover-up of settlements

https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/legal-complaints/fec-must-investigate-apparent-trump-campaign-cover-up-of-settlements/

The Federal Election Commission must investigate whether Donald Trump’s campaign illegally attempted to hide settlement payments by routing the payments through third parties, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. The allegations of wrongdoing stem from former Trump campaign employee AJ Delgado’s sworn declaration in her pending lawsuit against Trump and his campaign over her claims of pregnancy discrimination...

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Kure District Headquarters in Hiroshima Prefecture is expanding its activities ahead of the 70th anniversary of its founding, on July 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/politics/japan-msdf-kure-base/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan's military needs more women. But it's still failing on harassment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/13/japan/japan-sdf-sexual-harassment-training/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Australia has identified Japan's advanced Mogami-class multimission warships, operated by the Maritime Self-Defense Force, as a potential candidate for replacing its aging frigates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/09/japan/japan-australia-mogami-frigate-analysis/

toxi, (edited ) to typescript
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New demo (and last new test case) for the upcoming https://thi.ng/geom release (and related packages): Here parsing a SVG path, converting to an SDF, deforming the SDF and sampling/converting the SDF back into SVG at multiple contour levels... all in just a few lines of code!

Demo:
https://demo.thi.ng/umbrella/geom-sdf-path/

Source:
https://github.com/thi-ng/umbrella/blob/develop/examples/geom-sdf-path/src/index.ts

(Ps. I will add more comments to the example tomorrow...✌️)

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tech4eva, to random
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How is everyone on doing today?

thejapantimes, to worldnews
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The success of ballistic missile defenses will encourage militaries globally to invest in the systems, experts say — and intensify arms races. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/04/world/politics/missile-defense-global-urgency/

thejapantimes, to Japan
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The Defense Ministry stated Thursday that the crash of two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters off a remote Tokyo island last month is highly likely to have been caused by human factors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/03/japan/msdf-choppers-crash-likely-caused-by-human-factors/

cs, to random
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According to chatter on MetaArray (ma) machine is down. This is affecting the gitea as well as hosting for those who use ma for their personal pages.

I'm sure eventually someone will notice and give it a whack eventually. Patience.

cs,
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membership account has announced in ANNOUNCE that there is a fan/overtemp reading out of range that caused a "graceful" shutdown. There are fans on hand, and it it will be replaced.

cs,
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ma seems to be up and running

metin, to design
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If my MagicaCSG modeling posts have attracted your interest in the SDF modeling method, you might like to have a look at Womp, a free online SDF editor (with a "Pro" subscription option).

I've just played with it for a few minutes, and you can export your scene as an OBJ file, complete with textures for recreating the Womp materials in Blender, as you can see in the screenshot.

https://womp.com

metin,
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Following my previous SDF modeling application tip (Womp), I just discovered that Adobe's Project Neo is accessible as a public beta.

Math genius Inigo Quilez, the father of SDF modeling, is working on Project Neo, and it looks promising. We'll have to wait and see what the subscription price will be though. 😏

https://projectneo.adobe.com

metin,
@metin@graphics.social avatar

The Womp online SDF editor has gone from alpha to beta stage, adding some new features, such as import of meshes. I like their renderer, materials and textures…

Womp is accessible for free via most browsers on any operating system, and offers more functionality to paying subscribers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1NNe0s-Cfs

#SDF #3D #tools #tip #tips

thejapantimes, to Japan
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Japan's Defense Ministry has punished five senior members of the Maritime and Ground Self-Defense Forces for passing on secret information to unvetted personnel within their units. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/26/japan/politics/sdf-secret-info/

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