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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, to blender
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In the 2000s, I used to give lectures in working with 3ds Max and the V-Ray renderer. My students were mostly architectural visualizers.

Here I'm giving a 3ds Max + V-Ray workshop at the Dutch EUE 3D event, in a cool old bunker. 🙂

daniel,
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@metin Wow, this is really cool! When I was studying architecture in 2010 (before I switched to physics), I also had a 3D modelling course using Rhino. It was similar to yours, also held in a windowless PC pool, but with more glass 😅

However, we worked at our workstations next to the lecturer. Did the students in your courses also have their own PCs to use the software themselves?

metin, (edited ) to amiga
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In 1994, our puzzle game Clockwiser was released for Amiga (OCS and AGA), CD32 console, MS-DOS and Windows 3.1.

This is the 4-channel music our composer Ramon Braumuller made for a 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 that was included on magazine cover disks.

The tune is 109 kilobytes, including digitized instruments.

Download Clockwiser for free here:
https://archive.org/details/ClockwiserAmiga

For more music and info, check the hashtag.

daniel,
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@metin Yet another cool song by Ramon!

109 kilobytes is insane! 🤯

metin, to Cute
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Started a new 3D modeling project in MagicaCSG…

I'm in a kawaii mood today. 😊

More will follow soon.

If you like my creations, a coffee is appreciated: https://ko-fi.com/metinseven ☕😊 But I'm already happy with a favorite and/or boost. 🙂

daniel,
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@metin "Mama, can we have a Godzilla?"

"No, we have a Godzilla at home."

Godzilla at home ⬆️

😂

daniel,
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@metin If you ever decide to make merge, I would take a plushie of this one 😁

daniel,
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@metin Looks like a blue version of Domo in this stage 😂

metin, to Meme
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daniel,
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@metin I love these 50s-style posters!

This reminds me of a poster from Fallout 😁

daniel,
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@metin I've just finished the series, it's very good! At the beginning, they could have used less gore (for my taste), but this becomes less of an issue in later episodes. In comparison to the games, the storyline and narrative are much more compact and clear. I think it should be enjoyable without knowing the game lore 👍

metin, to workersrights
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From the ar(t)chive…

Stylized 3D illustration about bureaucracy, for a 2004 issue of the Dutch FNV Bouw magazine.

daniel,
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@metin If this is what Dutch bureaucracy looks like, this is what German bureaucracy should look like 😂
🤔 😮 😢 😭 🙈

metin, to random
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daniel,
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@metin Thanks for sharing, very interesting!

As this rather important part is missing from the article, "The thorium crystal trick" also involves (from the paper):

"Placing the atoms in a solid-state crystal lattice confines them to a region that is much smaller than the excitation wavelength (Lamb–Dicke regime), which suppresses the effects of photon recoil and first-order Doppler shift on the nuclear transition".

Explanations of this statement can be found here:

https://www.thuliumlab.ru/blog/cold-atoms/dicke/

metin, to design
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Aaaaand… Time for a new modeling project, in my favorite SDF 3D editor: MagicaCSG. 😊

Here's a first impression. More will follow soon.

daniel,
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@metin I can smell that this is going to be a great project 👃

daniel,
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@metin With some slight modifications, this could also be Sheriff Walrus 😂

Without hands he is not the best shot in town. But his booming voice will put an end to any conflict!

daniel,
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@mbt3d @metin Say what you will about AI, but it's perfect for getting a laugh out of a crazy idea 😂

daniel,
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@metin @mbt3d I've recently tried generative text-to-music models (namely udio.com and suno.ai) and the results are astonishing. Especially, Suno understands very well what you want and can create full songs in very high quality!

Together with image and video generative AIs, the dead internet theory might soon become reality...

This comparison provides some examples and highlights the strengths of these models:

https://easywithai.com/blog/suno-vs-udio/

metin, to mastodon
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Just discovered that most of the people I was following over at Bluesky haven't been active there in months, sometimes many months.

I've got a hunch that Bluesky is not going to be the Twitter successor they hope for. 🤔

There's this platform called Mastodon though… 😉👍

daniel,
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@metin Plot twist: next he announces he's now on the Mastodon board 😂

daniel,
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@metin I would give them the benefit of the doubt. Twitter was a great platform when they launched it. But funding the server infrastructure on top of the development costs is a big challenge. I'm not surprised by what happened to Twitter even before Musk took over. However, Mastodon is essentially FOSS software and there are alternatives. I do not think (hope) that the big tech people will be tempted to make a profit out of it.

daniel,
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@metin Apart from that, both administration and digitalization in Germany are in a pitiful state. It makes me really angry that they've thrown away the opportunity to be part of something great and innovative just because of their stupid bureaucracy. And the irony is that the German government hosts their own instance at social.bund.de, so they should know better 🤦‍♂️

metin, (edited ) to workersrights
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From my 2000s ar(t)chive…

Stylized 3D illustration for the Dutch FNV Bouw magazine, about bad weather conditions for construction workers.

The FNV is a Dutch union. Back in the early-to-mid 2000s I was experimenting a lot with stylization and NPR / toon rendering.

daniel,
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@metin Cool style, very unique! This might have inspired Roblox 😉

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

daniel,
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@metin The new renderer and materials look fantastic! I wish we could have this in at some point 😬

metin, to music
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From the ar(t)chive…

Stylized 3D illustration for a 2007 issue of the Dutch Elsevier magazine, about the rise of online media purchases.

daniel,
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@metin Quite fitting, as almost all the media we see is (necessarily) served by algorithms and bots 😁

metin, to 3dmodeling
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Time for a new hard-surface modeling project, using the trusty MagicaCSG 3D editor: a submarine.

As usual, I'll keep you posted of the progress.

daniel,
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@metin Great work, especially with the rudder! I love the water block too, it makes a nice diorama and looks like one of those resin models (which I really like) 🙂

metin, (edited ) to IT
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From the ar(t)chive…

3D illustration for a 2005 issue of the Dutch ComputerTotaal magazine, for a "Build a NAS (Network-Attached Storage)" workshop.

daniel,
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@metin Nice, V6, purring like a kitten! (Tim Allen sounds from Home Improvement playing in my head 😂)

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!

metin, to design
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On today's MagicaCSG menu... BRAINZZZ! 🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

Watch this thread for updates.

daniel,
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@metin This looks so real with the default color! I'm getting really hungry right now... hunger... brains... BRAINS 🧟

daniel,
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@metin I can feel the pain when I look into those eyes 😭

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! 🧵

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