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What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by srean »

explosion-s wrote: post #59
knollimar wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was until the animated insects. I threw my phone

Sorry guys haha!! I intended the insects to come without prompting only on scroll pause but for debug purposes of the article I had set them to once every 15ish seconds[0]. I thought it was really great and love it personally as it really gets the AAA factor in, though I should probably respect use-reduced-motion lol [0]: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/src/c...

Loved them. Wish they were more realistically animated :)

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by lenkite »

knollimar wrote: post #24
pimlottc wrote: post #21

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This answers the title question but the most interesting part about the article is the fascinating way in which the locust’s behavior is triggered by crowding. An amazing biological adaption. It’s well-worth reading the whole thing.

It was until the animated insects. I threw my phone

Jesus, that was a shocker for sure. I slapped my screen in reflex.

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by saberience »

I couldn’t finish the article as the “jump scare” locusts showing up randomly was just too disturbing.

Why would you write a formal, historical article intended for a long read and then add jump scare animated locusts to scare people?

The two things aren’t compatible.

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by jml7c5 »

explosion-s wrote: post #61
jml7c5 wrote: post #56

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>that doesn't smell like AI Note that it is AI-generated. It appears to be based on a human-written outline: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/artic...

No, it's not AI generated. I wrote the outline then the article. Parts of the code for the site itself (code only) are AI generated but the article I wrote by hand over the course of a day and a half or so! (Referencing my outline)

Ah, my mistake! I saw the references to writing style and assumed. I'm sorry. Unfortunately I can't delete or edit my comment any more.

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by x______________ »

explosion-s wrote: post #59
knollimar wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was until the animated insects. I threw my phone

Sorry guys haha!! I intended the insects to come without prompting only on scroll pause but for debug purposes of the article I had set them to once every 15ish seconds[0]. I thought it was really great and love it personally as it really gets the AAA factor in, though I should probably respect use-reduced-motion lol [0]: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/src/c...

There's something about those animated hoppers that fills me with nostalgia about the early web.

Maybe prompt the user if they like bugs and then add the auto-hop (and more) bugs to those who say yes?!

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by x______________ »

x______________ wrote: post #77
explosion-s wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry guys haha!! I intended the insects to come without prompting only on scroll pause but for debug purposes of the article I had set them to once every 15ish seconds[0]. I thought it was really great and love it personally as it really gets the AAA factor in, though I should probably respect use-reduced-motion lol [0]: https://github.com/Explosion-Scratch/locusts/blob/main/src/c...

There's something about those animated hoppers that fills me with nostalgia about the early web. Maybe prompt the user if they like bugs and then add the auto-hop (and more) bugs to those who say yes?!

Random yet on topic, I found[0] the tiniest hopper I've ever seen today hitching a ride on my hoodie!

[0]https://i.ibb.co/Y4nwnpgP/Screenshot-20260601-165536-Gallery...

Re: What are locusts and what happened to them?

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Post by zem »

IAmBroom wrote: post #79
zem wrote: post #76

I was taken aback by the appearance of "trillions"; I would naively have figured that was several orders of magnitude too high for anything non-microscopic!

Don't google "number of ants on Earth", then....

heh yeah I did the actual math and realised I was very wrong. it was just a gut reaction.
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