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Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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Re: Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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Sorry to go meta, but this is the first site I've visited that actively fights back when I try to zoom out (or in, but the text is already very big by default)! I'm wondering if it's deliberate (why??) or a side effect of something else.

hi! This is mostly due to my opinions around scaling but I didn't realize it impacted zoom so much, I'm not primarily a web dev. I'll change this to conform soon.

Re: Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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This is cool but was hard to read because I think it lacks some context... so "one of my friends" made a site where anyone could toggle a checkbox on a large canvas of checkboxes? And you (author?) set up a script to automatically toggle a bunch of them at a at a time to anime a short video of Jake Gyllenhaal? Was this done via rendering the site and toggling appropriate coordinates, or through an endpoint/API?

More context: https://eieio.games/blog/the-secret-inside-one-million-check...

Aaaah this fills in the gaps! Thanks!

Re: Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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post #7

This is cool but was hard to read because I think it lacks some context... so "one of my friends" made a site where anyone could toggle a checkbox on a large canvas of checkboxes? And you (author?) set up a script to automatically toggle a bunch of them at a at a time to anime a short video of Jake Gyllenhaal? Was this done via rendering the site and toggling appropriate coordinates, or through an endpoint/API?

author here! I mostly assumed the reader had some context for this blog around omcb since it had gone viral and I posted it in circles already familiar, but looking back that wasn't a great decision. I'll likely revise this blog soon as there's a few other things I thought I didn't explain well. thanks for your feedback!

Is there a demo or git of the page?

Re: Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

author here! I mostly assumed the reader had some context for this blog around omcb since it had gone viral and I posted it in circles already familiar, but looking back that wasn't a great decision. I'll likely revise this blog soon as there's a few other things I thought I didn't explain well. thanks for your feedback!

Is there a demo or git of the page?

omcb is available but only in single player mode now: https://onemillioncheckboxes.com/

Re: Encoding Jake Gyllenhaal into one million checkboxes (2024)

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post #7

This is cool but was hard to read because I think it lacks some context... so "one of my friends" made a site where anyone could toggle a checkbox on a large canvas of checkboxes? And you (author?) set up a script to automatically toggle a bunch of them at a at a time to anime a short video of Jake Gyllenhaal? Was this done via rendering the site and toggling appropriate coordinates, or through an endpoint/API?

author here! I mostly assumed the reader had some context for this blog around omcb since it had gone viral and I posted it in circles already familiar, but looking back that wasn't a great decision. I'll likely revise this blog soon as there's a few other things I thought I didn't explain well. thanks for your feedback!

Not to pile on, but I wasn't expecting your "what's this" link to be a magnet link to Discord. Could be worth specifying that, or at least using a pop-out/magnet icon beside it.
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