Simon F
@sifee.bsky.social
3D graphics including texture comp & RT.
Messing with pixels since early 80s. 33yrs @ PowerVR/Imagination.
Deluded opinions probably my own.
Banner circa '87: Amantides-style cone ray tracing+Perlin textures on Transputer. No tris or bitmap textures
Messing with pixels since early 80s. 33yrs @ PowerVR/Imagination.
Deluded opinions probably my own.
Banner circa '87: Amantides-style cone ray tracing+Perlin textures on Transputer. No tris or bitmap textures
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Jesus wept.
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Jesus wept.
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Are you guys ready for the war against war?
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Are you guys ready for the war against war?
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
![You’ve got super fans pausing and zooming in on individuals frames of your documentary. One allegedly shows one of the Duffers with a ChatGPT tab open on their computer. In your presence, what did they use ChatGPT for?
I mean, are we even sure they had ChatGPT open?
I’m personally not, but the internet seems sure.
Well, there’s a lot of chatter where [social media users] are like, “We don’t really know, but we’re assuming.” But to me it’s like, doesn’t everybody have it open, to just do quick research?
I do.
How can you possibly write a storyline with 19 characters and use ChatGPT, I don’t even understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7t2urmt3i33jl6tjgiolio6g/bafkreidw2tmcr2ayq74oqmjm5pn2tdox6hlxnpqevhuqqj6oa7nsslx3oi@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
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Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Word of the day is ‘fanfaronade’ (19th century): to strut and swagger about as if you own the stage.
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It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
January 3, 2026 at 2:47 AM
It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.
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Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Just think how much more money they could have saved if they’d simply remembered their parents complaining about leaving lights turned on…
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just think how much more money they could have saved if they’d simply remembered their parents complaining about leaving lights turned on…
Relief as solution to shortage of tradesmen in London has been found, as new electrician apprenticeship scheme is off to a flying start.
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Relief as solution to shortage of tradesmen in London has been found, as new electrician apprenticeship scheme is off to a flying start.
Sigh… got to love these presumably) AI summaries in search engines these days…
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Sigh… got to love these presumably) AI summaries in search engines these days…
And leaves the victim in ‘pain’?
Violence baguettes violence.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
And leaves the victim in ‘pain’?
If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xe...
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xe...
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All of my new followers who are confused hearing we have C23, C++23, and the bleeding-edge on the Sega #Dreamcast, here’s the FOSDEM 2024 talk in the GCC devroom about our quest to bring modern things to 1999 game console:
archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedul...
#gamedev #retrocomputing #cplusplus
archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedul...
#gamedev #retrocomputing #cplusplus
October 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
All of my new followers who are confused hearing we have C23, C++23, and the bleeding-edge on the Sega #Dreamcast, here’s the FOSDEM 2024 talk in the GCC devroom about our quest to bring modern things to 1999 game console:
archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedul...
#gamedev #retrocomputing #cplusplus
archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedul...
#gamedev #retrocomputing #cplusplus
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
Technologically advance a band.
The Bronze Roses
The Bronze Roses
Technologically advance a band.
The Vaccination.
The Vaccination.
Technologically advanced a band.
Gigadeath
Gigadeath
September 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Technologically advance a band.
The Bronze Roses
The Bronze Roses
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Friends and colleagues,
I was impacted by the Xbox layoffs back in July. I'm am starting my job search in earnest now. Feel free to contact me with any opportunities in game design leadership and creative direction. (Or any other game design opportunities. Can't be too picky these days.)
I was impacted by the Xbox layoffs back in July. I'm am starting my job search in earnest now. Feel free to contact me with any opportunities in game design leadership and creative direction. (Or any other game design opportunities. Can't be too picky these days.)
September 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Friends and colleagues,
I was impacted by the Xbox layoffs back in July. I'm am starting my job search in earnest now. Feel free to contact me with any opportunities in game design leadership and creative direction. (Or any other game design opportunities. Can't be too picky these days.)
I was impacted by the Xbox layoffs back in July. I'm am starting my job search in earnest now. Feel free to contact me with any opportunities in game design leadership and creative direction. (Or any other game design opportunities. Can't be too picky these days.)
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
A fabulous street performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in Paris. Wonderful in every way.
A fabulous street performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in Paris. Wonderful in every way.
September 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfUE...
A fabulous street performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in Paris. Wonderful in every way.
A fabulous street performance of Bohemian Rhapsody in Paris. Wonderful in every way.
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Happy 26th birthday (in the US) little Dreamcast. You were a fantastic creation - the most elegant and powerful of your generation. Hype done you dirty, but we know the truth.
September 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Happy 26th birthday (in the US) little Dreamcast. You were a fantastic creation - the most elegant and powerful of your generation. Hype done you dirty, but we know the truth.
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An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
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Some of the most remarkable lost artefacts from the ancient world were the titanic wrecks of the Nemi ships, built for a Roman emperor.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
September 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some of the most remarkable lost artefacts from the ancient world were the titanic wrecks of the Nemi ships, built for a Roman emperor.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
In their first-century heyday they held gardens, palaces and baths in a floating wonderland. But barely a decade after their recovery, they were lost forever.
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Man, I know my outreach here is limited but I just got laid off at 2K after working on BioShock 4 for a year and a half. To say I'm gutted is a complete understatement.
If anyone is in need of a friendly, fast and heavily driven animator with a lot of games experience please do let me know :)
If anyone is in need of a friendly, fast and heavily driven animator with a lot of games experience please do let me know :)
August 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Man, I know my outreach here is limited but I just got laid off at 2K after working on BioShock 4 for a year and a half. To say I'm gutted is a complete understatement.
If anyone is in need of a friendly, fast and heavily driven animator with a lot of games experience please do let me know :)
If anyone is in need of a friendly, fast and heavily driven animator with a lot of games experience please do let me know :)
August 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Beware! This might be an attempt by Big Brother to make a sound track for room 101
Lovely Day by Bill Withers.
The last minute and a half where he sings and sustains “dayyyyyy” should be considered sonic warfare.
The last minute and a half where he sings and sustains “dayyyyyy” should be considered sonic warfare.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
July 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Beware! This might be an attempt by Big Brother to make a sound track for room 101
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The rainbow is still elusive...
But how about subsurface scattering the hard way? By rendering tiny diffuse particles (atoms?) to simulate the many internal bounces of the surface.
Looks a little bit like sugar.
But how about subsurface scattering the hard way? By rendering tiny diffuse particles (atoms?) to simulate the many internal bounces of the surface.
Looks a little bit like sugar.
July 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The rainbow is still elusive...
But how about subsurface scattering the hard way? By rendering tiny diffuse particles (atoms?) to simulate the many internal bounces of the surface.
Looks a little bit like sugar.
But how about subsurface scattering the hard way? By rendering tiny diffuse particles (atoms?) to simulate the many internal bounces of the surface.
Looks a little bit like sugar.