Mr. Baby Paint and accidentally discovering a new cellular automata • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by __MatrixMan__ » Tue, Jul 07, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

dhosek wrote: post #48

__MatrixMan__ wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Perhaps, perhaps.

Though I'd like to propose that it's actually about exploring prohibited alternatives in spite of a failing authority, which is why the "of the caribbean" era pirates were democracy enthusiasts.

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

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Post by gota » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 1:22 PM UTC

gota wrote: post #19

It's hard to believe how spot-on this is to what I've been looking for. I thought about coding something almost exactly like this, for the exact same reasons as the author describes. I see this is from earlier in the year; I've certainly googled for this kind of thing a few times since then, and never got this as a result. Thanks OP for posting.

So I got it yesterday, and the toddler loves it. He's not quite there yet with controlling even the mouse movement, but I could already see some progress in his familiarity with it from the first session. Of course banging on the keyboard at full strength is still his preferred move, but that's fine.

I'll be gifting this to a few parents I know. @jfil let me know if there's a better way than to do N gift purchases. I'm worried my credit card provider might take issue with repeated purchases (hopefully not)

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

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Post by california-og » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC

pmkary wrote: post #35

The app is true marking of a genius maker. A blank space app where all the interface elements and interactions and ideas are made from scratch. There's a George Lukas like "world building" in it, the blog, the website that is just so nice to watch. One of those things you hardly see in any new product/project/... these days. I loved this.

Maker here. Just found this thread... Thank you so much for your nice words! :)

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

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Post by california-og » Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC

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!

I made this, thank you so much for your kind words!

The show source toggle is shamelessly stolen from another awesome blog, https://garten.salat.dev/

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

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Post by pmkary » Mon, Jul 13, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC

california-og wrote: post #53

pmkary wrote: post #35

The app is true marking of a genius maker. A blank space app where all the interface elements and interactions and ideas are made from scratch. There's a George Lukas like "world building" in it, the blog, the website that is just so nice to watch. One of those things you hardly see in any new product/project/... these days. I loved this.

Maker here. Just found this thread... Thank you so much for your nice words! :)

You're welcome! Thank you for not letting the world become boring!