Andrew Willmott
@andrewwillmott.bsky.social
Kiwi in the UK by way of the US
Graphics / VFX / Sims / SimCity / Spore / Football Manager / Wayve / Odyssey / Helioflow
https://github.com/andrewwillmott
https://www.andrewwillmott.com
https://soundcloud.com/radiator-8/albums
Graphics / VFX / Sims / SimCity / Spore / Football Manager / Wayve / Odyssey / Helioflow
https://github.com/andrewwillmott
https://www.andrewwillmott.com
https://soundcloud.com/radiator-8/albums
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Indonesia’s shift to cleaner cooking fuels has greatly improved air quality and health—
In 2000, less than 10% of the population in Indonesia had access to clean cooking fuels. This is now over 90%, as the chart shows.
In 2000, less than 10% of the population in Indonesia had access to clean cooking fuels. This is now over 90%, as the chart shows.
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Indonesia’s shift to cleaner cooking fuels has greatly improved air quality and health—
In 2000, less than 10% of the population in Indonesia had access to clean cooking fuels. This is now over 90%, as the chart shows.
In 2000, less than 10% of the population in Indonesia had access to clean cooking fuels. This is now over 90%, as the chart shows.
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A double award winner here.
A gold medal in the, I didn't think the face eating leopard would eat my face; and
A silver medal in the Darwin Awards.
A gold medal in the, I didn't think the face eating leopard would eat my face; and
A silver medal in the Darwin Awards.
January 27, 2026 at 9:54 AM
A double award winner here.
A gold medal in the, I didn't think the face eating leopard would eat my face; and
A silver medal in the Darwin Awards.
A gold medal in the, I didn't think the face eating leopard would eat my face; and
A silver medal in the Darwin Awards.
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It's such an advantage for the Broncos to be playing in fluorescent orange here 😂
January 25, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It's such an advantage for the Broncos to be playing in fluorescent orange here 😂
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Spent some time today finally trying Claude Code (Opus 4.5). Tried to task it to make a simple 2D Stable Fluids implementation from scratch, which it truly fumbled no matter what suggestions I made to improve it. There should be lots of examples in its training data, so that was a but disappointing
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Spent some time today finally trying Claude Code (Opus 4.5). Tried to task it to make a simple 2D Stable Fluids implementation from scratch, which it truly fumbled no matter what suggestions I made to improve it. There should be lots of examples in its training data, so that was a but disappointing
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At this point what the below images are are easily recognized by almost anyone who dabble in making games or 3D graphics in general.
The now ubiquitous Normal Map.
First described in 1998, and showed up in games around 2000 with Citizen Kabuto and Halo in 2001.
Except...
The now ubiquitous Normal Map.
First described in 1998, and showed up in games around 2000 with Citizen Kabuto and Halo in 2001.
Except...
January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
At this point what the below images are are easily recognized by almost anyone who dabble in making games or 3D graphics in general.
The now ubiquitous Normal Map.
First described in 1998, and showed up in games around 2000 with Citizen Kabuto and Halo in 2001.
Except...
The now ubiquitous Normal Map.
First described in 1998, and showed up in games around 2000 with Citizen Kabuto and Halo in 2001.
Except...
“We have a ~16ms frame budget, so we have roughly ~5ms to go from the React scene graph to ANSI written.”
You might be doing it wrong if you have garbage collection of any sort in a rendering pipeline.
Claude Code’s TUI struggling to hit 60fps (and the devs not knowing how silly comparing Claude Code with a game engine is) certainly hints that most of Claude Code is probably written using Claude Code.
Claude Code’s TUI struggling to hit 60fps (and the devs not knowing how silly comparing Claude Code with a game engine is) certainly hints that most of Claude Code is probably written using Claude Code.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“We have a ~16ms frame budget, so we have roughly ~5ms to go from the React scene graph to ANSI written.”
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Kino watching Flow.
January 23, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Kino watching Flow.
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Massive change. Average unemployment in southern and northern Europe is now the same
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
January 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Massive change. Average unemployment in southern and northern Europe is now the same
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
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Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.
January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen's note to Starmer after visiting Chequers yesterday.
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new color balance test image just dropped
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
new color balance test image just dropped
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And then, peeking through, you see a whole-ass galaxy in the background.
The imaging capabilities of JWST really are remarkable.
And we're living in a time when we get to see them.
The imaging capabilities of JWST really are remarkable.
And we're living in a time when we get to see them.
January 21, 2026 at 11:13 PM
And then, peeking through, you see a whole-ass galaxy in the background.
The imaging capabilities of JWST really are remarkable.
And we're living in a time when we get to see them.
The imaging capabilities of JWST really are remarkable.
And we're living in a time when we get to see them.
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Breaking: Yahoo and AOL still exist
Yahoo and AOL are down
Yahoo and AOL are down
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Breaking: Yahoo and AOL still exist
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NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct.
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…
Some of is this is bound to be from people looking to flee US treasuries, but still! In a rational media environment it would be as much if not more front-page news than the beat-ups over one-day rate blips over the last year from the right-wing UK press.
Surprise, it's not.
Surprise, it's not.
Very strong demand at this morning's gilt auction - bids worth 3.66 times the £4.75 billion on offer for a 4% gilt due in 2029.
It ranks as the 9th strongest out of the 1,208 auctions held since 1998.
DMO said to be ecstatic, someone has broken out a packet of Blue Ribands.
It ranks as the 9th strongest out of the 1,208 auctions held since 1998.
DMO said to be ecstatic, someone has broken out a packet of Blue Ribands.
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Some of is this is bound to be from people looking to flee US treasuries, but still! In a rational media environment it would be as much if not more front-page news than the beat-ups over one-day rate blips over the last year from the right-wing UK press.
Surprise, it's not.
Surprise, it's not.
Well, that was inevitable: discord.com/press-releas....
Massive data leak from online age checks. Of unimportant things like passport and driver's license photos.
There will be more.
If you're in the UK I would strongly advise using a VPN rather than submitting to these age checks, much safer.
Massive data leak from online age checks. Of unimportant things like passport and driver's license photos.
There will be more.
If you're in the UK I would strongly advise using a VPN rather than submitting to these age checks, much safer.
Update on a Security Incident Involving Third-Party Customer Service | Discord
At Discord, protecting the privacy and security of our users is a top priority. That’s why it’s important to us that we’re transparent with them about events that impact their personal information.
discord.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Well, that was inevitable: discord.com/press-releas....
Massive data leak from online age checks. Of unimportant things like passport and driver's license photos.
There will be more.
If you're in the UK I would strongly advise using a VPN rather than submitting to these age checks, much safer.
Massive data leak from online age checks. Of unimportant things like passport and driver's license photos.
There will be more.
If you're in the UK I would strongly advise using a VPN rather than submitting to these age checks, much safer.
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This both true and not. Re-arranging flows of purchases (or in a more extreme scenario stocks of ownership) under the hypothetical of Europeans halting all buys would be abject chaos. And that’s significantly more true when adding other assets (corporate bonds, equities, etc).
A reminder that the “weaponise US Treasuries” playbook is outdated: no single foreign entity has meaningful market share, and foreigners are now far less important in government funding. Also (since at least Bagehot’s day), if central banks have one role, it is to act as buyers of last resort.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
This both true and not. Re-arranging flows of purchases (or in a more extreme scenario stocks of ownership) under the hypothetical of Europeans halting all buys would be abject chaos. And that’s significantly more true when adding other assets (corporate bonds, equities, etc).
Oof.
So does the Pope have to resign now.
So does the Pope have to resign now.
January 19, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Oof.
So does the Pope have to resign now.
So does the Pope have to resign now.
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NO WAY. CALEB WILLIAMS HEAVES IT ON 4TH DOWN.
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
NO WAY. CALEB WILLIAMS HEAVES IT ON 4TH DOWN.
Maybe there’s something to all this mularky.
thinking about the pope pacing back and forth in his apartment at 3:30 am yelling at the tv
January 19, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Maybe there’s something to all this mularky.
Well … that was unexpected. (Bears/Rams)
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Well … that was unexpected. (Bears/Rams)
Thank god for xcodereleases.com, saving me from endless spelunking of the stygian eldritch horror maze that is Apple's developer site these days.
Xcode Releases
More than you ever wanted to know™
xcodereleases.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Thank god for xcodereleases.com, saving me from endless spelunking of the stygian eldritch horror maze that is Apple's developer site these days.
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Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, today: a massive protest outside the U.S. embassy against the sale/occupation of Greenland by the United States
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen, today: a massive protest outside the U.S. embassy against the sale/occupation of Greenland by the United States
