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An interactive star field background effect with HTML canvas

Sat, 11/23/2024 - 12:18am

Article URL: https://starfield.js.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219332

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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Show HN: Bitcoin Ticker Globe: Watch the price with other people

Sat, 11/23/2024 - 12:17am

We built this fun bitcoin price ticker. Each viewer's location is plotted on a globe in real-time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219325

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

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Nabokov's Recommendations

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:42pm
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Ask HN: How else to live more minimally?

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:39pm

So far

No social media. None. Unless you count HN. Using job search sites for jobs, not LinkedIn.

⃠ Facebook

⃠ LinkedIn

⃠ Reddit

⃠ TikTok

No news.

⃠ Global news

⃠ Local news

Browsing

Non-Google search engine

Private email service w/ aliases

Password manager

Ad-blocker

URL black-listing

Devices

No smartphones. They are modern slot-machines.

Separate devices by function.

Flip phone / Brick phone

Basic MP3 player

Pocket notebook to write in.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219232

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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Ask HN: Discords or chat groups for builders/hackers?

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:32pm

Anyone know any active discord groups for developers/hackers who like to share projects they're working on, talk through problems, beta test each others' projects, etc?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219218

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

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Ask HN: Typed "AirPods" in notes on iPhone, 2 hours later AirPods ad on YouTube?

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:11pm

I asked my son what he wanted for Xmas. I made a note in IiPhone with heading "Presents" and a few other lines including "AirPods".

Two hours later YouTube showed me an ad for Airpods.

I asked if anyone had searched for AirPods and they said no.

Connection or coincidence?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219150

Points: 4

# Comments: 5

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Black Hole Cosmology

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:07pm
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Show HN: Aesthetic Computer – Runtime and social network for creative computing

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 11:04pm

Aesthetic Computer is a mobile-first runtime and social network for creative computing.

AC's client interface is designed to function like a musical instrument, on which users discover their own memorizable paths in the network of commands and published pieces. As users grow their literacy through play and exploration, they are able to improvise, recombine, and expand their performable repertoire.

I started writing Aesthetic Computer in 2021 because I desired new tools to author, publish and connect the creative software toys I had been making in my art and education practice for 10+ years. The last of these before AC was https://nopaint.art, discussed here on HN in 2020.[0]

*** How To *** Visit https://aesthetic.computer and press the top left of the screen or type any key to activate the prompt.

In the AC prompt, enter names of built-in toy and utility pieces like `notepat`[1], or `boyfriend` and those published by user handles like `@bash/hub`.

Return to the prompt by pressing the name at the top left corner, your browser's back button or the [Esc], [`], or [Backspace] keyboard shortcuts.

Enter `list` at the prompt for a scrollable index of pieces and commands.

Most of AC is open to anonymous users. Some pieces like `chat` or `moods` require a registered @handle to fully participate and post data.

Every piece on AC is URL addressable. For example, users who enjoy using `notepat` can skip the prompt entirely by bookmarking https://aesthetic.computer/notepat.

QR codes to share any piece can be generated by prefixing the piece with `share` at prompt as in `share notepat`.

Here are a some recipes to try:

A. Make a Painting 1. Enter `new 128` to start a new 128x128 pixel painting. 2. Enter `rect red` and drag to paint red (or any CSS color) rectangles. (Or try other primitive brushes like `line`, `shape`, and `fill`.) 3. Press the command name in the top left corner to return to `prompt`. (Or use the [Esc], [Backspace], or [`] on the keyboard.) 4. Enter `smear` and drag to use a pixel scattering brush, then return to `prompt`. 5. Enter `dl` to download a timestamped PNG, `done` to publish the painting on AC servers, or `print` to mail order a real sticker. B. Play a Melody 1. Enter `+` to open a second prompt window. 2. Enter `metronome 120` in the second prompt window to keep rhythm at 120 BPM. 3. Enter `notepat` in the first prompt window to play tones in regular time. (Or try `bleep:sine 4x4` for a randomized playable tone matrix.) - Bonus - 4. Record a `notepat` performance as a 7s looping, downloadable video by entering `tape notepat`. 5. Play `notepat` in person with others by generating a QR code via `share notepat`. C. Say "hi" in `chat`. 1. Enter `imnew` or press [I'm New] on a deactivated prompt to register. 2. Verify your email. 3. Set a @handle by entering `handle ur-handle-here`. 4. First-time handle setters are automatically routed to `chat`. 5. Say "hi" and request technical help from myself (@jeffrey) and others. To dive in more you can read the technical history[2] or try coding your own AC piece[3].

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[0] No Paint HN discussion from 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23546706

[1] Recent HN discussion on `notepat` here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41526754

[2] The AC Story: https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/blob/main...

[3] Write a Piece: https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer/blob/main...

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42219116

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

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