<metaproperty="article:modified_time"content="2020-08-20T19:00:55.000Z"><metaproperty="og:site_name"content="Learn Wgpu"><metaproperty="og:title"content="Foreward"><metaproperty="og:type"content="website"><metaproperty="og:url"content="/showcase/"><metaname="twitter:title"content="Foreward"><metaname="twitter:url"content="/showcase/"><metaname="twitter:card"content="summary_large_image"><metaname="twitter:label1"content="Written by"><metaname="twitter:data2"content="Benjamin R Hansen"><metaname="twitter:creator"content="https://twitter.com/sotrh760">
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