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It would be nice to know what the algorithm is for the movement and location of developer names, since that isn't made clear on the project page. It seems to ha
by sofal 18y ago
It would be nice to know what the algorithm is for the movement and location of developer names, since that isn't made clear on the project page. It seems to have something to do with the average location of the files when they light up and start flying. If that's the case, what's the algorithm for the location of the appearing files?
Without knowing some of the finer details of what is going on, I find it to be more entertaining than educational. Can we learn something other than a general idea and appreciation of the activity that went into a project?
- acgourley 18y agoLooks like they place dots around the edges of the screen (randomly) when the document is first committed. Then the physics model pulls in with some linear (to distance) force to developers that have committed to it. Developers repulse everything at a force square to the distance of the object, so that documents find equilibrium at a ring.