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Re: Swarm

#11

Post by WirelessGigabit » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 6:03 PM UTC

coley wrote: post #8

Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I tab back, the music stops.

For me the audio stutters when I look at it, but it plays smoothly when I am in a different tab.

Re: Swarm

#12

Post by ptzolov » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 6:25 PM UTC

I don't get it

Re: Swarm

#13

Post by smegsicle » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 6:27 PM UTC

faeyanpiraat wrote: post #9

cal85 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would that work?

The screen would flash anytime you clicked with your mouse.

and also whenever you least expect it

Re: Swarm

#14

Post by SubiculumCode » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 6:36 PM UTC

its neat, but I was left wondering if it was interactive, a movie, etc.

Re: Swarm

#15

Post by andsoitis » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 7:40 PM UTC

Zisko wrote: post #4

Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.

How common is photosensitive epilepsy?

This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns.

Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20.

Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/about-epilepsy/epileptic-seiz...

Re: Swarm

#16

Post by MyFirstSass » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 7:46 PM UTC

This was amazing to me for some weird reason. The synths especially.

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#17

Post by graypegg » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 8:17 PM UTC

Zisko wrote: post #4

Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.

I immediately thought about that, my first go at it started with a big glitchy rapidly-flashing ball right in the middle of the screen. (Not sure if it should be like that? iOS safari, iOS16.0) Kind of the worst case scenario.

Re: Swarm

#18

Post by retrocryptid » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 8:42 PM UTC

andsoitis wrote: post #15

Zisko wrote: post #4

Add a seizure warning to this please! There is no indication that clicking to proceed will cause flashing and moving lights.

How common is photosensitive epilepsy? This is when seizures are triggered by certain rates of flashing lights or contrasting light and dark patterns. Around 1 in 100 people has epilepsy and of these people, around 3% have photosensitive epilepsy. Photosensitive epilepsy is more common in children and young people (up to 5%) and is less commonly diagnosed after the age of 20. Source: https://epilepsysociety.org.uk/ab…

Common enough.

Re: Swarm

#19

Post by amarant » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 9:11 PM UTC

coley wrote: post #8

Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I tab back, the music stops.

There's music? I didn't get any at all!

I guess that explains why I couldn't understand the point of this... For a while I thought it was just a kinda cool but nothing special particle effect, and wondered what it was even doing on the HN front-page.

OP:I dunno what the issue is but I didn't get any sound on Android. Might be a bug in your page. Sorry for the detail-free bug report.

Re: Swarm

#20

Post by capableweb » Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 9:19 PM UTC

coley wrote: post #8

Odd that the music only kicks in for me after I tab away. When I tab back, the music stops.

I was just gonna write the same thing. First I opened it in Firefox, which works fine for a couple of seconds, then the audio glitches out. Then I decided to try Chrome, as many of these "toys" are ever only tried in Chrome, but then this happened instead.