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Colored Shadow Penumbra (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Colorful Shadow Art Kit → | tags: unreal engine, lumen, substrate

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4 Tech Products I Rely on to Help My Toddler Sleep (cnet.com)

2026-04-24 | by See Full Bio | get White Noise Machine → | tags: smartwings, blackout shades, cnet

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Shade lands $14M to let creative teams search their video libraries in plain English (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-23 | by Ivan Mehta | get Video Library Search Tool → | tags: shade, cloud storage, khosla ventures

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Mosyle identifies two new macOS threats invisible to antivirus engines (9to5mac.com)

2026-04-22 | by Arin Waichulis | get Mosyle Security Suite → | tags: mosyle, phoenix worm, shade stager

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I hated this Android texting feature for seven years — but Android 17 finally fixed it (androidauthority.com)

2026-04-17 | get Android Texting Accessibility Tool → | tags: android 17, google, smart replies

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Show HN: Shader Lab, like Photoshop but for shaders (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Shader Editing Software → | tags: shader lab, photoshop, keyframe

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Introducing: ShaderPad (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-15 | get ShaderPad GPU Programming Tool → | tags: shaderpad, shadertoy, three.js

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Best Smart Shades, Blinds, and Curtains (2026): Motorized, Tailor-Made, and More (wired.com)

2026-04-10 | by Simon Hill | get Motorized Smart Blinds → | tags: smart shades, tailor-made, window blinds

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Nvidia Rolls Out Its Fix For PC Gaming's 'Compiling Shaders' Wait Times (slashdot.org)

2026-04-02 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, pc gaming, compiling shaders

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Nvidia rolls out its fix for PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Cleaner → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, shader compilation

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Nvidia's new app lets you precompile gaming shaders during machine idle time (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-01 | get Nvidia Shader Cache Tool → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, machine idle

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Nvidia App adds 'Auto Shader Compilation' for faster load times in games — beta feature automatically recompiles shaders in the background after every driver update (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-01 | by Hassam Nasir | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, auto shader compilation, dlss 4.5

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Nvidia App beta enables DLSS 4.5 with dynamic frame-gen, automatic shader compilation (techspot.com)

2026-03-31 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series → | tags: nvidia, dlss 4.5, rtx 50

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Fast and Gorgeous Erosion Filter (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-31 | tags: erosion filter, shadertoy, water streams

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Intel's new feature can improve game loading times by up to 3x — Precompiled Shader Delivery comes to Arc Xe2 and Xe3 GPUs following DirectX SDK release (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-19 | by Hassam Nasir | get Intel Arc Shader Cache → | tags: intel, arc xe2, directx sdk

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New Intel Arc drivers promise faster game loads with shader distribution (techspot.com)

2026-03-18 | get Intel Arc Graphics Card → | tags: intel, arc gpu, graphics shader distribution

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Video Encoding and Decoding with Vulkan Compute Shaders in FFmpeg (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-17 | by Lynne | get Vulkan API Developer Kit → | tags: vulkan compute shaders, ffmpeg, video encoding

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Nvidia, AMD, and Intel back Microsoft's plan to fix shader compilation stutter (techspot.com)

2026-03-14 | get Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 → | tags: nvidia, amd, intel

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Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times (arstechnica.com)

2026-03-13 | get Shader Compilation Optimization Tool → | tags: microsoft, direct3d, shader delivery

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Trader Joe’s is bringing back its viral mini tote bags. Here’s when to start looking (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-03-12 | get Mini Tote Bag → | tags: trader joe’s, mini tote bags, canvas totes

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Developer creates real-time 3D shader demo for the Game Boy Color — you can download the ROM or interact with the 3D teapot online (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-08 | by Mark Tyson | get Teapot → | tags: blog, demo, interactive

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Dithering – Part 2: The Ordered Dithering (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-26 | get Algorithm → | tags: black, black white, dithering

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An Experimental Approach to Printf in HLSL (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-07 | by Chris Bieneman | get Profiler → | tags: hlsl, implementation, printf

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Cyberpunk 2077 transformed into a stunning VHS visual experience using new ReShade preset — so 1980s real you start watching for mullets, another enthusiast benchmarks preset's visuals using an actual VHS recording (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Mark Tyson | get VHS Visualizer → | tags: preset, reshade, reshade preset

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OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-17 | get Open Broadcasting Software → | tags: metal, obs studio, shader

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Feynman vs. Computer (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-04 | get Quantum Computer → | tags: area, columns, piles

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Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-10 | get RISC-V Emulator → | tags: code, memory, shader

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25 years ago today, Microsoft released DirectX 8 and changed PC graphics forever — How programmable shaders laid the groundwork for the future of modern GPU rendering (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-09 | by Hassam Nasir | get DirectX 8 → | tags: directx, graphics, hardware

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Google Maps could soon let you choose shady streets, literally (APK teardown) (androidauthority.com)

2025-11-06 | get Street View → | tags: android, google, maps

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Sharp Bilinear Filters: Big Clean Pixels for Pixel Art (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Michael Martin | get Google Pixel → | tags: opengl, pixel, shader