Ball: A ball that lives in your dock

Post by kevpie » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 2:59 AM UTC

Post by DustinBrett » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 3:15 AM UTC

amethyst wrote: post #24

I still miss my desktop sheep every once in a while: https://github.com/Adrianotiger/desktopPet?tab=readme-ov-fil... Edit: the best part was running it a couple dozen times to get an entire flock walking, falling, and rolling all over your desktop, and watching everything grind to halt under CPU strain!

Post by th0ma5 » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 3:46 AM UTC

Post by brink » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 4:07 AM UTC

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #70

Exactly the kind of content I come to HN for. I wish someone would resurrect the Das Blinkenlights Mac screensaver. I think it was frozen in the Power PC age.

Post by ideasphere » Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 4:10 AM UTC

proee wrote: post #50

nxobject wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m genuinely interested to see whether we can throw a little ML at simulating dumb virtual desktop pets… we ought to have made some progress in the last two decades.

Agree. Remember those amazing fish screen savers back in the 90's. Those blew my mind. I have not seen any modern versions of that. Someone please take my money.