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Former theoretical astrophysicist, current tree programmer @ ETH Zürich, developer of Cat Herders on Steam.

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a man in a suit and tie says " i 'm not saying it was the aliens but it was the aliens " ALT: a man in a suit and tie says " i 'm not saying it was the aliens but it was the aliens "

Actual scenes at Harvard right now

03.07.2025 18:57 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A German language email from Ikea asking me to review their frozen mash potatoes

A German language email from Ikea asking me to review their frozen mash potatoes

We bought 1000CHF of furniture from Ikea last month and today they emailed me to ask me to review... The mashed potatoes

14.06.2025 13:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's a feature, not a bug. I promise. #Indiedev #Indiegame

30.05.2025 13:04 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
it's a cursed cat cos the physics went wrong

it's a cursed cat cos the physics went wrong

_jon i require lasagne_

30.05.2025 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 5 of pretending to be a gamedev instead of an academic programmer: adding rag doll physics to the cats has not gone well. Surrounded by demon cats. Send help. #indiedev #indiegame

30.05.2025 12:55 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
A low poly and hopefully cute mouse in the blender modelling window

A low poly and hopefully cute mouse in the blender modelling window

Got a week off of actual work so been adding some stuff to Cat Herders. Needed a low poly mouse that the player wont see much so learnt a bit of blender. Pretty happy with the little man (his name is Clive) #indiedev

28.05.2025 15:04 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
a red panda stands on a tree branch, staring stoically into the distance

a red panda stands on a tree branch, staring stoically into the distance

kleiner panda (not a panda at all) at Zuerich Zoo yesterday

27.05.2025 13:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

Who on earth invented kneading? Like, what was the discussion there? "Hey Dave this bread thing you came up with is really great, but I think it would be a lot better if you punched it into this table for 12 minutes before cooking it"

24.04.2025 13:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's the _power of friendship_

31.03.2025 06:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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describe how tired you are with one linux fail

04.03.2025 13:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

while(true)
{
GameObject.Instantiate(CheesePrefab);
}

16.01.2025 09:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If Overleaf being down is a problem, might I recommend moving to a field where emailing copies of a Microsoft Word document around is still inexplicably the defacto way of collaborative writing.

03.12.2024 15:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Vancouver Gas Town's steam clock at night with Christmas lights in the background.

Vancouver Gas Town's steam clock at night with Christmas lights in the background.

Vancouver has a steam clock for some reason and it's pretty cool #vancouver #photography

28.11.2024 23:57 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"nothing to see here"

25.11.2024 19:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I could do a Hossam one. "once stayed in a hostel with exclusively leopard print sheets"

25.11.2024 19:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

i liked where's my damn lore

25.11.2024 17:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

great stuff, especially the frankenstein's monster at the end, but when are you ripping it open and putting the internals in the 3D printed iQue?!

21.11.2024 23:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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everyone is talking about LLMs these days but what about the AI I wrote to make the cats blink in our game? I think it could pass the Turing test.

21.11.2024 22:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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