tef
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i used to take pictures of crows, but it's been a while
they/them thanks
they/them thanks
thought i was being super smart by parametizing my code in a specific way, turns out i wasn't, and i've just finishing undoing all of my genius work
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
thought i was being super smart by parametizing my code in a specific way, turns out i wasn't, and i've just finishing undoing all of my genius work
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
so glad we've moved on from the days of a tory government and the constant leadership election fighting, or the leaks to the press to focus group policy
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
so glad we've moved on from the days of a tory government and the constant leadership election fighting, or the leaks to the press to focus group policy
i still twitch whenever i get an email so i'm doing great thanks for checking in
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
i still twitch whenever i get an email so i'm doing great thanks for checking in
i am looking forward to replacing my "find a job" anxiety with "oh no will i keep this job" anxiety in the future, it's usually a little easier to deal with
i am also looking forwards to having a social battery again and not being in constant panic
i am also looking forwards to having a social battery again and not being in constant panic
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
i am looking forward to replacing my "find a job" anxiety with "oh no will i keep this job" anxiety in the future, it's usually a little easier to deal with
i am also looking forwards to having a social battery again and not being in constant panic
i am also looking forwards to having a social battery again and not being in constant panic
every day i am told "ai solves technical problems" and every day i see ai making the social problems worse
today it's an ocaml PR, where someone desiring the status of a contributor but unwilling to do anything more than copy and pasting things out of chatbot logs
a huge waste of people's time
today it's an ocaml PR, where someone desiring the status of a contributor but unwilling to do anything more than copy and pasting things out of chatbot logs
a huge waste of people's time
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
every day i am told "ai solves technical problems" and every day i see ai making the social problems worse
today it's an ocaml PR, where someone desiring the status of a contributor but unwilling to do anything more than copy and pasting things out of chatbot logs
a huge waste of people's time
today it's an ocaml PR, where someone desiring the status of a contributor but unwilling to do anything more than copy and pasting things out of chatbot logs
a huge waste of people's time
current status: one cat on my chair, two on my lap
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
current status: one cat on my chair, two on my lap
every so often i encounter a prog rock fan who extolls to me the "weird time signatures" they've encountered
and i get to bring out some of my most useless knowledge: my brother in christ, the mario kart 64 winning theme is in 11/8 or 6/4 and 5/4 alternating
weird time signatures are everywhere
and i get to bring out some of my most useless knowledge: my brother in christ, the mario kart 64 winning theme is in 11/8 or 6/4 and 5/4 alternating
weird time signatures are everywhere
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
every so often i encounter a prog rock fan who extolls to me the "weird time signatures" they've encountered
and i get to bring out some of my most useless knowledge: my brother in christ, the mario kart 64 winning theme is in 11/8 or 6/4 and 5/4 alternating
weird time signatures are everywhere
and i get to bring out some of my most useless knowledge: my brother in christ, the mario kart 64 winning theme is in 11/8 or 6/4 and 5/4 alternating
weird time signatures are everywhere
i might seem fussy about UK vs US keyboard layouts, but please bear in mind
i use the characters #, \, |, `, ~ several hundreds of times a day, and I use £ or § or ± maybe once a month, so everything is several times more frustrating
the keys `~ and \| and 'return' are all in different places too
i use the characters #, \, |, `, ~ several hundreds of times a day, and I use £ or § or ± maybe once a month, so everything is several times more frustrating
the keys `~ and \| and 'return' are all in different places too
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
i might seem fussy about UK vs US keyboard layouts, but please bear in mind
i use the characters #, \, |, `, ~ several hundreds of times a day, and I use £ or § or ± maybe once a month, so everything is several times more frustrating
the keys `~ and \| and 'return' are all in different places too
i use the characters #, \, |, `, ~ several hundreds of times a day, and I use £ or § or ± maybe once a month, so everything is several times more frustrating
the keys `~ and \| and 'return' are all in different places too
praying i can replace this UK keyboard laptop with one that has a proper and correct US keyboard layout, as god intended
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
praying i can replace this UK keyboard laptop with one that has a proper and correct US keyboard layout, as god intended
it's a small thing but i've gotten a work laptop with the absolute garbage UK key layout, and not the US (all the keyboard shortcuts work) layout
i am absolutely going to try and get it fixed, UK keyboard layouts are banned under the geneva convention for cruel and unusual punishment
i am absolutely going to try and get it fixed, UK keyboard layouts are banned under the geneva convention for cruel and unusual punishment
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's a small thing but i've gotten a work laptop with the absolute garbage UK key layout, and not the US (all the keyboard shortcuts work) layout
i am absolutely going to try and get it fixed, UK keyboard layouts are banned under the geneva convention for cruel and unusual punishment
i am absolutely going to try and get it fixed, UK keyboard layouts are banned under the geneva convention for cruel and unusual punishment
information gladly given but safety requires avoiding unnecessary conversation
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
information gladly given but safety requires avoiding unnecessary conversation
aside: it's a big day for "everything wrong with america is foreign" rhetoric
i mean on one hand, you've got 'great replacement' conspiracy theories on the regular, but today we've also got some of the 'all maga are secretly foreign actors' shtick too
i mean on one hand, you've got 'great replacement' conspiracy theories on the regular, but today we've also got some of the 'all maga are secretly foreign actors' shtick too
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
aside: it's a big day for "everything wrong with america is foreign" rhetoric
i mean on one hand, you've got 'great replacement' conspiracy theories on the regular, but today we've also got some of the 'all maga are secretly foreign actors' shtick too
i mean on one hand, you've got 'great replacement' conspiracy theories on the regular, but today we've also got some of the 'all maga are secretly foreign actors' shtick too
had a whole conversation about being face blind, other person remarked "i often remember a little later" and usually that doesn't happen with me
but this time, it did, it was someone i'd met months prior, maybe? possibly? i am incredibly bad at both names and faces
but this time, it did, it was someone i'd met months prior, maybe? possibly? i am incredibly bad at both names and faces
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
had a whole conversation about being face blind, other person remarked "i often remember a little later" and usually that doesn't happen with me
but this time, it did, it was someone i'd met months prior, maybe? possibly? i am incredibly bad at both names and faces
but this time, it did, it was someone i'd met months prior, maybe? possibly? i am incredibly bad at both names and faces
"What’s your favorite under-appreciated camera?"
you can't trick me, i know exactly what happens to under appreciated cameras on eBay
that said, the low end of the om system cameras, om10, om20 are cheap, have aperture priority, and olympus are some of the cheaper lenses second hand
you can't trick me, i know exactly what happens to under appreciated cameras on eBay
that said, the low end of the om system cameras, om10, om20 are cheap, have aperture priority, and olympus are some of the cheaper lenses second hand
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"What’s your favorite under-appreciated camera?"
you can't trick me, i know exactly what happens to under appreciated cameras on eBay
that said, the low end of the om system cameras, om10, om20 are cheap, have aperture priority, and olympus are some of the cheaper lenses second hand
you can't trick me, i know exactly what happens to under appreciated cameras on eBay
that said, the low end of the om system cameras, om10, om20 are cheap, have aperture priority, and olympus are some of the cheaper lenses second hand
buying a lottery ticket, as, well, since i got a job, who knows what the future can hold
buying a lottery ticket because i want to experience something with better odds than a job interview
November 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
buying a lottery ticket, as, well, since i got a job, who knows what the future can hold
over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
Tom Forsyth (@[email protected])
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then ...
mastodon.gamedev.place
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
eschewing simple hobbies like "mechanical keyboards" and moving straight onto building my own pipe organ
that's right: i'm pulling out all the stops
that's right: i'm pulling out all the stops
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
eschewing simple hobbies like "mechanical keyboards" and moving straight onto building my own pipe organ
that's right: i'm pulling out all the stops
that's right: i'm pulling out all the stops
i saw stuff about poetry and i assumed it was that story about llms struggling to deal with poetry
now i am seeing "DO NOT CLICK ON THE POETRY" and i do not know what's going on but i think america is having their "i want to be your tampon" esque moment
now i am seeing "DO NOT CLICK ON THE POETRY" and i do not know what's going on but i think america is having their "i want to be your tampon" esque moment
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
i saw stuff about poetry and i assumed it was that story about llms struggling to deal with poetry
now i am seeing "DO NOT CLICK ON THE POETRY" and i do not know what's going on but i think america is having their "i want to be your tampon" esque moment
now i am seeing "DO NOT CLICK ON THE POETRY" and i do not know what's going on but i think america is having their "i want to be your tampon" esque moment
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i think i will find a terrible manwha or manwha equivalent and dissociate wildly over the weekend, i've earned it
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i think i will find a terrible manwha or manwha equivalent and dissociate wildly over the weekend, i've earned it
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Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.
September 1, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Those new to Bsky need to be made aware of one of the greatest skeets ever, deleted long before its time.
hooooollllllyy yfuuuuucckkking shiiiiitttttttttt
(i got an offer)
(forgive me, but that is as much information as i'm willing to post about publicly, but sf company, generalist work, starting in dec)
FUUUUUCCKKK YESSSSSSSSS
(i got an offer)
(forgive me, but that is as much information as i'm willing to post about publicly, but sf company, generalist work, starting in dec)
FUUUUUCCKKK YESSSSSSSSS
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
hooooollllllyy yfuuuuucckkking shiiiiitttttttttt
(i got an offer)
(forgive me, but that is as much information as i'm willing to post about publicly, but sf company, generalist work, starting in dec)
FUUUUUCCKKK YESSSSSSSSS
(i got an offer)
(forgive me, but that is as much information as i'm willing to post about publicly, but sf company, generalist work, starting in dec)
FUUUUUCCKKK YESSSSSSSSS
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programming
What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at?
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
July 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
programming
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hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
hard to maintain friendships with game developers because all these motherfuckers have ADHD and forget you exist when you're out of sight (it's me i'm these guys)