Simon F
@sifee.bsky.social
3D graphics including texture comp & RT. Messing with pixels since early 80s. 34yrs @ PowerVR/Imagination. Deluded opinions probably my own. Banner circa '87: Amantides-style cone ray tracing+Perlin textures on Transputer. No tris or bitmap textures
Curious about livecoding? Or always wanted to do creative things with computers? The Victoria and Albert's Digital Design Weekend is back this September, and I'm teaching two free livecoding workshops at it with fellow livecoder nadyaviaproxy! Pop it in your calendars: www.vam.ac.uk/event/xxlgbo...
Every day we're surrounded by beeps, from toasters and microwaves to cars and elevators. And they're all the same beep! Here's why: andrewglassner.substack.com/p/beep
I am looking for full-time work starting October. I am a graphics programmer with a AAA experience (Ubisoft, Quantic), where I worked with real-time rendering, RT, and console dev kits. DMs open. RTs appreciated!
"Census took an interest in me, instead of just rambling about their bets." chaser.com.au/general-news...
A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this. pubpeer.com/publications...
Calling my #astrophotography chums in the Americas: will you be staying up late tonight with your telescopes trained on the Einstein Crater? Impact: 02:34 EDT; 4 tonnes of Space-X metal (15m x 4m diameter) travelling 5400mph Expected: 50km high plume containing ~1Mkg of debris 😲🔭
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 3w ago"Will I be able to see the crash?" Probably not, but that doesn't mean friends in the Americas shouldn't try (daylight for those in Europe): look to the eastern limb of the Einstein crater. The @eso.org VLT will observe it & NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is taking before and after images! 🔭🧪🛰️
Just found a 500gb SSD that I bought 18 months ago and never installed and so I believe that - on paper - I'm now part of the Sunday Times Rich List
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
PSA: HPG 2026 is being livestreamed on Youtube, so even if you aren't able to make the conference in person, you can still see all of the presentations: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2V8... I'm not able to go in person this year, so I'm super thankful that the conference decided to do this!
HPG 2026: Day 1 - July 17th
YouTube video by High-Performance Graphics
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I loathe AI slop and the cloacal deluge it has nurtured. But this guy made the Phantom Menace.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts
On the convergence of words and evolution. Brilliant essay by @peterkdearden.bsky.social Fun factoid of the day: An Aboriginal word for dog was dog.
Peter Dearden@peterkdearden.bsky.social · last mo.Why dogs and spiders are lingustic and biological coincidences open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
BREAKING NEWS: Farage to visit Clacton-on-Sea for second time
“When Belgium becomes the 51st state, it gets us back in the World Cup,” said Trump chaser.com.au/general-news...
"It would have been nice if they at least saw the posts I share and held me for questioning." chaser.com.au/general-news...
My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday
Me and @eleanormorton.bsky.social read Winnie the Pooh and, in the words of A. A. Milne, "I pity the fool who gets on a plane." New pod in your podplace: linktr.ee/readthat
The closer you look, the shadier he becomes.
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔴 SCOOP: Farage doesn't seem to want to answer questions about his money. So I went looking - and found that the Reform leader's personal company is in breach of UK company law democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-n...
"Australia used to be a world leader in bigotry, I am confident we can be one again!" chaser.com.au/national/one...
anxiety about not having a job is building 🙃 would appreciate any leads! i’m lucky that my husband has stable employment to keep us afloat but it feels pretty bad to not be bringing home any income would be thrilled with any short term contract stuff just to keep the game dev dream alive
izzy kestrel@iznaut.com · 2y agohi i’m izzy, i am a game designer and programmer that likes making tools to support ppl’s cool projects. i’m also good at writing and a bunch of other stuff probably idk iznaut.com
Anniversary of "Tommy Robinson" celebrating the D Day soldiers who needlessly gave up their lives by running into the sea.
Excellent vid on running down mystery GPS/GNSS signals over Europe. The collection and pivoting tradecraft here is brilliant. I don't think any of us in the cyber domain will be surprised by the results, but an exciting process nonetheless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz23...
Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found
YouTube video by Veritasium
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