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This is probably as much fun as I'm going to get out of this iOS api... #SwiftUI
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In an abandoned Japanese elementary school, artist Yuka Numata resurrects the ghosts of childhood through bead sculptures.
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i think about this a lot
you can slop clone anything, but you can only copy a point in time, not the seed of original ideas or the dedicated pursuit
I remember @tayroga once told me “they can copy the point but not the vector” and I still think about it
Nudging iOS materials with some distance-dependent diffusion. Built with SwiftUI, Metal shaders, and math.
algaentic coding
we have a winner for the most absurd AI startup ever
this Peter Thiel backed company uses AI robots to stab fish in the brain so they taste better and last up to 3x longer
it's called Shinkei and it modernizes a centuries-old Japanese technique
dozens of Michelin-star restaurants are already lining up to buy the fish
here's how it works:
> the problem is when a fish gets caught, it usually just suffocates on the boat
> that stress floods the meat with hormones and lactic acid, which hurts the flavor and texture
> the old Japanese fix for this was spiking the fish through the brain right after the catch, which stops all that
> but doing it by hand is impractical for most American fishing crews
> so Shinkei built a fridge-sized robot that sits right on the boat's deck
> the crew feeds in a fish and AI identifies the exact species, so it knows exactly where the brain and gills are
> the robot then drives the spike through the brain and cuts near the gills in about 7 seconds
> the fish goes into an ice slurry so the blood drains out
> so the fish doesn't sit there stressing out, and that tasty flavor and texture is preserved
example number 5,392,417 of how AI can be applied to literally anything
ALT A gloved fisherman on a boat feeds a live salmon head-first into the steel intake of a white Shinkei Systems robot, with the ocean behind.
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Playing a bit with fabric diffusion and light drift on L-system bamboo...
SwiftUI + Metal shaders on iOS.
I want to use this to let two Claudes talk to each other.
i love the glowing apple logo on the new macbook pro
so i made it dance to your music and blink when claude needs you
backglow.app
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Metal 🤝 L-systems
A programmatic komorebi effect on iOS made with SwiftUI + Metal. ☀️🌿
The shader samples 48 directions across the sun’s 0.53° disk. At a shadow’s edge, some rays make it past the leaves and some don’t. The farther from the surface the leaves are, the softer their shadows become.
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A programmatic komorebi effect on iOS made with SwiftUI + Metal. ☀️🌿
The shader samples 48 directions across the sun’s 0.53° disk. At a shadow’s edge, some rays make it past the leaves and some don’t. The farther from the surface the leaves are, the softer their shadows become.
Nate de Jager retweeted
Every spoken sentence carries depth.
Particle now exposes 4 dimensions for each line:
- sentiment 😁😔
- certainty 👍🤷
- specificity 🎯 👐
- temporality 🔮📈
These dimensions let your agents perform fast and complex queries about predictions and feelings.
Get started now: particle.pro?utm_source=sbx&…
Today we’re introducing Speaker Statement Characteristics.
Podcasts are full of predictions, criticism, and bold calls, but a keyword search can’t tell a confident forecast from a passing remark.
Now the lines Particle returns carry four labels for how they’re said: sentiment, certainty, specificity, and time. Stack them as filters to find exactly the statements you need, on any topic, across 165,000+ actively transcribed podcasts.
Available now via API and MCP.
Nate de Jager retweeted
Today we’re introducing Speaker Statement Characteristics.
Podcasts are full of predictions, criticism, and bold calls, but a keyword search can’t tell a confident forecast from a passing remark.
Now the lines Particle returns carry four labels for how they’re said: sentiment, certainty, specificity, and time. Stack them as filters to find exactly the statements you need, on any topic, across 165,000+ actively transcribed podcasts.
Available now via API and MCP.
Nate de Jager retweeted
Apple's Core AI models repo is now accepting third-party contributions 🥳
If you have developed some cool ports, this is the best place to share your recipes with the community. Looking at you @JackdeS11 @mattt @kevinqz 😂
github.com/apple/coreai-mode…
