Author: halkony
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How to Use Microsoft Trellis Models for Game Development
Microsoft Trellis is an incredible AI tool that can create intricate 3D models from a description or from an image. This has incredible potential when paired with traditional AI art generation, as I demonstrate in the video below. You can try it for yourself here. This is impressive technology, and at first glance, it seems…
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Using AI Scene Detection to Edit Stream VODs for Youtube
I’ve been working on a desktop app that will cut down stream VODs based on how high your heart rate is. During that research, I came across a python library called scenedetect that can automatically separate the different scenes inside a long video. This sounded especially useful for editing stream VODs. Recently a Super Smash…
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How to Run Quasar Component Tests using Playwright and Vue
Are you having trouble setting up component tests with Playwright and Quasar? There’s an app extension for Quasar using Cypress, but what about Quasar using Playwright? We’ll start with a simple example that works end to end, then fix the issues that come with component testing in Playwright. End to End Testing For this example,…
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How I Created a VOD Highlight Reel In Less Than 10 Minutes Using ChatGPT
I stream on Twitch and I’ve liked video editing since I was a kid. There’s one glaring issue with making stream highlights though — it takes FOREVER. Think about it. If you have a 5 hour VOD, who’s going to scrub through 5 hours of VOD footage? You? The guy who just spent 5 hours…
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The Six Qualities of the Perfect Twitch E-Girl
Twitch is a social experience unique to the information age, and if you are an e-girl on Twitch, it should be your life’s mission to build an army of simps. I’ve been enjoying Twitch for about a year, and as a self-proclaimed simp, I’ve got a handle on what it means to be a modern…
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Optimized Ways of Eating Food that Nobody Asked For
Life is short. And your ADHD brain fully evolved to eat food in a hurry. We call this optimized eating. Some of these tips are up to preference. And some of these tips will change your experience of food. All of them are useful — but none of them were asked for. Honey Sticks If…
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The Challenge and Reward of Software Integration
I have a good bit of app ideas. They are, in fact, very good. I am a clever salesman, but I am not a very experienced builder. A wall I’ve recently hit is how to communicate results between two independent, custom-tailored applications. This need is called “integration” in software terminology. An analogy for non-technical people:…