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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

tldr; why I shoot video at higher data rates/etc even though I don't strictly need to for the kind of work I produce.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I am looking for my next thing. If you think you know where that could be please reach out.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Checkout at a local store, tap to pay isn't working. "Have you tried rebooting it?" I say. Tap to pay works

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

will do. Montreal is always great to visit!

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

(and yes, that's probably exactly where you think it is. I was at a conference.)

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

oh shoot I forgot you were from the area! I only flew back yesterday. Would've been cool to catch up.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

davinci photo page is cool, and I think is a real option. the workflow is definitely a bit different, but you get some raw photo tools, the effects racks, as well as access to the color page (which is some cool practice for video color grading too)

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

*why doesn't the image editor reflect the display in app*

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I think I'll need to download some more ram

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Yeah that's sweet. I have unifi at home already so very likely going to grab this

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

That's awesome and I didn't know that existed

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That's just because I forget about it though. It's easy enough to turn off and pocket when I'm not using it. The connection to the camera is stellar, but I'd rather the camera be able to turn the mic itself on/off too rather than just the receiver

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Been using the dji mic 3 on the rust conf trip. It's a nice little mic and I hope all the audio comes out well. I'm definitely stress testing it a bit recording next to loud roads. The biggest issues I've had is that if I have it off but still clipped on I can easily swipe the magnet accidentally.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

pop culture style madeon remix of a song referencing pop culture is pretty sweet www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU1E...

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Ninajirachi - iPod Touch (Madeon Remix) Official Visualizer

YouTube video by Ninajirachi

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

playing with some lighting to figure out if I want to use it

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

prototype worldspace 2d menus (show/hide based on clicking the green mesh at the moment)

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

250 is possible but could be a bit under weight depending on the person imo. I was 6'9" 250lb at my most athletic, and accounting for the height difference and body fat changes I could see holding another 30+ lbs of muscle at that weight. I think the actor is a bit under that height/weight

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The Rust Foundation @rustfoundation.org · 19/08/2026

Calling overloaded C++ functions from Rust today means boilerplate, traits, or uniquely-named functions for every overload. "Splat," a new experiment from Teor of the Rust/C++ Interop Initiative, is a 1st step toward making that easier. Learn more: rustfoundation.org/media/experi...

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Experimenting with Function Overloading in Rust: Why It Matters

The Rust/C++ Interop Initiative — a Rust Foundation effort aimed at making Rust and C++ work together more smoothly — is the driving force behind the "function overloading experiment" described in…

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

A surprise @bushr.at appears when looking into new Rust experiments

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A bunch of people are at the moment! Will be interesting to see how it evolves over the next few years

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

jj is cool, but suggesting people switch is a bit heavyweight if the goal is to build a git interface

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"stage" and "stash" both being 5-letter "sta" words is definitely a UX challenge for any git interface.

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Predrag Gruevski @predr.ag · 16/08/2026

Rust CI now runs cargo-semver-checks to prevent accidental breakage in the standard library 🦀 If you're wondering why that's important and why it took 15kLoC+, this post is for you. predr.ag/blog/protect...

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Protecting the Rust standard library from accidental breakage

How & why we're running cargo-semver-checks in Rust's CI

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

some prototyping for an incremental game

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Nurzhan Saken @saken.me · 13/08/2026

My boyfriend was suddenly laid off yesterday and is looking for work. If you need an editor or proofreader (or a writer), please talk to him, or share it with someone who might <3

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Rustweek is easily the first conference I look forward to each year.

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Mara Bos @mara.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I was asked recently about the cost of running a #rustlang conference and why the ticket prices are what they are. We figured we can just publicly share the numbers for RustWeek, in the name of #transparency. :) 1/9

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

One thing I've learned is that some situations are only resolvable by letting someone make a mistake they are committed to making, then showing up with compassion later. Not everyone has the experience (yet) to be convinced of how a situation is going to play out.

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Martin Sandin @msandin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hey! I released a new version of my cute cosmic horror puzzle game, including the demo. store.steampowered.com/news/app/402... Mostly contains the updated boulder graphics, but also some minor text tweaks. #gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame #pixelart #bevyengine #steam #horrorgame #cosmichorror

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The Portsmoor Abysm - Update Notes for version 2026.08.07 - Steam News

This is a small update, with one visual update and some minor tweaks.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Got into the Times of Progress demo last week. City Builder, Industrial Revolution, built in Bevy store.steampowered.com/app/4910890/...

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

RustWeek was not when I was there this year

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

and finally, the diff'd normals version with seemingly the correct calculations

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I duplicated the mesh in blender and hid it from view, then used that mesh on scene ready to grab the normals and apply them in the space the morph target occupies in the shape keyed mesh. This is the full normal value, not the diff, so it still looks a bit off

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I was able to programmatically modify the normals for one of the morph targets

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yeah, I'm deciding how to handle (or if to handle) mouths. The mouth bag or sonic universal approach seems attractive for toonish results, and I could sculpt it in for something less "universal"

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Well if you're going programmatically, I believe bevy already supports it. My issue is I wanted to author it in a dcc. docs.rs/bevy/latest/...

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MorphAttributes in bevy::mesh::morph - Rust

Attributes differences used for morph targets.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I know one possible approach is baking the normals and then accessing the morph data in the shader to blend between baked normals for the positions. Blender doesn't implement the normals for shape keys, but the corresponding feature in gltf, morph targets *does* registry.khronos.org/glTF/specs/2...

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glTF™ 2.0 Specification

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yes, I haven't verified by checking the actual data manually but that's what I believe is happening. The first video is transferred at the base starting position and the second is transferred at the offset position (which is the right side)

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

`tick_mortality`... same honestly.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

yeah basically. the positions are stored in the shape keys and the normals (as per blender's implementation) actually seem to *not* be storable in the shape keys, so the data from a data transfer modifier to set the normal data would apply to *all* shape keys.

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

idk what it is about agents that makes people think they can write PRs to fix issues for platforms they don't have access to and can't validate repros or fixes on. (I mean, I do know but...)

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I do fear that I will end up having to code the normal transfer in-engine anyway, but maybe that won't be so bad since I can encode the shrinkwrap of the positions in blender

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

kinda of hard to tell if the right data is being set sometimes. Easy to miss applying the right modifier, etc

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Chris Biscardi @chrisbiscardi.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

some prototype shape key logic from blender running in bevy, intending to make it look like the two completely separate cylinders are a single object using calculated/transferred normal data

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