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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    The cutting edge of 3D TV from the year 2000.

    Rather than two cameras capturing a stereoscopic image, the NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories in Tokyo tried using a single camera shooting through 2,500 microlenses. Obviously, the technology never really took off, but NHK was still working on Integral 3D as recently as 2012.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Nathan Fillion says a Firefly cartoon is in the works.

    Co-stars Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres, Jewel Staite, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and Summer Glau are all expected to reprise their roles. So is Adam Baldwin, who was significant in popularizing the antifeminist Gamergate movement, which targeted and harassed women throughout the gaming industry. Deadline also shared the exclusive concept art below:

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Binary Piano is an addictive way to make algorithmic music in your browser.

    I love tools that let you make music based on a simple set of rules. Tim Holman created this one based on a YouTube video in which notes are triggered by a simple binary counter. Now if only I could get this out of Chrome and into my DAW.

    Binary Piano

    [Musical Toys]

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Sorry, but Liquid Glass is here to stay.

    Some of you may have secretly (or not so secretly) hoped that with Alan Dye out of the picture, Apple would change course and ditch Liquid Glass. No such luck. Dramatic interface changes are, as you might expect, a major undertaking. According to Mark Gurman:

    The interface was the result of a multiyear effort that started with visionOS, which itself had been in development for several years before shipping in 2024. Because of the timelines involved, any major reversal away from Liquid Glass would likely take years to materialize.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Brendan Carr is threatening people’s broadcast licenses again.

    The FCC chairman has already targeted NBC, Comcast, ABC, NPR, PBS, and The View. And seems to believe it’s the media’s job to serve up propaganda. Now he’s trying to bully CNN over its coverage of the war in Iran. It’s not too surprising, though. We know Brendan Carr is a dummy.

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    Palantir’s Maven Smart System is an AI-powered Kanban board for killing people.

    The company recently hosted a series of speakers at AIPCon, including Cameron Stanley, the Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, who gave a chilling demo of Palantir’s Maven Smart System, where anyone or anything can be targeted for a military strike with a “Left click, right click, left click.”