Arthur Brainville
@ybalrid.info
French. EN/FR. He/Him. C++ dev working on #XR tech @liv.tv
❤️Retro tech, film cameras, and fountain pens!
Accidental collector of vintage Canon cameras.
My favorite cocktail is Rodinal on the rocks.
(pfp by @meropotato) http://ybalrid.info/links
❤️Retro tech, film cameras, and fountain pens!
Accidental collector of vintage Canon cameras.
My favorite cocktail is Rodinal on the rocks.
(pfp by @meropotato) http://ybalrid.info/links
I totally did not pay attention to this in the last decade, but France 100% stopped emitting *any* AM radio stations.
In my region if one was to try to tune in to anything with an antique radio, you could get (with difficulty especially during the day) only stuff from the UK, Spain....
In my region if one was to try to tune in to anything with an antique radio, you could get (with difficulty especially during the day) only stuff from the UK, Spain....
November 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I totally did not pay attention to this in the last decade, but France 100% stopped emitting *any* AM radio stations.
In my region if one was to try to tune in to anything with an antique radio, you could get (with difficulty especially during the day) only stuff from the UK, Spain....
In my region if one was to try to tune in to anything with an antique radio, you could get (with difficulty especially during the day) only stuff from the UK, Spain....
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RenderDoc v1.41 is now available! It adds threaded support for shader debugging, enabling debugging of shaders that use subgroup/wave operations and simulating all threads in a compute group.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Release Version v1.41 · baldurk/renderdoc
Version v1.41
This release includes new threaded support for the shader debugger on all supported APIs (D3D11, D3D12, Vulkan). More details are found below, and please report any problems encounter...
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
RenderDoc v1.41 is now available! It adds threaded support for shader debugging, enabling debugging of shaders that use subgroup/wave operations and simulating all threads in a compute group.
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
Full release notes: github.com/baldurk/rend...
Binary builds: renderdoc.org/builds
I promised film scans, here there are:
This is no alternative to Ektachrome.
Kodak might be unintentionally making a pretty acceptable 50 ISO tungsten balanced "lower" contrast and saturation slide film (with some amount of magenta/green shift)
Again, it's a negative film for ｐｌａｎｅｓ
This is no alternative to Ektachrome.
Kodak might be unintentionally making a pretty acceptable 50 ISO tungsten balanced "lower" contrast and saturation slide film (with some amount of magenta/green shift)
Again, it's a negative film for ｐｌａｎｅｓ
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I promised film scans, here there are:
This is no alternative to Ektachrome.
Kodak might be unintentionally making a pretty acceptable 50 ISO tungsten balanced "lower" contrast and saturation slide film (with some amount of magenta/green shift)
Again, it's a negative film for ｐｌａｎｅｓ
This is no alternative to Ektachrome.
Kodak might be unintentionally making a pretty acceptable 50 ISO tungsten balanced "lower" contrast and saturation slide film (with some amount of magenta/green shift)
Again, it's a negative film for ｐｌａｎｅｓ
E-6 Cross processed Kodak Aerocolor IV (REFLX Pro 100 in this case. It's same film as SantaColor 100 and Elektra 100. Probably other rebrand exist)
Rating it EI 50 (so, box speed +1EV), 85B warming + Skylight 1A filters.
This looks too good to be a hack, like WTF?
Will do real scans later...
Rating it EI 50 (so, box speed +1EV), 85B warming + Skylight 1A filters.
This looks too good to be a hack, like WTF?
Will do real scans later...
November 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
E-6 Cross processed Kodak Aerocolor IV (REFLX Pro 100 in this case. It's same film as SantaColor 100 and Elektra 100. Probably other rebrand exist)
Rating it EI 50 (so, box speed +1EV), 85B warming + Skylight 1A filters.
This looks too good to be a hack, like WTF?
Will do real scans later...
Rating it EI 50 (so, box speed +1EV), 85B warming + Skylight 1A filters.
This looks too good to be a hack, like WTF?
Will do real scans later...
Searching stuff inside the scan of a old paper from 1922. The OCR that was used on the PDF read the greek letter gamma (γ) as a 7. Which is slightly annoying when this is a paper about sensitometry.
(Interestingly they use a geometric method of obtaining the gamma, not the analytical one)
(Interestingly they use a geometric method of obtaining the gamma, not the analytical one)
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Searching stuff inside the scan of a old paper from 1922. The OCR that was used on the PDF read the greek letter gamma (γ) as a 7. Which is slightly annoying when this is a paper about sensitometry.
(Interestingly they use a geometric method of obtaining the gamma, not the analytical one)
(Interestingly they use a geometric method of obtaining the gamma, not the analytical one)
Please @discord.com do not force on users your halloween sound pack. This is extremely annoying to opt out of.
October 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Please @discord.com do not force on users your halloween sound pack. This is extremely annoying to opt out of.
iOS 26.1 Beta is suprisingly buggy at least on an iPhone 14 Pro. Camera app often opens to a black screen
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
iOS 26.1 Beta is suprisingly buggy at least on an iPhone 14 Pro. Camera app often opens to a black screen
Old manual mechanical typewriters in "okay" shape (not fully broken but need some love) are a dime a dozen sure...
But if you are French, and want to find something with a QWERTY keyboard, and that types in Elite fount not Pica (12 characters to the inch, rather than the usual 10) seems impossible
But if you are French, and want to find something with a QWERTY keyboard, and that types in Elite fount not Pica (12 characters to the inch, rather than the usual 10) seems impossible
October 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Old manual mechanical typewriters in "okay" shape (not fully broken but need some love) are a dime a dozen sure...
But if you are French, and want to find something with a QWERTY keyboard, and that types in Elite fount not Pica (12 characters to the inch, rather than the usual 10) seems impossible
But if you are French, and want to find something with a QWERTY keyboard, and that types in Elite fount not Pica (12 characters to the inch, rather than the usual 10) seems impossible
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Podcastathon Is Live! https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2025/9/19/podcastathon-is-live
Podcastathon Is Live! — The Pen Addict
The best pen review site on the internet. Gel pens, Fountain Pens, Japanese pens, and more!
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September 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Podcastathon Is Live! https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2025/9/19/podcastathon-is-live
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Meta Connect sale is live with up to 50% off until Sept 21st. We've rounded up 10 LIV Creator Kit games on sale - from Hard Bullet's physics combat to Dungeons of Eternity's co-op adventures. Don't miss these deals. www.liv.tv/blog/meta-co...
September 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Meta Connect sale is live with up to 50% off until Sept 21st. We've rounded up 10 LIV Creator Kit games on sale - from Hard Bullet's physics combat to Dungeons of Eternity's co-op adventures. Don't miss these deals. www.liv.tv/blog/meta-co...
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December 9, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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L'Europe a inauguré en Allemagne Jupiter, son premier ordinateur géant et ultra-rapide, destiné à combler son retard dans l'intelligence artificielle, et à renforcer la recherche scientifique, en particulier sur le climat.
L'article: ➡️ u.afp.com/Sdso
L'article: ➡️ u.afp.com/Sdso
September 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
L'Europe a inauguré en Allemagne Jupiter, son premier ordinateur géant et ultra-rapide, destiné à combler son retard dans l'intelligence artificielle, et à renforcer la recherche scientifique, en particulier sur le climat.
L'article: ➡️ u.afp.com/Sdso
L'article: ➡️ u.afp.com/Sdso
Each time I see anything written in cyrilic it's interesting that I can read most of it because I know greek
September 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Each time I see anything written in cyrilic it's interesting that I can read most of it because I know greek
J’avais complètement zappé que depuis iOS 18.4 il y a deux nouvelles voix françaises pour Siri
Elle sont beaucoup plus naturelle au niveau des intonations, inflexions et liaisons.
Voix 3 (féminine) somne un peut à bout de souffle par contre
Elle sont beaucoup plus naturelle au niveau des intonations, inflexions et liaisons.
Voix 3 (féminine) somne un peut à bout de souffle par contre
August 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
J’avais complètement zappé que depuis iOS 18.4 il y a deux nouvelles voix françaises pour Siri
Elle sont beaucoup plus naturelle au niveau des intonations, inflexions et liaisons.
Voix 3 (féminine) somne un peut à bout de souffle par contre
Elle sont beaucoup plus naturelle au niveau des intonations, inflexions et liaisons.
Voix 3 (féminine) somne un peut à bout de souffle par contre
125?! Not my choice as, ISO is a standard. And I should think that 125 is derived by sensitonetry: Develop it to the specified rate, and LogE o, 0.10 density above base+fog is used to calculate arithmetic film speed…
The question should be about EI (exposure index) and not ISO speed…
🤓
The question should be about EI (exposure index) and not ISO speed…
🤓
July 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
125?! Not my choice as, ISO is a standard. And I should think that 125 is derived by sensitonetry: Develop it to the specified rate, and LogE o, 0.10 density above base+fog is used to calculate arithmetic film speed…
The question should be about EI (exposure index) and not ISO speed…
🤓
The question should be about EI (exposure index) and not ISO speed…
🤓
There was a number of BlackMagic Cine immersive cameras around the 14th of July celebrations in Paris.
Wonder when and where any of this footage will show up
Wonder when and where any of this footage will show up
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
There was a number of BlackMagic Cine immersive cameras around the 14th of July celebrations in Paris.
Wonder when and where any of this footage will show up
Wonder when and where any of this footage will show up
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It was 56 years ago today Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon — a worldwide event that millions tuned into, including me and my brother (even if I did fall asleep). It’s a big reason we became astronauts and a great example of what our country can do when we work together.
July 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
It was 56 years ago today Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon — a worldwide event that millions tuned into, including me and my brother (even if I did fall asleep). It’s a big reason we became astronauts and a great example of what our country can do when we work together.
I hate the mere existence of US letter paper size, and it being used in PDF documents.
I am printing out some Kodak technical documents, and they all have a couple of centimeters of blank area at the bottom.
Because I lived in the civilized part of the world that use A4 paper.
I am printing out some Kodak technical documents, and they all have a couple of centimeters of blank area at the bottom.
Because I lived in the civilized part of the world that use A4 paper.
July 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I hate the mere existence of US letter paper size, and it being used in PDF documents.
I am printing out some Kodak technical documents, and they all have a couple of centimeters of blank area at the bottom.
Because I lived in the civilized part of the world that use A4 paper.
I am printing out some Kodak technical documents, and they all have a couple of centimeters of blank area at the bottom.
Because I lived in the civilized part of the world that use A4 paper.
Behold. Preview.App !
July 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Behold. Preview.App !
Since I cleaned this contact, the camera has not hammed up yet. It shot 3 rolls of film since (one was a short one just to check if everything was alright in a bulk roll of fomapan 100 I just got)
I may actually write a blerb about this maybe on my mostly abandoned blog
A rarely documented online cause of shutter failure for Canon A-series (here AE-1 Program) cameras is the "SW4 Count Switch" not actually closing after the 1st curtain latch is armed if it's dirty, or corroded (or both)
A rarely documented online cause of shutter failure for Canon A-series (here AE-1 Program) cameras is the "SW4 Count Switch" not actually closing after the 1st curtain latch is armed if it's dirty, or corroded (or both)
July 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Since I cleaned this contact, the camera has not hammed up yet. It shot 3 rolls of film since (one was a short one just to check if everything was alright in a bulk roll of fomapan 100 I just got)
If you manufacture hardware. And you orovide an SDK. And if you are choosing about doing it in C or in C++ for no good reasons (you’re basically just using namespaces and one class as 3 methods that could be functions.)
Please do it in C. It’s a lot more bindable and portable…. 😅
Please do it in C. It’s a lot more bindable and portable…. 😅
July 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
If you manufacture hardware. And you orovide an SDK. And if you are choosing about doing it in C or in C++ for no good reasons (you’re basically just using namespaces and one class as 3 methods that could be functions.)
Please do it in C. It’s a lot more bindable and portable…. 😅
Please do it in C. It’s a lot more bindable and portable…. 😅
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Been testing out GodotBoy this morning, a project for @godotengine.org that lets you drop in your @gbstudio.dev game and export a native exe for Windows/Mac/Linux. Seems like this could a good way for anyone looking to distribute in the different app stores greenf0x.itch.io/godotboy-tem...
June 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Been testing out GodotBoy this morning, a project for @godotengine.org that lets you drop in your @gbstudio.dev game and export a native exe for Windows/Mac/Linux. Seems like this could a good way for anyone looking to distribute in the different app stores greenf0x.itch.io/godotboy-tem...
This is a very first attempt of doing RA-4 reversal printing from one ektachrome frame.
I simply used ILFORD Multigrade black and white developer as 1st developer and just waved the print for a minute I for of a light before color development though the normal RA-4 process.
Need lower contrast
I simply used ILFORD Multigrade black and white developer as 1st developer and just waved the print for a minute I for of a light before color development though the normal RA-4 process.
Need lower contrast
June 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is a very first attempt of doing RA-4 reversal printing from one ektachrome frame.
I simply used ILFORD Multigrade black and white developer as 1st developer and just waved the print for a minute I for of a light before color development though the normal RA-4 process.
Need lower contrast
I simply used ILFORD Multigrade black and white developer as 1st developer and just waved the print for a minute I for of a light before color development though the normal RA-4 process.
Need lower contrast
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I just saw someone use the expression "LLM hallucination propagation" to describe the compounding and self-reinforcing hallucinations when you let an LLM access your codebase, as analogous to NaN propagation in graphics
10/10 no notes lol
10/10 no notes lol
June 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I just saw someone use the expression "LLM hallucination propagation" to describe the compounding and self-reinforcing hallucinations when you let an LLM access your codebase, as analogous to NaN propagation in graphics
10/10 no notes lol
10/10 no notes lol
That apple redesign is a lot less drastic that what I imagined. This is really much not a iOS 7 moment
June 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
That apple redesign is a lot less drastic that what I imagined. This is really much not a iOS 7 moment