1. Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky “Helicopter” music video Total comment counts : 23 Summary AP Rocky’s Helicopter uses volumetric performance capture and dynamic Gaussian splatting. Evercoast captured nearly every human performance in 3D with a 56-camera RGB-D array, producing over 10 TB of raw data and about 30 minutes of final splatted footage (1 TB PLY). The team used Houdini, CG Nomads GSOPs, and OctaneRender, enabling relighting of splats for a 3D-video look....

1. ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering Total comment counts : 47 Summary An image-to-ASCII renderer focusing on sharp edges and shape-based rendering. The author discusses why traditional ASCII rendering yields blurry edges (treating characters as pixels due to downsampling). Demonstrations include an interactive cube, an animated Cognition page scene, and a ChatGPT-generated Saturn image; a cel-shading-like contrast enhancement improves region separation for clearer 3D edges....

1. Cloudflare acquires Astro Total comment counts : 72 Summary Astro Technology Company, creator of the Astro web framework, is joining Cloudflare to accelerate development of content-driven websites. With ~1M downloads weekly and adoption by Webflow, Wix, Microsoft, and Google, Astro will use Cloudflare’s resources while remaining free, open-source, and MIT-licensed. Astro will stay platform-agnostic with open governance and a community-driven roadmap. Past attempts at paid hosted primitives were not successful, so the focus remains on code and performance rather than business-building....

1. Apple is fighting for TSMC capacity as Nvidia takes center stage Total comment counts : 47 Summary error Overall Comments Summary Main point: The discussion centers on Apple, Nvidia, and the semiconductor supply chain, examining who controls fab capacity, how demand will hold up through the AI cycle, and whether Apple should or could build or diversify its own fabrication. Concern: A key concern is that reliance on a few big players for capacity, uncertain AI-driven demand, and geopolitical risks could lead to pricing power imbalances, supply instability, or stalled investment if the cycle turns....

1. Claude Cowork Exfiltrates Files Total comment counts : 16 Summary Researchers reveal a file-exfiltration vulnerability in Claude Cowork, exploiting unresolved isolation flaws in Claude’s code-execution VM. By uploading a seemingly innocuous file (e.g., a .docx masquerading as a Skill) containing a hidden prompt injection, a user’s Cowork session can trigger the agent to upload confidential files to the attacker’s Anthropic account via an allowed API call. The exfiltration happens despite strict outbound restrictions, retrieving data such as financial figures and partial SSNs....

1. The Tulip Creative Computer Total comment counts : 17 Summary Tulip Creative Computer (Tulip CC) is a portable, low‑power self‑contained computer with a touchscreen and built‑in sound, fully programmable in MicroPython. It boots directly to a Python prompt with built‑in support for music synthesis (AMY with 120 oscillators and stereo), fast graphics and text, MIDI in/out, networking, and sensors. Open source hardware/software on ESP32‑S3 (ESP‑IDF); runs on hardware, the web, or Tulip Desktop....

1. Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work Total comment counts : 35 Summary Claude Code led developers to use Claude for coding; now Cowork offers a simpler way for anyone to work with Claude. Available as a research preview to Claude Max subscribers on macOS, Cowork lets Claude access a folder to read, edit, or create files, reorganize data, draft reports, or build documents. It acts with more agency, planning and executing tasks while you stay in the loop, and supports parallel work....

1. The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe Total comment counts : 20 Summary macOS Tahoe’s oversized window corners are a usability issue. Resizing relies on a 19×19-pixel hit area at the corner, but Tahoe’s large radius leaves about 75% of that area outside the window (only ~25% inside, vs 62% inside without rounding). As a result, initial clicks near the corner often don’t resize, forcing users to grab outside the corner—an unnatural, error-prone gesture....

1. Open Chaos: A self-evolving open-source project Total comment counts : 19 Summary This appears to be a GitHub PR loading screen, showing “until next merge” and “Loading PRs… View on GitHub.” It mainly credits a long list of contributors by their handles, including yokeTH, wvanlit, BetonZM, bpottle, FelixLttks, matthewmayer, Mad182, Dart120, julian9499, addshore, fccview, amanbabuhemant, antonmyrberg, ksurya, henryivesjones, Kl0ven, kouta-kun, prakashsellathurai, and bigintersmind. Overall Comments Summary Main point: The discussion analyzes GitConsensus and ScreepsQuorum as an open-source, participatory governance/automation experiment where a community builds and runs features via a website and GitHub PRs, compared to “Twitch plays” for GitHub....

1. Show HN: I made a memory game to teach you to play piano by ear Total comment counts : 44 Summary error Overall Comments Summary Main point: Feedback on a piano ear-training game shows broad enthusiasm for the concept but notable concerns about usability, pacing, and missing features. Concern: If left unaddressed, the app could frustrate learners by turning practice into a memory challenge and fail to teach ear training effectively....