Suffix: flow or discharge
I’ve now been settled back in Sydney for 6 months. The pains of 2020, and of getting home, and the weird headspace that accompanied it all, are now a speck in the rearview mirror. Work from home is now only a two-day-a-week prospect and life is starting to feel like normal.
May Playlist is below. Hit it.
Very cool real-world photographic relighting. Read more about it here. The normal map generation in particular is impressive. I can’t wait to play with this tech in years to come.
“We Don’t Need Elon Musk to Explore the Solar System” declares Leigh Phillips. He makes some good points, first and foremost being the common false dichotomy of suggesting that we don’t have the resources for a space program, environmental protection and social progress. It’s not a zero-sum game. People are not going hungry or working three jobs as a result of the space program. This kind of argument only distracts from the real culprits.
I have mixed feelings on Musk, but I am a massive fan of this new space race, and can’t wait to see what comes next.
One day this stuff will look quaint. You’ll be able to generate Pulp Fiction in the style of Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse. Or swap out cast members for others. But I’m amazed enough by the strides happening in machine learning today.