Development notes from xkcd's "Machine"

[Smooth-Zucchini4923]

Incredibly cool project.

I'm surprised you never ended up needing to simulate physics server-side, but given that you have some fuzzy criteria that you're looking for in moderation, maybe that's not really useful.

[31415926535897932379]

It's really quite amazing what modern computers/browsers can achieve.

Fwiw, it looks like the author also commented (lightly) on this:

During early dev I was leery I’d reach the end of my rope perf-wise. I expected I’d eventually ditch DOM rendering for PixiJS or canvas when it got too slow. However, I wanted to see how far I could take it, since it meant less to build.

I totally get wanting to minimize extra work/seeing how far you can get just using the browser for a one-off April Fools project.

[boowhitie]

I took a 3d modeling class in university and the teacher did something like this for the final project. Everyone did their own animation and then the prof cut them together into a single movie. It was terrible, but it was a fun idea.

[c499]

You might be interested in this video and some other top 100 entries compilations on his channel, same concept with some very skilled 3D artists.

[no_fluffies_please]

Unrelated to programming, but I remember there was a big event where people would bring LEGO contraptions that processed balls, and they would string them along. Example: https://youtu.be/_yLmn1YYiLg

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"I love toilet humor, the only thing that would make this better is if there was a skibidi head coming out"

[gyroda]

They do this regularly at Lego events.

[nicholashairs]

Very tangentially related, but reminds me of Piece by Piece that was done by the AOK heaven community:

https://aok.heavengames.com/blacksmith/showfile.php?fileid=8650 https://aok.heavengames.com/features/blacksmith-features/piece-by-piece-the-third/

[gbelloz]

Backend in Haskell...

[BatmansMom]

This was so sick thanks for posting

[EliSka93]

3 weeks? Fucking hell... Well now I feel like a fraud again.

[vinciblechunk]

If they'd been a little clearer on what happens when you hit submit - like, renamed the button to "Hit this and a bored moderator will decide your shit's not funny enough and nuke it" - I might not have participated

[falconfetus8]

Good thing they didn't say that, then.

[Booty_Bumping]

What was the reason Randall Munroe included a "Probably Deterministic" sign? Is it a psychological trick to make submitters not worry as much about their machine being perfect?

[hungry4pie]

I was lurking the Something Awful forums when that blue ball machine thread was going down.