I love that the thing of itself is completely unstable once you click somewhere to start the simulation … :)
The Xkcd thing, now interactive
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#152Accidentally discovered you can quantum tunnel blocks through the weak link to shore it up!
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#153I noticed that when I drag an object, the force appears to originate from the object's center of mass rather than from my cursor. So it feels a little weird.
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#154If I ever end up developing a package / dependency manager, I'll be strongly tempted to call it "jenga".
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#155It looks like the stroke/border is not taken into account in the physics simulation.
This can be fixed by:
for (let re of rects) {
push();
translate(re.body.position.x, re.body.position.y);
rotate(re.body.angle);
- rect(0, 0, re.w, re.h, 2);
+ rect(0, 0, re.w - 1, re.h - 1, 2);
pop();
}Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#156Re: The Xkcd thing, now interactive
#157I would suggest adding the /r/ProgrammerHumor version too: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1p204nx/ac... The AI crank always cracks me up.
The "Whatever Microsoft is doing" bit was always my favorite.
The depiction of Microsoft as "angry birds coming to indiscriminately fuck everything up" is absolutely on point for Microsoft in 2025/26
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
The undersea cables actually connecting the entire internet. Sometimes sharks just take a bite of them, they're reasonable well protected but it's enough damage to cause outages and disruptions. It's the single pin under everything because there are a limited number of those cables especially in some regions so a single shark can take out the entire internet for some countries. http://www.mirceakademy.com/uploads/MSA…
Do satellite networks not move the needle in terms of capacity/reliability now?
The capacity of satellite networks is minuscule compared to that of undersea fibre optics.
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#159Ooh I didn't expect that make me grin and be satisfying at the same time.
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#160It's funny even when you touch nothing it still collapses.