Tom Forsyth
@tomforsyth.bsky.social
Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room.
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Tom Forsyth
@tomforsyth.bsky.social
· Feb 17
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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.
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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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
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It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.
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if a single one of you fucking says even a positive or even neutral sounding word about that cunt MTG I'm blocking you forever
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
if a single one of you fucking says even a positive or even neutral sounding word about that cunt MTG I'm blocking you forever
Nerds fed the New Testament into an LLM and you can talk with Him now and like...
1. You folks know that's not Jesus, right? Talk about Deus Ex Machina.
2. I have also read the New Testament. I can absolutely promise you - you don't like what He said, and you're not going to like what roboHe says.
1. You folks know that's not Jesus, right? Talk about Deus Ex Machina.
2. I have also read the New Testament. I can absolutely promise you - you don't like what He said, and you're not going to like what roboHe says.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Nerds fed the New Testament into an LLM and you can talk with Him now and like...
1. You folks know that's not Jesus, right? Talk about Deus Ex Machina.
2. I have also read the New Testament. I can absolutely promise you - you don't like what He said, and you're not going to like what roboHe says.
1. You folks know that's not Jesus, right? Talk about Deus Ex Machina.
2. I have also read the New Testament. I can absolutely promise you - you don't like what He said, and you're not going to like what roboHe says.
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lol let’s contextualize that anyway
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
lol let’s contextualize that anyway
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I just posted my little intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisation #AoCO that I announced yesterday. Check it out (and laugh at my terrible editing) at youtu.be/j-BwR-Cw0Gk?... @!4 if you want to watch the series, subscribe! :)
Intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisations
YouTube video by Matt Godbolt
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I just posted my little intro to the Advent of Compiler Optimisation #AoCO that I announced yesterday. Check it out (and laugh at my terrible editing) at youtu.be/j-BwR-Cw0Gk?... @!4 if you want to watch the series, subscribe! :)
Editing video is hard at the best of times. But editing my racing video for the last year is brutal. It started with a bad crash, and then every race after that was filled with frustration, debugging the "new" car. And watching it in hindsight, now knowing what the problems were, it's agony.
November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Editing video is hard at the best of times. But editing my racing video for the last year is brutal. It started with a bad crash, and then every race after that was filled with frustration, debugging the "new" car. And watching it in hindsight, now knowing what the problems were, it's agony.
Deep Purple - Knocking at Your Back Door.
This video is neat, but it must have been filmed for a completely different song? Then again, not sure they'd be allowed to show a video that matched the lyrical subject.
Also features one of the worst guitar solos ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GE...
This video is neat, but it must have been filmed for a completely different song? Then again, not sure they'd be allowed to show a video that matched the lyrical subject.
Also features one of the worst guitar solos ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GE...
Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Back Door
YouTube video by DeepPurpleVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Deep Purple - Knocking at Your Back Door.
This video is neat, but it must have been filmed for a completely different song? Then again, not sure they'd be allowed to show a video that matched the lyrical subject.
Also features one of the worst guitar solos ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GE...
This video is neat, but it must have been filmed for a completely different song? Then again, not sure they'd be allowed to show a video that matched the lyrical subject.
Also features one of the worst guitar solos ever.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GE...
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A Termite grenade, a powerful if slow incectiary device for the destruction of wooden structures.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A Termite grenade, a powerful if slow incectiary device for the destruction of wooden structures.
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this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
Who's got two alula and just accidentally sold his silenced Barrett .50 in Duckov? This guy.
Bollocks.
Bollocks.
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Who's got two alula and just accidentally sold his silenced Barrett .50 in Duckov? This guy.
Bollocks.
Bollocks.
It is said that the Inuit have 100 words for snow. It's apparently not true, but it's REASONABLE.
It is true that some Inuit have 24 words for reindeer. Again, REASONABLE.
But why the hell does English have so many words for "small bird it's not worth the hassle to hunt and eat"? Goddamn preverts.
It is true that some Inuit have 24 words for reindeer. Again, REASONABLE.
But why the hell does English have so many words for "small bird it's not worth the hassle to hunt and eat"? Goddamn preverts.
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It is said that the Inuit have 100 words for snow. It's apparently not true, but it's REASONABLE.
It is true that some Inuit have 24 words for reindeer. Again, REASONABLE.
But why the hell does English have so many words for "small bird it's not worth the hassle to hunt and eat"? Goddamn preverts.
It is true that some Inuit have 24 words for reindeer. Again, REASONABLE.
But why the hell does English have so many words for "small bird it's not worth the hassle to hunt and eat"? Goddamn preverts.
Thomas Massie is right. People in politics need to think a lot harder about consequences. And we need to remind them about consequences. So they think about them more often. Oh hey I hear there's a new film out it's called Nuremberg I wonder what it's about.
REP. MASSIE (a Republican): “Trump will protect you if you vote the wrong way… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles — but I would remind my Republican colleagues this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Thomas Massie is right. People in politics need to think a lot harder about consequences. And we need to remind them about consequences. So they think about them more often. Oh hey I hear there's a new film out it's called Nuremberg I wonder what it's about.
Absolutely mind-buggering how many people are happy going on the public record with their opinion that that grown-ass adults doing whatever they want with their own bodies is an Abomination Unto Nuggan, but sex-trafficking teenage girls is a bit naughty, and they should have kept quieter about it.
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Absolutely mind-buggering how many people are happy going on the public record with their opinion that that grown-ass adults doing whatever they want with their own bodies is an Abomination Unto Nuggan, but sex-trafficking teenage girls is a bit naughty, and they should have kept quieter about it.
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Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest & PS VR2!
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
Hotel Infinity - Launch Trailer (Meta Quest & PS VR2)
YouTube video by William Chyr
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest & PS VR2!
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
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crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
crazy how much this bugs me now that someone pointed it out. if i worked at the white house, i would find this ugly, but not as annoying as i do now. ignorance is really bliss bc they more you learn, the more you just walk around thinking "collar gap" and "kerning is off."
There's two camps of people - those who love genAI and those who will never use it.
And then there's those of us who just spent 6 months being forced to use genAI and know exactly why it's a fucking disaster.
It's OK - enjoy being in camp #2. I wouldn't want anybody to be in camp #3.
And then there's those of us who just spent 6 months being forced to use genAI and know exactly why it's a fucking disaster.
It's OK - enjoy being in camp #2. I wouldn't want anybody to be in camp #3.
November 12, 2025 at 6:16 AM
There's two camps of people - those who love genAI and those who will never use it.
And then there's those of us who just spent 6 months being forced to use genAI and know exactly why it's a fucking disaster.
It's OK - enjoy being in camp #2. I wouldn't want anybody to be in camp #3.
And then there's those of us who just spent 6 months being forced to use genAI and know exactly why it's a fucking disaster.
It's OK - enjoy being in camp #2. I wouldn't want anybody to be in camp #3.
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Fortunately, I already figured out the plots of the next several Toy Story films
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Dig through the glitches and
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Dig through the glitches and
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
Be Romero's bitch as you
Slam in the pak of
Saw a post saying Open Source software wasn't free as in speech OR beer. It was free as in kittens - once you have it, you have to take care of it the rest of its life.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Saw a post saying Open Source software wasn't free as in speech OR beer. It was free as in kittens - once you have it, you have to take care of it the rest of its life.
To lose one spectator may be regarded as a misfortune...
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
ATP Finals: Two spectators die from cardiac arrests in Turin
The Italian Tennis Federation and the ATP confirm that two spectators died from cardiac arrests at the ATP Finals in Turin on Monday.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
To lose one spectator may be regarded as a misfortune...
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
www.bbc.com/sport/tennis...
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.