Oregon unemployment rate now 3rd highest in nation
Oregon’s unemployment rate is now the 3rd highest in the nation.
It’s no surprise that Oregon’s unemployment rate has been climbing. It’s the 9th least affordable states in the nation by income.
Ori Umbrella – that never existed?
Ori had this interesting idea for an umbrella that folds up like the Miura fold in origami to fit inside a tiny wand. As someone that tried this style of folding pattern (Miura fold), I personally wondered what material they could be using to consistently get a conical version of this to work. The folding pattern is pretty amazing, but is a little fiddly and prone to crumpling if you don’t apply the collapsing force equally at the edges.
I dug deeper and there was never any video or even picture of the real product – only CG rendered versions. The store page also now appears to be down.
I guess they couldn’t figure out how to do it either.
Windows Sandbox with GPU acceleration
Windows Sandbox is a great way to make a very quick Windows sandbox separated from the rest of your system if you want to run programs you might not fully trust but not set up a full VM or Docker container.
Using a GPU with the sandbox is easy, but requires you create a text file and put the following code in it. When done, save the text file as a *.wsb file and then click it so that config is used when running the sandbox.
<Configuration>
<vGpu>Enable</vGpu>
</Configuration>Build core memory yourself
Want to physically weave your memory into hardware one bit at a time like they did in the 60’s? Core64c sells core memory kits you can build and play with using small Pi devices. They’re super cool, but not super cheap at about $100+ each.
True things that happen in Portland Oregon
Steve Jobs at the end
They say that your true character comes out when you are pushed against the wall. Besides Jobs using the legal method of something called ‘multiple listing‘ in which you get on the transplant lists of many states all at once, Steve Job’s doctor, who performed his 2009 liver transplant in Tennessee, then moved into Job’s palatial Tennessee house which had been bought for his recovery just a few months after the operation. This is just one more thread in an interesting chain of activities Jobs did towards the end of his life to secure a transplant.
Ghost of Tsushima grass
Ghost of Tsushima has some of the most phenomenal atmospheric rendering of any recent game. One of the biggest elements is big fields of grass. How they did it was fairly well documented in their GDC talk, but SimonDev walks you through making such a system. He also sells courses.
Sounds inside an MRI
I can attest this is correct
Messing with AI phone calls
Kitboga does a lot of videos of scamming scammers. Now he ventures into scamming AI scammers…
Wild on-stage ship scene
Puy du Fou is an “insane historical theme park with no rides”. They re-create lots of historical spectacles for visitors to enjoy. And they aren’t joking. Chariot races in a Roman circus, viking adventures in real boats, and plays.
This clip is from “Le Dernier Panache”(“The Last Stand”), a spectacular show featuring groundbreaking stage technology. It was created in 2016 at Puy du Fou located outside Nantes France. This play follows the destiny of a French naval officer, a hero of the American Revolutionary War, whose life takes a dramatic turn in 1793 in a final battle for freedom.