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Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by CodesInChaos »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #7
fwipsy wrote: post #4

People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"

I spent my whole childhood trying to find someone who played Defender of the Crown and never found one :(

Apparently Defender of the Crown will get a remaster next month:

https://www.gog.com/en/game/defender_of_the_crown_the_legend...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4208140/Defender_of_the_C...

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by benj111 »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #20
scrame wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a friend who's dad is a good carpenter, put a whole second story on his house, did the flooring and made a lot of furniture. He said it was about 4th grade before he found out that there were stores where people went and bought furniture instead of just making their own.

My parents aren't especially skilled carpenters, electricians plumbers, or HVAC technicians, but they managed to be good enough at those things. At sixteen my girlfriend's family was flabbergasted to learn that I had never seen my parents hire such people. My dad was also a pirate, and I had a similar experience when I learned that you could buy VHS tapes with pictures of the lion king on them, rather than just "Lion…

Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by reassembled »

fennec-posix wrote: post #33

My parents had me setup on an old MacBook when I was about 1, It was an application called "babysmash" or something. It would pop up shapes and noises as you hit the keyboard. I have no memory of this, there's just a picture of me at a laptop in a high-chair.

A friend of mine made a program like that for his kid: https://deftware.itch.io/newbietime

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by mbo »

xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #25

This might be the coolest site on the Internet. What an awesome paint program and what a great write up. I wish there was more of this sort of thing in the world. I love the "show source" toggle!

the show source toggle is using https://blog.glyphdrawing.club/font-with-built-in-syntax-hig... (and the author is infact the creator of it)

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

#46

Post by __MatrixMan__ »

benj111 wrote: post #42
__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My parents aren't especially skilled carpenters, electricians plumbers, or HVAC technicians, but they managed to be good enough at those things. At sixteen my girlfriend's family was flabbergasted to learn that I had never seen my parents hire such people. My dad was also a pirate, and I had a similar experience when I learned that you could buy VHS tapes with pictures of the lion king on them, rather than just "Lion…

Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?

He did not wear an eyepatch or kill people, he did sail the high seas on occasion, he recorded both TV and made vhs and cassette tape copies, I don't think he ever sold these copies.

I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by benj111 »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #46
benj111 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?

He did not wear an eyepatch or kill people, he did sail the high seas on occasion, he recorded both TV and made vhs and cassette tape copies, I don't think he ever sold these copies. I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.

Recording off the TV isn't pirating. Why do you think they were allowed to sell blank tapes and later hard drive recorders?

If he's selling copies then maybe. But for personal consumption that's legal.

The term pirate is already expansive enough. I don't think we need to expand it into legal activities.

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by dhosek »

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #46
benj111 wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was he a pirate? Or did he just record off TV?

He did not wear an eyepatch or kill people, he did sail the high seas on occasion, he recorded both TV and made vhs and cassette tape copies, I don't think he ever sold these copies. I'll let you decide if he was a pirate.

No eye patch, peg leg or parrot, not a pirate.

Re: Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata

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Post by jasfi »

IncreasePosts wrote: post #7
fwipsy wrote: post #4

People who grow up using these sorts of bespoke software are gonna have some pretty weird nostalgia. "Hey when you were a toddler did you ever play with a paint app where the fill tool created flashing swirly patterns? ...no?"

I spent my whole childhood trying to find someone who played Defender of the Crown and never found one :(

I played it! Couldn't remember the name but it is the same game as linked to that I do remember.
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