I’ve already written about putting subtitle detection into the aspect ratio autodetection algorithm. In the post, I’ve said that the autodetection seems pretty bang on, and for the most part … yeah, it is. The problem is that there are cases that fall outside “for the most part.” Specifically on dark frames (but sometimes even on brighter ones), autodetection has a bit of a… Continue Reading... "Ultrawidify: Improving Automatic Aspect-Ratio Detection"
Every now and then, Ultrawidify gets a 2000 IQ idea in the mail: which is often (but not always) followed to a link that makes me silently judge people’s music tastes. Back in the day, such requests were ignored “because performance.” However, now that autodetection uses webgl, performance issues have been resolved to a large extent, and with autodetection taking only ~1-3 ms per… Continue Reading... "So what are subtitles, actually?"
The last time I tried vibe coding, I didn’t exactly find the whole experience very comfortable. To keep the story short, the important takeaway is that I felt that I wasted just as much time as I saved. But then again, given I was using ChatGPT, it’s not like I was using the best tool for the job. Fast forward some time, and the… Continue Reading... "Vibe Coding Adventure II: 2 Vibe 2 Code"
I had a plan for seeing out of the costume that relied on ~ technology ~ … however, ~ technology ~ had different plans, and I got to learn some USB gotchas the hard way. Continue Reading... "Charr cosplay: the cameras"
After the “let’s print legs out of TPU” experiment failed, I moved forward to other parts of the costume. Starting with the head. Continue Reading... "Charr cosplay: head design"
After a ridiculously long pause on my charr cosplay project, the efforts are resumed — and after a long while of only vaguely thinking about it, I actually start designing the thing. Continue Reading... "The Charr Cosplay: designing the frame"
Recently, I was lifting 3D models from video games again. Because the models I’m interested in character models with their poses preserved as on screen, the extracted models came out squished (because that’s how computer graphics and Intel GPA suite work). Unsquishing the models isn’t particularly complex, but the result often isn’t too exact. I wondered if I could automate that, and the answer… Continue Reading... "I went on a Vibe-Coding Adventure"
Slovenski prevod tukaj. This year hasn’t really been smooth sailing for my extension. I’ve had quite a few issues that — as is tradition — lots of people complained about in the reviews, while at the same time nobody really thought to … like, open an issue over on Github or even write me an e-mail or something? You don’t even need to stalk… Continue Reading... "So that’s why [my extension’s secret message appeared in Google search results]."
And you can have it, too. Cults3D, thingiverse. I do pretty much all my photography with a single lens: Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2. For people unfamiliar with photography, long story short: it’s a heavy hunk of glass and metal (just shy of 1kg). This is a problem when using tripod. When using a tripod, center of gravity of your camera… Continue Reading... "I made myself a collar mount for my lens"
As is becoming tradition, Amulet D20 — a fantasy community club I’m a part of — has been handed the execution of the mini painting contest on local convention (Na Meji Nevidnega; NMN) for the second year. Because we like public participation, public gets to have a say in who’s the winner. In practice, the competition looks like this: you come and sign up… Continue Reading... "Turns Out You DO Need To Harass Users of Your App"