Tom Forsyth
@tomforsyth.bsky.social
Gfx coder and chip designer. He/him/3Dlabs/Muckyfoot/RAD/Valve/Oculus/Intel/Rec Room/Riot.
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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.
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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I wrote a short writeup on miscellaneous game release gotchas & pitfalls... enjoy!
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
December 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I wrote a short writeup on miscellaneous game release gotchas & pitfalls... enjoy!
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
blendogames.com/news/post/20...
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"That can't be; that's inside the room."
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"It's reading right man, look!"
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"Well, you're not reading it right!"
All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. I digitally illustrated the glow on the shoulder flashlights. The rest is all real
#aliens #scifi #photography #miniatures
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"It's reading right man, look!"
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"Well, you're not reading it right!"
All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. I digitally illustrated the glow on the shoulder flashlights. The rest is all real
#aliens #scifi #photography #miniatures
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
"That can't be; that's inside the room."
~
"It's reading right man, look!"
~
"Well, you're not reading it right!"
All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. I digitally illustrated the glow on the shoulder flashlights. The rest is all real
#aliens #scifi #photography #miniatures
~
"It's reading right man, look!"
~
"Well, you're not reading it right!"
All shot using real figures, lighting and miniature sets. I digitally illustrated the glow on the shoulder flashlights. The rest is all real
#aliens #scifi #photography #miniatures
Porting Sonic to the Amiga. Sure they both use a 68k - but it turns out that doesn't even help. The hard part is the utterly different graphics systems.
I wonder if this is something where the more you know (and I know both very well), the more impossible this seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94...
I wonder if this is something where the more you know (and I know both very well), the more impossible this seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94...
Can I port SONIC to the AMIGA from the Sega Megadrive?
YouTube video by reassembler
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Porting Sonic to the Amiga. Sure they both use a 68k - but it turns out that doesn't even help. The hard part is the utterly different graphics systems.
I wonder if this is something where the more you know (and I know both very well), the more impossible this seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94...
I wonder if this is something where the more you know (and I know both very well), the more impossible this seems.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94...
Those of you who are devout Gun Jesus followers will be completely unsurprised by the car he drives. A Chauchat with wheels? Of course it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxd...
Ian McCollum's 26 Horsepower Citroen 2CV
YouTube video by Jimports
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Those of you who are devout Gun Jesus followers will be completely unsurprised by the car he drives. A Chauchat with wheels? Of course it is.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxd...
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Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bookmark this for the investigations to come: the Trump team’s boat bombings trace back to at least 2018. That’s when White House officials asked me & others about whether they could do something like this.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
We said it was illegal then. Now they’ve done it anyway.
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a coder who has written a sufficient amount of assembler will be in want of a debugger.
Any recommendations for a 32 bit DOS debugger?
Any recommendations for a 32 bit DOS debugger?
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a coder who has written a sufficient amount of assembler will be in want of a debugger.
Any recommendations for a 32 bit DOS debugger?
Any recommendations for a 32 bit DOS debugger?
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
Just calculated how much I will have to pay in self-employment taxes since I've never been a contract employee before and
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
Oh my god?????
This is awful?????
The US government finds a new way to devastate me every day 🫠
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
FREELANCER TIP: THE 25% RULE!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
The MOMENT payment hits your bank account, calculate 25% of the value of the invoice and then transfer that amount immediately to a savings account and DO NOT TOUCH IT. THAT'S FOR TAXES. Then pay yourself the remaining 75%. Account for this when determining rates!!!
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Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Lots of people pointing out that a war with Venezuela is probably an excuse to do this abhorrence all over again:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...
Executive Order 9066 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Lots of people pointing out that a war with Venezuela is probably an excuse to do this abhorrence all over again:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executi...
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
Hey @aseprite.org - you have two rotation algorithms, and they're both imperfect! Get you the perfect one over here:
web.archive.org/web/20240104...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCE...
web.archive.org/web/20240104...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCE...
Rotation without rotating.
YouTube video by Stand-up Maths
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Hey @aseprite.org - you have two rotation algorithms, and they're both imperfect! Get you the perfect one over here:
web.archive.org/web/20240104...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCE...
web.archive.org/web/20240104...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LCE...
I live in some medium-dense woods and we have all sorts of critters around - deer, coyotes, bobcats and suchlike, but I rarely get to see them. Anybody got any recs for good trailcams?
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I live in some medium-dense woods and we have all sorts of critters around - deer, coyotes, bobcats and suchlike, but I rarely get to see them. Anybody got any recs for good trailcams?
Australia has too much electricity in the afternoon, so they're just going to give it to people for free. Fascinating experiment.
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Australia has too much electricity in the afternoon, so they're just going to give it to people for free. Fascinating experiment.
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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ordered food here. the server did 7 frame-perfect turnarounds in a row and launched themselves through the door speeding past my table at 700km/h but the plate was perfect. 5 star service, would eat here again
April 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ordered food here. the server did 7 frame-perfect turnarounds in a row and launched themselves through the door speeding past my table at 700km/h but the plate was perfect. 5 star service, would eat here again
Anyway, so I was worried for a minute that if the shit hit the fan and they tried for a coup, I wasn't 100% sure which way the military would jump. Now I am. Thanks for clarifying that Pete. See you in court buddy.
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Anyway, so I was worried for a minute that if the shit hit the fan and they tried for a coup, I wasn't 100% sure which way the military would jump. Now I am. Thanks for clarifying that Pete. See you in court buddy.
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This is what I keep telling people whenever they ask me how soon it will before AIs can make video games. I tell them that first human beings will have to know how to make video games, otherwise it's impossible to train AIs, and it's not clear that will ever happen
I think people really don't appreciate how remarkable it is that the games industry releases hundreds of video games every year when you consider that not one person on earth knows how to make a video game
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is what I keep telling people whenever they ask me how soon it will before AIs can make video games. I tell them that first human beings will have to know how to make video games, otherwise it's impossible to train AIs, and it's not clear that will ever happen