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daniel

@daniel@social.dhelonious.de

🎓 Dr. rer. nat. in theoretical #physics
☁️ #cloud architect at #UniStuttgart
🦣 created a #mastodon #snap 📦
🇩🇪 based in #Stuttgart

Interests:
❤️ #scifi #books #SherlockHolmes #architecture #archaeology
🎮 #gaming #StarCitizen #StarTrekOnline
🎧 #audiobooks #podcasts #rock #alternative
🎨 #digitalart #aiart #photography
🌐 #technology #selfhosted #opensource #python
🎃 #autumn #halloween
🥦 #vegan

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metin, (edited ) to ElectronicMusic
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When I was a youngster in the late 1980s, I formed an Amiga game dev team with 2 friends.

Before making games, we started by trying to sell game music that used minimal RAM, made with our music editor SIDmon.

To promote our game music, this energetic music module was composed by our musician Ramon Braumuller. The file, including tiny sampled sounds, is only 22 kilobytes.

Check the #TeamHoi hashtag for more tunes.

#chiptune #amiga #commodore #synth #music #GameDev #RetroComputing #RetroGaming

daniel,
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@metin This is my favourite track in the game. I also really like the second level with all the elevators and moving steel beams. This track is so fitting with its industrial sounds!

At the moment, I'm still stuck in this level until I find the time to continue playing 🙂

metin, to design
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Work has started on the last of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello. Watch this thread for updates.

View the previous 3D Turtles tributes here:
https://graphics.social/@metin/112460892970738498

daniel,
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@metin @mbt3d Haha, that confused me too 😂

I find it interesting that you use Dutch names. I'm always torn between English and German names. From programming, I'm used to using English so that others can understand the code. But this is not a requirement for private projects 🤷

daniel,
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@mbt3d @metin I find it strange to see variable and function names in languages other than English. But of course it's perfectly fine.

Yes, German is not an easy language to learn. That's why I'm not sad that I learned it as a child 😂

But then I learned French at school and French grammar is a complete nightmare 🙈

daniel,
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@metin I really like the more realistic approach you take in terms of proportions! 🐢

metin, to scifi
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Started a new SDF modeling project in MagicaCSG.

It's going to be a sci-fi drone. More updates will follow tomorrow.

daniel,
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@metin Don't worry, I have no intention of leaving Mastodon! I was just on a business trip and my spontaneously booked "hotel" had no WIFI. 🙈 And since my instance is self-hosted and I only have an IPv4 at home at the moment, I cannot access my server from my mobile internet...

I really like the arrays in MagicaCSG. It's not obvious how to do it at first, but it's so powerful!

daniel,
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@metin I agree that the MagicaCSG rendering is perfectly fine for this model, as long as it looks factory new 👍

Really cool model! Although it is probably the simplest part, I really like the fan!

daniel,
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@metin Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the offline time (especially as I forgot to bring my laptop charger 😂). I spent the evenings outside, it was very healthy!

I agree 100%, the snapping for radial arrays is so good! It's a blast to create round structures like that. I can't believe that most of the other tools offer this as well 🤷

metin, to design
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Started a new modeling project…

Those who are as old… I mean… as experienced as I am, might already recognize what this is going to be. 🙂

More updates will follow.

daniel,
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@metin It is so satisfying to see all the details up close! MagicaCSG is perfect for models like this 🥰

daniel,
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@metin Really cool idea and I like the name Atarobot!

I tried to come up with another name, but Joybot sounds completely wrong 😂

daniel, to random
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@metin I got Hoi up and running tonight! 🙂

daniel, to random
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Inspired by @metin, I want to get back into 3D art. So, I want to share my first creation from 2023, both created and rendered in

metin, to IT
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Follow @itnewsbot for the latest IT ne… Wait, what…?

daniel,
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@metin
In this case IT stands for intimate technology 😂

metin, to nature
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From the ar(t)chive…

Low-polygon style 3D illustration for my 2014 holiday greetings card, made in Blender 3D.

The picture is a wink to my one-man company logo, which you can see in the top right corner.

#LowPoly #landscape #nature #mountains #trees #water #environment #logo #design #artwork #sculpture #3DModeling #illustration #illustrator #art #arte #artist #DigitalArt #ArtMatters #GraphicDesign #3D #blender #Blender3D #B3D #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

daniel,
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@metin Really cool composition that looks like your logo! Hiding symbols and images in the composition of another image is something a lot of people do these days using generative AI, but I've always liked this idea!

daniel, to random
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metin, to tech
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From the ar(t)chive…

Stylized 2D illustration for a 2009 business report, about the importance of establishing solid tech for a company, before looking ahead.

#tech #technology #hardware #management #computer #computers #business #work #design #artwork #illustration #illustrator #2D #art #arte #artist #DigitalArt #ArtMatters #GraphicDesign #vectorart #CreativeToots #FediArt #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon

daniel,
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@metin A lot of these businessmen in your illustrations look like Trump. I know you said before that this was unrelated (although he was around as a businessman at the time), but the coincidence/stereotype is still funny 😂

daniel,
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@metin 😂

I also like this magazine illustration I saw recently 😏

daniel, to random
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But it's a really cool collection 🙂

daniel, to random
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To play Hoi I used the Amiga emulator FS-UAE:

https://fs-uae.net/download

Get Hoi from here:

https://archive.org/details/HoiAmigaAGARemix

You will also need an Amiga AGA ROM. Download "Kickstart v3.1 rev 40.68 (1993)(Commodore)(A1200).rom" from here:

https://ia801203.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/30/items/Older_Computer_Environments_and_Operating_Systems/Amiga.zip

Then follow the instructions to setup and run FS-UAE. Set the "Amiga Model" to "A1200". Select the .adf file as "Floppy Drive". Click on the chip icon and select the .rom file as "Kickstart-ROM". Then click on "Start" and enjoy the game!

metin, to journalism
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Interesting approach. But it's commercial, not decentralized, and is backed by Sam Altman and more Big Tech honchos, so my first reaction is skepticism.

https://www.wired.com/story/maven-social-network-that-eliminates-followers-and-stress

#social #media #SocialMedia #news tech #technology #BigTech

daniel,
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@metin Interesting read, but I see some fundamental problems.

Even if this project were open source, it would still be impossible to know what the algorithm/AI is doing. Moreover, even if there are no followers, there will be some other not-so-obvious metric used to favor posts over others; there has to be, because the algorithm has to prioritize what to show you.

I think this is very dangerous and easily exploitable, just like existing platforms with non-transparent algorithms 😬

metin, to random
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@ephtracy You might like this:

https://blog.danielschroeder.me/2024/05/voxel-displacement-modernizing-retro-3d/

daniel,
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@metin @ephtracy Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

daniel, to random
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"Stereotypes are valid first-order approximations."

-- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by @DennisETaylor

This has to be one of the most efficient and accurate statements of that fact.

daniel, to amiga
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Who could that be? 🤔

🤷

@metin Do you know?

daniel, to random
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@metin A friend sent me this article (German): https://www.rnd.de/politik/markus-lanz-journalist-kritisiert-eigenen-ki-einsatz-bei-suche-nach-ex-raf-terroristin-daniela-WUDEZJ6RBJHYDFLFETJS4JACJE.html

From the abstract: "Journalists use AI to track down ex-RAF [Red Army Faction] terrorist Daniela Klette in just 30 minutes. In the talk show [...] journalist Khesrau Behroz criticises his own use of facial recognition software [PimEyes]".

This is interesting because facial recognition puts AI to good use. After all, it took the police 30 years to NOT find the woman (without AI)! But opinions are divided on the subject.

daniel, to random
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Spaceship concept modelled in . The design is inspired by the game , which I really like!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/290300/Rebel_Galaxy/

Not sure what to do with the front yet, it's still too bulky. I think I'll go for a sharper look that resembles the bow of modern ships.

Follow this thread for more results! 🧵

daniel, to random
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Walt Disney Animation Studios recently shared a behind-the-scenes video about how their 1940 film Fantasia was animated:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/walt-disney-animation-studios_disneyplus-activity-7186862918267736064-U1_1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_movie)

It's fascinating to see these pencil sketches in action. Also note the color experiments or markings they made from time to time!

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