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Tom Forsyth

@tomforsyth.bsky.social

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Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room. mastodon.gamedev.place/web/@TomF (twitter.com/tom_forsyth if you're nasty)

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · Feb 17

Pinned policy post.

If you personally insult me, I will tell you, and mute you for a random duration. If you persist, it's a block.

I tend to follow far too many people. Every now and then I cull a RANDOM selection for my sanity. If I unfollow you, this is why - it's not personal.

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 6h

I rewatched it recently. It's terrible. But memorable! Like Tron. Which I have only watched 8 or 9 times so far.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 6h

In a few years time, he will not be president. But imagine the eternal repercussions if the Quislings do bend the knee to the madman.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h

Nobel peace prize 2025: Norway fears repercussions if Donald Trump not honoured in ceremony

US president has been conducting campaign to influence prize committee We don’t know for sure – the Norwegian Nobel Committee keeps the candidates’ names secret for 50 years, meaning there is no certainty and it’s all, frankly, guesswork. However, there is a workaround. We have an idea of a few people who are likely to be on the list when nominators — who are eligible individuals like members of government or university professors — choose to publicise their submissions. Anti-occupation activists Issa Amro from Hebron, Palestine and Jeff Halper from Jerusalem. (Nominated by Norwegian MP Ingrid Fiskaa) Donald Trump. The US president has said several times that he deserves the prize, and is openly envious that four of his predecessors, including Barack Obama, who have received the award. (Nominated by US Republican Representative Claudia Tenney) Chow Hang-tung. A prominent barrister and human rights activist who is jailed in Hong Kong. (Nominated by Norwegian MP Guri Melby) Continue reading...

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 8h

No. Because I wouldn't have believed me. Inconceivable bullshit.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 9h

Is... is this what having a stroke(*) feels like?

(*) not that sort - behave!

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 10h

Frogs: Weird little freaks (congratulatory)

ICE: Weird little freaks (derogative)

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 13h

I would like to just take a moment to invite you to enjoy Cake's 1996 mega-hit 'The Distance'.

It's likely that you know this song, perhaps even love it. But just take a moment to revel in the utter masterpiece that it is.

Surrender yourself to it.

You deserve it.

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 10h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=db1u...
(if the timestamp doesn't work, skip to the 59 minute mark)

Pacific, 2hr Enduro (unedited version), 2020 July 18th

YouTube video by Tom Forsyth

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 10h

If it is any consolation, I have never once suspected you were as awesome as Chuck Tingle (derogatory, comedic)

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 10h

TBF she is trivially the most qualified of the four.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 10h

Hey so RFKJr if you're having bottom surgery done, does that inherently count as circumcision, or do you have to have it done before, and like how much soon beforehand - is five minutes long enough to get the full benefit for WH40k miniatures?

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 12h

Warning - do not attempt to upgrade manually.

A low-rez cat that has been badly upscaled by a variety of terrible "high def" filters that all look worse than the original.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 14h

Rule: if I have to spend time thinking about whether or not I need to ban you, then I need to ban you.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 15h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks, I hate it :-)

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 15h

"Huh, it sounds a lot better than the original 3rd generation 2x speed tape-to-tape copy I had."

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 23h

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 16h

It's wild that they looked at how bad an idea it was to own a boat, said "hold my beer", and invented owning a horse.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 16h

Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine" plays in my head every time I see the title.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 18h

These are way less than the 1500% decrease we were promised earlier. I demand a refund.

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · 3d

Boards of Canada's Olsen performed on a PDP-1. Holy shit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

YouTube video by Joe Lynch

www.youtube.com

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Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 20h

An ignorant failson telling a well-qualified woman what to do with her own body is certainly a tale of utter derangement, yes.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 1d

It would be an excellent idea to at least quantise the inputs before starting, which has the same effect.

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 1d

They had edge cases! I remember talking to Abrash about having to handle them all. Well, you know, "all" - you never really know if you fixed every single one :-)

Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 1d

Has anybody got a robust C/C++ CSG library that they have actually used and like? There's a bunch of them out there, but CSG is notorious for ugly edge cases that make it fail to be watertight and suchlike.

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