The Xkcd thing, now interactive
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The Xkcd thing, now interactive
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Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#2Too delightful. Like a reverse jenga tower you like to topple over.
Of course, glad to see it was another @isohedral project.
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#3If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#4Register the mousemove event handler on window, then you will still get the events when the mouse moves out of the window/frame while dragging and it won't be that buggy.
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#5oh look at that. removing IBM enterprise apps really doesn’t break anything and the whole stack got lighter. science.
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#6If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10
> If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10
I think that's the other metaphor here.
It's not just standing on the tiny shoulders of one forgotten maintainer. The entire system only appears stable because we're looking at a snapshot of it.
In reality it's already collapsing.
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#7If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10
> If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10 I think that's the other metaphor here. It's not just standing on the tiny shoulders of one forgotten maintainer. The entire system only appears stable because we're looking at a snapshot of it. In reality it's already collapsing.
but I came here for amusement, not existential dread.
Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#8Register the mousemove event handler on window, then you will still get the events when the mouse moves out of the window/frame while dragging and it won't be that buggy.
Was about to comment the same. It's a common mistake/gotcha.
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#9this is the best thing internet since the last best thing in the internet
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If only it wouldn't collapse by itself after clicking anywhere (clicking seems to activate physics) this would be 10/10 I think that's the other metaphor here. It's not just standing on the tiny shoulders of one forgotten maintainer. The entire system only appears stable because we're looking at a snapshot of it. In reality it's already collapsing.
but I came here for amusement, not existential dread.
Nobody expects ~the Spanish inquisition~ existential dread