105 pointsby aebtebeten2 hours ago12 comments
  • ggm2 hours ago

      F.A.Q
        Q: buT cAN iT rUn dOOm?
        A: It can't really "run" anything, its a number.
      
        Q: Is it fast?
        A: Define "fast". If you mean "faster than copying Euclid by hand", then yes, dramatically.
    
        Q: Why did you make this?
        A: I wanted arbitrary precision arithmetic, but I also wanted to feel something.
    
    I can relate. Expecially the 3rd one.
    • 0x0mer2 hours ago
      Haha thank you! I'm glad to hear!
  • tingletech2 hours ago
    Cool. I just learned of compass and straight edge calculations from this video on doubling a cube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96LbF8nn05c from Ben Syversen's channel a couple of months ago
  • 0x0mer2 hours ago
    Thanks for posting, means a lot! :) I'd be happy to know how you stumbled upon it
    • lagrange772 hours ago
      > CasNum (Compass and straightedge Number) is a library that implements arbitrary precision arithmetic using compass and straightedge constructions. Arbitrary precision arithmetic, now with 100% more Euclid. Featuring a functional modified Game Boy emulator where every ALU opcode is implemented entirely through geometric constructions.

      Awesome :D

      • 0x0mer2 hours ago
        Thank you! :)
  • flir12 minutes ago
    Well that's just lovely.
  • daniloran hour ago
    This is so nice!!

    I'm wondering how hard would it be to extend it to include the whole game state plus all the ROM into the plane at the same time, and have it compute the next step from that!

    • 0x0mer35 minutes ago
      That's a good question :)

      I was wondering about this myself, it feels and probably is possible, and I have some ideas on how to do it. Though, on the one hand it would be cool if the entire GB was emulated using compass-and-straightedge, but OTOH, it would be less "pure" and a little more "forced" than just simulating the ALU, if you get what I mean.

      One idea I had is trying to draw the graphics of the game using compass-and-straightedge constructions (i.e., using circles and lines to draw approximately the GB graphics)

  • user39393826 minutes ago
    Why is GitHub asking me for a login to view a public repo link? What is this LinkedIn now?
  • mtsolitaryan hour ago
    Tried to use it to solve a quintic equation and it didn’t work :(
    • 0x0meran hour ago
      Sadly this feature request was denied by Abel-Ruffini :(
  • tsoukiory30 minutes ago
    Je ne comprends pas l'englay
  • ko20262 hours ago
    Coolest thing I've seen in a while Well done!
    • 0x0mer34 minutes ago
      Thank you! :)
  • brcmthrowawayan hour ago
    Was Claude used?
    • 0x0meran hour ago
      The only part of the code that was written by AI is the graphics window visualizing the constructions (i.e., the points, lines and circles) and I used codex
  • random_duck2 hours ago
    I have no idea what is going on here...
  • shablulman2 hours ago
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