Erik Makela

most-interesting-website

I have found what I can definitively call the wildest website I have ever seen with a feature of many web 1.0 and web 2.0 designs. Check it out. (via No Skill. No Taste Hacker News)

Cameron’s World - https://www.cameronsworld.net/

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Ray Tracing in Makie: From Research Data to Photorealistic Renders (via HN)

Research groups across many fields (climate science, structural biology, fluid dynamics, particle physics) produce complex 3D data that needs to be communicated clearly and compellingly. Photorealistic rendering can transform dense simulation output into images that reveal structure and tell a story. But getting research data into a traditional ray tracer usually means exporting meshes, learning new tools, and losing the interactive workflow.

By building ray tracing directly into Makie, we eliminate that gap. The same scene you explore interactively with GLMakie can be rendered photorealistically with RayMakie, no export step, no new API to learn.

Setup Resources for Openclaw

How I got my own instance of openclaw setup

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Roads to Rome, Benedikt Grob (via HN)

“Roads to Rome” is a data visualization project that explores the idiom, “all roads lead to Rome”. The outcome is both information visualization and data art and unveils mobility patterns at a very large scale. The visualizations were created using routing algorithms on existing street infrastructure from city to continent scale. The resulting images bring insights into the ways in which road infrastructure reflect regional, political and geographical situations.

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Women’s Sizing, The Pudding

Vanity sizing provides a powerful marketing strategy for brands. Companies found that whenever women needed a size larger than expected, they were less likely to follow through on their purchases. Some could even develop negative associations with the brand and never shop there again. But when manufacturers manipulated sizing labels, leading to a more positive customer experience, brands could maintain a slight competitive edge.

Really cool website overall that I’ll probably explore the other articles