Hazel Quantock

shader artist/coder, games dev >25yrs
AuDHD | poly | furry | union girl

pronouns: she/it🏳️‍⚧️
adjectives: tired autistic butch
shadertoy: https://www.shadertoy.com/playlist/dsK3Dh

Public Key

npub10cn8e600dpurc07spyndnhccr25t9jwdmgyj8nky6dehtda4ah8s5fzpt6

NIP-05 Address

niq_at_pony.social@momostr.pink

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs8ufnua8hks7pu8lgqjfkemuvp429je8xa5zfremzdxum4k767mncpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsyr7uve

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relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub10cn8e600dpurc07spyndnhccr25t9jwdmgyj8nky6dehtda4ah8s5fzpt6

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2026-07-19 20:59:57 UTC

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merchant portal sounds way cooler. I am summoning the chippy merchant portal!

2026-07-19 15:38:06 UTC

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thought you'd like that angle 🫦

2026-07-19 15:25:27 UTC

my boobs sure are boobing
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/947/332/779/095/683/original/e778f051fe8c0a9e.jpg

2026-07-12 22:45:56 UTC

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you have such talented fingers

2026-07-03 21:53:59 UTC

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this is such a lovely bit of writing 🥹

2026-07-01 23:01:13 UTC

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what does render mean in this context? because i'm assuming it doesn't mean what i think

2026-07-01 21:54:19 UTC

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oh wow that is very annoying to anyone who likes to open lots of tabs, good job i never do that... ugh...

2026-06-27 23:18:39 UTC

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our passwordy

2026-06-27 21:25:03 UTC

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🥹

2026-06-26 23:37:26 UTC

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idk why but this really made me giggle
i'm picturing an old timey internet guy

2026-06-18 21:42:59 UTC

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🩷

2026-06-17 16:21:46 UTC

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you can't do that? That's really surprising

2026-06-16 19:09:08 UTC

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needs a "not yet" option 'cause I'm going to do it right now

2026-06-04 21:49:10 UTC

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I hate those ones as well, the spring's usually so stiff that the trigger lever hurts my fingertip. The only ones I really get on with are bar and loop ones. Or magnets.

2026-06-02 17:52:27 UTC

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that's gonna cause them all kinds of problems in the year 54,454

2026-05-30 00:13:46 UTC

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this is seriously impressive
*stares at you in awe* 🥹

2026-05-26 14:02:50 UTC

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*mails you a single ice cube*

2026-05-18 23:11:32 UTC

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lmao perfect

2026-05-13 08:27:15 UTC

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Rest In Peace, Mrs Columbo

2026-05-11 00:33:04 UTC

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to me it feels like an arty shot from a 60s movie
i like it

2026-05-04 12:53:31 UTC

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I look forward to the next couple of years when there's a surge in programming jobs fixing all the crap the AI broke.

2026-04-30 21:12:26 UTC

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😳

2026-04-30 20:29:06 UTC

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ah... that would be a bit of a flaw in my plan
(also it's less fun)

2026-04-30 19:54:50 UTC

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just shoot wide angle and crop the picture *helpful face*

2026-04-28 08:24:35 UTC

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I love you

2026-04-25 14:00:35 UTC

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🫂
fwiw, as someone who already bit the bullet and went back to office burnout, it is possible to find a better balance and burn out less and have more life outside of work
it sucks, i wish there were better options, but some jobs suck a bit less

2026-04-06 14:46:44 UTC

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lmao, nerd ❤️

2026-04-06 13:42:26 UTC

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Have you considered going via recruiters? I know there's a bunch of reason's they're shit but they did okay at "don't bother suggesting these kinds of jobs because I'll just say no".

2026-03-31 22:06:57 UTC

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This annoys me so much! This was so normal in the days of blogs but social media decided inline images are for chumps.

2026-03-31 17:39:44 UTC

Trans Day Of Visible Exasperation At The Indifference Of Cis People

2026-03-28 16:15:01 UTC

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god the credit card thing on Steam drives me up the fucking wall. I didn't even get a credit card when I lived in the US. But at least it hasn't blocked anything I really want, yet.

2026-03-27 18:06:25 UTC

I made a dodecathedral
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/302/456/041/078/774/original/76da704d5f83b7a2.png

2026-03-26 12:27:35 UTC

Ok this has been bugging me today so I want opinions:

2026-03-26 10:33:26 UTC

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it's not wrong though

2026-03-17 19:22:05 UTC

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but why?!
(theme song is now playing in my head)

2026-03-14 21:28:54 UTC

@npub1w7h…yh5n lent me one of her film cameras as we wandered around Manchester. I'm quite pleased with how these shots came out.
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/599/536/993/957/original/46a87e5b5e5ec8f2.png
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/606/910/435/015/original/4f9486cb4dad8469.png
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/612/148/522/815/original/8367c26fcd6fd985.png
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/229/620/694/243/922/original/618229fba99a44da.png

2026-03-10 00:42:10 UTC

autistic gf refused to stop giving me love bites until they were symmetrical 🩷

2026-03-04 17:40:50 UTC

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It's not that complicated
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/172/118/925/584/171/original/1deb89bd63f35c41.png
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/172/119/561/015/944/original/30dd1eaa40003159.png

2026-02-09 22:51:11 UTC

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i love that you went for "movie". *chef's kiss*

2026-02-09 01:49:53 UTC

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that's amazing!

2026-02-05 17:24:26 UTC

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tbh it looks like it'd go quite well with a breakcore tune

2026-02-05 14:15:56 UTC

gf calling out my bad sleep habits
but seriously why was a robin singing at 2:30am?!
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/116/018/442/102/863/332/original/e4e9995f50465143.png

2026-01-05 21:30:55 UTC

@npub1w7h…yh5n took this gorgeous picture of me when we went out for tacos last week 💕
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/115/844/617/719/212/840/original/d8a1cfee49058626.jpg

2025-12-24 21:01:33 UTC

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are you dysphoric on their behalf because women from the past were so clocky? Or do you want a makeover to look like a 70s woman, because I will take you charity shopping and perm your hair.

2025-12-17 23:00:56 UTC

I made pixelly snow!
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/Wf3BRj
#shader
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/115/737/386/171/143/811/original/c6a4fc24f608a586.mp4

2025-12-15 19:59:33 UTC

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oh you're gonna enjoy the Dick Van Dyke episode - he plays a photographer

2025-11-26 00:41:51 UTC

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I'm sad I mostly missed the cohost era. I wonder if it's possible to make a mastodon instance that is similarly good at hiding numbers and being generally chill.

2025-11-20 18:42:54 UTC

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Ok but is a circle an n-gon? I genuinely am not sure.

2025-11-08 23:59:39 UTC

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Oh I love premultiplied alpha I have and have annoyed many game teams trying and failing to persuade them to switch to it. Super useful for VFX 'cause you make stuff additive/blended per pixel, amongst a lot of other neat things. *resists urge to infodump further*

2025-10-31 17:25:53 UTC

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the Horse Name Availability checker on the British Horseracing Authority's website doesn't let me search for a name that long... so there may actually be a rule
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/115/469/935/665/362/888/original/0e8befc11d10a5d9.png

2025-10-30 01:48:31 UTC

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omg the star streaks! woah!

2025-10-29 20:35:26 UTC

I've been noodling around making blue noise. It's a neat technique considering there's nothing random in it.
https://www.shadertoy.com/view/tXlBR2
https://cdn.pony.social/media_attachments/files/115/459/359/275/293/501/original/1e5053b33bd8fd6b.png

2025-10-28 00:40:01 UTC

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I love the implication that nothing is totally opaque, if you have a bright enough light it'll get through.
*makes pew pew laser noises*

2025-10-15 18:44:06 UTC

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How is it that bad?! Do they have no QA process?

2025-10-04 22:03:00 UTC

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hi!! <3

2025-10-04 20:10:47 UTC

Hi... I guess I'm here now... but still in other places... scattered