Tom Francis
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Tom Francis
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Designer/writer/coder on Gunpoint, Heat Signature, and Tactical Breach Wizards. More on those and other things I write or do or be: https://www.pentadact.com/
You could use this phenomenon to write a secret message that people can only see while their skulls are being vibrated, and I just think that's neat.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If true, this gives a very cool answer to a question I was wondering about: if I had excellent vision, what would I be seeing in the place where the lights ought to be when they are offset?

And the answer is: I'd see the string of lights where they should be, but turned off.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Thanks for the ideas, everyone! I think I have a version of this that makes sense to me.
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
OK I'm not actually sure how you get at video alt text, so here:
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
... and become unstoppable.
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I feel like I've hit my stride with it lately, code-wise. I love signals. I'm looking at hacky solutions I wrote a week ago because I couldn't see any other way, and thinking "Oh, it's simple, you just do it like this."

UI seems like a nightmare though, I haven't found any upsides to Themes yet.
December 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Yeah, so often on mobile that I started just using chrome and going to the website, instead of the app. It's been a little better since I reinstalled tho?
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A lot of subordinates are asking questions about why I have yelled ENOUGH! that are answered by me yelling ENOUGH!
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
My side gig is to say "John. Stop. JOHN STOP! HE'S GONE!!" after he's been doing CPR on his best friend for less than 10 seconds.

It's so important to give up early if there's even a chance it might not work.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I love that the only one it can't point to a J in is the only one that has a J in.
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It's only hard if you wanna do it well, jeez
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Lovely write-up, so glad it clicked for you!
October 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM