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TomF

@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place

Graphics coder and HW architect, currently at Rec Room, previously at Muckyfoot, RAD Game Tools, Valve, Oculus and Intel.

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glassbottommeg, to random
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I wonder this every time I look up at my adblocker in the GMail tab:

how on earth is Google serving (well, failing to lol) over a thousand gmail ads in a single workday?

I don't even understand where these things would be. Is the count accurate? I could of course turn adblock off and see, but. Lol. No.

TomF,
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@glassbottommeg As far as I can see there aren't any actual visible adverts on the Gmail page. I assume it's all single-pixel phone-home bullshit. What are they for? That's beyond your security clearance, citizen.

aeva, to random
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ok so I was trying to figure out what year the magic purple honda civic 3 door hatchback I had back in college was because my insomnia has been really awful the last two days and I had this great idea that I should make a game where you have to figure out how to drive the magic purple honda civic 3 door hatchback I had back in college, and anyway I totally failed to find it but I stumbled upon this amazing and improbable website and I don't know what's real anymore: https://www.lingscars.com/personal-car-leasing/honda/civic/4374098-2.0-eHEV-Sport-(143bhp)-Hatchback-5dr-Petrol-electric-Hybrid-CVT

TomF,
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@aeva
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/retro/heres-every-generation-honda-civic

It's unclear. The fifth generation is your best bet - they were magic, but not available in purple. However, since purple isn't a real colour, maybe it was actually violet? Memory plays tricks on us.

The sixth generation was somehow available in purple, but was technically only mega, not actually magic. However, there were several aftermarket groups offering a full-magic upgrade, so maybe that's what it was?

TomF,
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@aeva Yeah that looks like a sixth gen. The problem you'll have is the European model was made in a new factory in the UK, and it's very close, but not exactly the same, as the one the US got. But close enough so nobody makes a distinction. So might be minor differences.

TomF,
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@aeva Shape of the rear window. That "notch" in the 3/4/5 gen upper-rear window of the 3-door hatchback is really distinctive. They softened it for the 6th gen hatchback. So if you can remember what shape that was... :-)

mcc, to random
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An interesting statistical quirk: Notice the disjoint in these two posts. This is not rounding; Godfrey, on the left, is counting Grover Cleveland twice

TomF,
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@Thad @The4thCircle @mcc Oooh don't make me open a can of War Doctor worms...

DataAngler, to Birding
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Two cozy owls eyeing me from a perch. #birding #owls #birds

TomF,
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@DataAngler Barred owls. And they look floofy! The one on the right is certainly a kid - not sure about the one on the left - older sibling, or young parent?

hedders, to random
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Denis Villeneuve really missed a trick with Dune Part Two. Imagine having Christopher Walken in Dune and not having him say “If you walk without rhythm, you won’t attract the worm”.

TomF,
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@hedders Apparently Walken also didn't know the link between the Fat Boy Slim record and Dune until recently. Which is fair enough - the lyrics in the song are from the David Lynch movie, not the books.

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