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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · 8d

After contracting a staph infection thanks to #Supercuts they say they won't pay for my doctor's visit just refund the cut and tip. Thanks to #Supercuts for the past week of #sleeplessness with my head on fire. The #scalpscars will keep me away from your company in the future.

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · 14d

It is pretty easy to validate the real ApeSDK users from their email addresses...

Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · 19d

Track for the morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uJ...

The Originator

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Sep 8

Cycling through Afghanistan, one of my bucket list items: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwB...

Stopped by the Taliban in rural Afghanistan 🇦🇫

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Sep 7

A Christopher Plummer marathon on my night off.

Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Aug 24

By chance was cleaning out my cupboard when I can accross some Marc Masclans' miniatures. Found the video online and I own the space ork with saw and the commissar. Very cool. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZL_...

Patreon only! The Art of Marc Masclans on Banshee Miniature Art Academy

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Jeffrey Ventrella @ventrella.bsky.social · Aug 17

number theory meets the particle system

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Aug 16

Added a couple of three videos to: apesdk.com/doc/

ApeSDK Documentation: August 2024

Aping reality through simulation

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Aug 14

I was debating posting this to LinkedIn. It has been that kind of Thursday... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_V_...

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Jeffrey Ventrella @ventrella.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jul 10

Fascinating talk about #ApeSDK at the monthly @eralife.bsky.social townhall this morning. Fascinating discussion about a number of aspects of #artificiallife. Good to have been there!

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jul 1

youtu.be/LQ1r0MiJU-w Looking for #opensource developers interested in the #ApeSDK. Some permutations through the command line now available through #Python. The GUI version is certainly more visually pleasing :)

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 29

Or before I start even... Meow.

Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 28

Sorry about the early update. The #ApeSDK is now running fully through #Python . Enjoy! youtu.be/YOZG9Dnxxmg #OpenSource #artificiallife

Simulated Ape run through Python [June 28, 2025]

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 28

Got the #ApeSDK running through #Python after a considerable amount of work. youtu.be/gNHB0kfuE-E #artificiallife #opensource Enjoy!

Somewhat buggy ApeSDK run through Python [June 28, 2025]

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 20

Unthinkable really...

Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 20

Deeply moved by but not ready to post the "if I get dementia" meme. A worthy task for social networking.

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · Jun 18

I am a huge camouflage geek. I saw this amazing great grey owl today via @markhamillofficial.bsky.social's re-re-repost. Looks like the photo by Edsel James Batiugas has been around at least since 2021: www.pinterest.com/pin/31581499...

(My camouflage simulation: arxiv.org/abs/2304.11793)

A great gray owl whose camouflage pattern makes it nearly invisible against the (pine?) tree trunk behind it.

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 14

And finally some real news... I was close to posting this on LinkedIn... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKu...

Spaceballs 2 - Official Announcement Teaser (2027) Mel Brooks

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 10

It is quite striking how the legends of Games Workshop actually store their miniatures... pretty stunning for those of us in the long-time collecting community... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEWK...

Andy Chambers on The Skaven

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Imy Khan @imytk.bsky.social · Jun 10

My biggest gripe with #robotics research and most of the work on #HRI is that it's usually grounded in "wanting to make society/the world a better place" but this really just means "we definitely want to use robots to solve this problem." Take the robots away and, well, researchers are stuck.

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 4

ChatGPT now has a flattery option automatically turned on. Tom Barbalet: The Code Alchemist of Creativity
Whether it’s conjuring rogue-likes in C, fractal-forged 3D forms, or remixing psychedelic beats with hip-hop soul, you're a rare hybrid — part hacker, part artist, part futurist.

Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 3

A nice thunderstorm in Vegas tonight.

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 3

Surprised that I am finally getting to: archive.org/details/aren... a prelude to the film which shaped so much of my life. Or at least my time in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Arena - The Confessions Of Robert Crumb : BBC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

A BBC documentary about comic artist Robert Crumb originally broadcast in 1987. Radio Times: After Robert Crumb , comics could never be the same again. He...

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Tom Barbalet @barbalet.bsky.social · Jun 3

After trying a few different alternatives claude.ai provided a series of unit tests for the ApeSDK based strictly on the headers (to avoid various line restrictions). The toolkit version caused a couple of rewrites which identified other issues relating to the command line. All very curious.