Apologies for the quick reboot of the servers. I learned from last time this happened and resized the digitalocean droplet.
eval(unescape(escape`<<97 wide characters>>`.replace(/u../g,'')))
I suppose you could make the same argument about size-based competitions at demo parties; the limit is strictly 4096 bytes but everyone + their dog is using Crinkler to compress a 12-20KB executable down to that size. In fact, part of the effort is in aligning data and tweaking constants with Crinkler's algorithm in mind, to make the raw data more amenable to compression! But at least then, it's not a constant compression (turning any 194 ASCII characters into 97 Unicode characters which with embedded decoder makes exactly 140 characters)
I am assuming c is set to a canvas element and x is set to the context, but I can't find actual information on this.
Of course, the real magic of dwitter is the lovely community: https://discord.gg/emHe6cP
Fractals: https://www.dwitter.net/h/fractal
Dynamical systems / chaos: https://www.dwitter.net/h/chaos
Strange attractors: https://www.dwitter.net/h/attractor
Spiral-based generative art: https://www.dwitter.net/h/spiral
Fireworks simulation: https://www.dwitter.net/h/fireworks
Procedural scenes: https://www.dwitter.net/h/scene
Wavelets (3D and 2D): https://www.dwitter.net/h/wavelet
And the most popular dweets: https://www.dwitter.net/top/all
https://i.imgur.com/20f2gb8.gif
more:
https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?style=1&f=6&...
You would expect severe restrictions to yield sameness. On the contrary, you receive untamed variety. Optical illusions. Modern sayings. People twisting the medium in unplanned directions.
The trend I’ve noticed.
Limits prevent uninvited focus.
Constraints that we all share can become a shared language.
A tiny scope reduces experimentation expenditure.
When the area of surface is small, people penetrate deep instead of spread wide. They experiment with odd concepts since failing is inexpensive and quick.
Unlike most platforms that add features to unlock creative potential, which actually ends up overwhelming it.
A rule that I keep coming back to: if something feels playful, constraints are probably doing their job.
Inquisitive.
In what situations did restrictions lead to better outcomes?
When do limitations start to seem fictitious?
What contemporary instruments ought to be more limited?
[1] https://youtu.be/JsAetmgJRss?si=AxIFySX7ktzu5GL5&t=193
[2] https://github.com/jed/140bytes/wiki/Byte-saving-techniques
js_func`string`
e.g. https://github.com/developit/htm and https://lit.dev/docs/components/rendering/
https://gisthost.github.io/?8d537c4a3b2331e7c6c45d31f1900330
The Trashcan in that sampler is stored as
TRASH: Q`!B>#Z>!F>#F:V:V>!>B#^BZfBf3`
function Q([e]){let c,t,n,d="",l=0,o=c=>e.charCodeAt(l++)-33;for(;l<e.length;d+=t<20?(c=1&t?100:10,"MmLlHhVvCcSsQqTtAaZz"[t]):t<71?t-45+" ":71==t?(n=o(),e.slice(l,l+=n)):(94*(t-72)+o()-1033)/c+" ")t=o();return d}
function simpleImage(p="M-22 -22 h44 v44 h-44 Z",w=64,h=w,o={}){let{background:b="#0000",stroke:s="#000f",fill:f="#fffa",thickness:t=w/32,transform:m=[1,0,0,1,0,0],scale:c=1,angle:a=0}=o;const C=new OffscreenCanvas(w,h),X=C.getContext("2d");let P=new Path2D(p);m instanceof DOMMatrix||(m=new DOMMatrix(m));m.translateSelf(w/2,h/2);m.rotateSelf(a);m.scaleSelf(c,c);let T=new Path2D;T.addPath(P,m);P=T;X.fillStyle=b;X.fillRect(0,0,w,h);X.fillStyle=f;X.strokeStyle=s;X.lineWidth=t;X.stroke(P);X.fill(P);return C}
sql`SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${userId}`
const q = gql` query GetUser { user(id: ${userId}) { name email } } `;
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
Dwitter used the definition of what Twitter at the time used. The solution of https://beta.dwitter.net/ mitigates the lack of accessibility of the encoding, while keeping the fixed target at the same time introducing a new practical target.
The Math.sin css color encoder were concessions to practicality, there has been much discussion as to whether a Dwitter 2 should simply include additional characters required to the same preconfig and let people do it themselves, and let them use the characters for something else if they can think of something.
I'd like something like this just to see how creative people get in doing that. How small can you make a bit of JavaScript that copies every static method of Math to window?
and creativity is the goal here. No matter how people stretch the system, it can't be denied they have been doing so creatively.
if(!window.g){gc=document.createElement('canvas');g=gc.getContext('webgl');c.parentNode.replaceChild(gc,c);k=Object.keys(g.__proto__);d='void main(){gl_';str = `g395(g41,g318())g310(g41,new Float32Array([0,0.5,0,-0.5,-0.5,0,0.5,-0.5,0]),g46);a=g322(g139)g382(a,'attribute vec3 c;${d}Position=vec4(c,1);}')g313(a);b=g322(g138)g382(b,'${d}FragColor=vec4(1,0,1,0);}')g313(b);d=g320()g302(d,a)g302(d,b)g376(d)g393(d)g435(0,3,g128,0,0,0)g406(0)g404(g12,0,3)`.replace(/g(\d+)/g,"\ng.\${k[$1]}");eval("eval(`"+str+"`)")}
I assume there are far more advanced methods than what I managed to do, so it's probably possible to actually get that to 140 characters.
x.arc&&c.parentNode.replaceChild(g=c.cloneNode(),c);x=g.getContext`webgl`;f=Float32Array;eval(`d=320()395(41,318())310(41,new f([0,n=0.5,-n,-n,n,-n]),46)${z='382(a=322(13'}9),'attribute vec2 c;${d='void main(){gl_'}Position=vec4(c${w=",0,1);}')313(a)302(d,a)"}${z}8),'${d}FragColor=vec4(0,1${w}376(d)393(d)435(0,2,128,0,0,0)406(0)404(12,0,3)`.replace(/\d{2,}/g,"\nx[Object.keys(x.__proto__)[$&]]"))
Clever math does the heavy lifting on dwitter.net
Show HN: A Stargate in 140 chars of JavaScript - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25088683 - Nov 2020 (55 comments)
Dwitter – A social network for short JavaScript demos - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13700698 - Feb 2017 (71 comments)
You start a topic by pasting a dataset or a link to some JSON csv, xml, sql files, etc, then add a description or some other rage bate to start a conversation.
Seems much fun and a great way to start getting into coding.
The halting problem can just be figured out experimentally in production. Users might need to earn or lose privileges over time as things escalate. Admins might approve a script and allow running it without prompts or pressing the button.
Perhaps entire applications can be written this way. I much enjoyed old php code with discussions in threaded comments. (The cache will save us.)
Reminds me of Richard
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/184618/what-is-the-best-...
Pretty happy with this one: https://www.dwitter.net/d/7421
It's always fun just spending 10 minutes slamming together some trig functions and see what appears on the screen.
Tried AI for a standalone html page snippet renderer[0].
I tried just feeding it snippets one by one and that worked, but the raymarching ones it could not get going until I gave it the dwitter github repos. Now most, but not all (simple to fix manually though), work.
Also interesting to see Claude is terrible at trying to write the art (the demos itself) and seeing what it tries to do; not surprising given the challenge.
[0] https://claude.ai/public/artifacts/d8b357df-5982-48c6-be58-7...
It's the weekend! Take a journey back in time...
https://xcancel.com/search?q=%23%E3%81%A4%E3%81%B6%E3%82%84%...
Try saving this Normal HTML File and open it in a text/hex editor: https://0b5vr.com/domain/domain.html
https://x.com/search?q=%23postcart%20%23pico8
maybe #tweetcart is a better hash tag
I’m not saying that to disparage the content mind you; it is amazing. Just wondering which potential rules could make similar results and “normal”/readable code, as that would be awesome to see.