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An absolutely extraordinary look at how to improve rendering of ASCII art, first in static images, then in motion. As he gets into contrast enhancement for complex grayscale animations, the vector lookup works starts to be parallel to work happening with language models. Just an excellent narration. https://alexharri.com/blog/ascii-…

ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering
A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.

Foveated Rendering: Gratis-Tool bringt Eye-Tracking-Feature auf PC-VR-Headsets
Ein Gratis-Tool aktiviert Foveated Rendering auf zahlreichen PC-VR-Headsets und spart dadurch Rechenleistung bei aufwendigen VR-Spielen.
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Le F-35, le talon d’Achille des alliés face Š Trump:
"En cas de conflit au Groenland, les États-Unis pourraient en effet décider de rendre les F-35 du Danemark et de leurs alliés inopérants ou presque, en suspendant les mises Š jour des données de vol. Certaines capacités, liées notamment au système d’armement, pourraient également être totalement ou partiellement inhibées."

Google launches Gemini 3 Pro Image, aka Nano Banana Pro, with more control, improved text rendering, and enhanced world knowledge, for free in the Gemini app (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/11/20/gemini-3-nano-banana-pro/

Google rolling out Gemini 3-powered ‘Nano Banana Pro’ image gen, editing
Google is following the launch of Gemini 3 Pro with Nano Banana Pro. The image generation and editing model is officially Gemini 3 Pro Image.

AI World Clocks: https://clocks.brianmoore.com (h/t @…)

AI World Clocks
The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.

I'm making a commitment to myself to be at least 68.9% randier in 2026.
WHO'S WIV ME?
#WellYouTriedItJustForOnceFoundItAllRightForKicks #ButNowYouFoundOutThatItsAHabitThatSticks

Stellar performance by former 1st rounder, one-off or Cowboys success? https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/11/21/cowboys-tyler-guyton-evaluation-projection-week-12/87378503007/

I'm running into a really annoying render bug with the latest Kubuntu, which now uses Wayland. Anyone else seen this issue, and know how to fix it?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559959/chromium-apps-scaling-wrong-in-wayland-kubuntu-25-10

Chromium apps scaling wrong in Wayland / Kubuntu 25.10
I just installed Kubuntu 25.10 for the first time, on a fresh laptop install. 25.10 defaults to Wayland now. Now, Chromium-based apps (Chrome, Signal, and Slack so far) are showing mis-scaled; th...

Le recours aux jets privés pour se rendre au WEF a triplé entre 2023 et 2025
https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2026/article/le-recours-aux-jets-prives-pour-se-rendre-au-wef-a-triple…

Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim "thought images", and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/20/nano-banana-pro/

Nano Banana Pro aka gemini-3-pro-image-preview is the best available image generation model
Hot on the heels of Tuesday’s Gemini 3 Pro release, today it’s Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image. I’ve had a few days of preview access …