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Console Screendumps

46 points by zdw 4y ago

unwind 4y ago
Very interesting post, and refreshing presentation/formatting too, great job! Meta: it would be good to have "OpenBSD" in the title, it's not obvious to me and it might help readers decide on whether or not it sounds interesting quicker.
emsixteen 4y ago
Interesting at a core, but I'm too fickle to browse a site that looks like it was made to intentionally be a painful viewing experience.
- bartvk 4y ago
  Then you'll hate the homepage[0] which features a tit (bird) flying off after the page rendered. That's the default theme, though -- you can switch themes using the animated glasses button in the lower-left of the homepage. [0] https://research.exoticsilicon.com/ https://research.exoticsilicon.com/
  - blueflow 4y ago
    Oh c'mon it doesn't even spread its wings when flying away, the sprite is just moved and scaled.
    - notadev 4y ago
      I really find is so much better this way.
  - emsixteen 4y ago
    I did try browsing around and changing the themes before making that comment, but the only theme for me was pain.
- skrebbel 4y ago
  Then it’s not for you! That’s okay!
- fortyseven 4y ago
  So what happened to the whole "websites used to be a lot more creative in the '90s" thing. A website shows some creativity for once and we immediately shun it. We can't have it both ways...
- dpifke 4y ago
  Quoting https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
kator 4y ago
Am I over simplifying or does this in general do the same thing with some help from imagemagick on linux with /dev/fb? convert -size $(tr ',' 'x' < /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size) -depth 8 bgra:/dev/fb0 snap.png
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xwowsersx 4y ago
This page gives me such a headache, but I absolutely love it.
harel 4y ago
The aesthetics of this site are incredible. I can't tell if it's intentionally mid-late 90s (a la lingcars.com), or not. I find it very hard to read, but very entertaining at the same time.
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gpvos 4y ago
It would be good if in the title or clearly in the intro it is explained what wscons is, and make clear that it's an OpenBSD thing.
jollyllama 4y ago
Or use tmux https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236845 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236845
trynewideas 4y ago
This is neat tech. I'm only a little bummed that the two options are "text without formatting" and "raster graphics without text data", though. SVG's right there! You can background the raster image and write equivalent text over it. EDIT: Just remembered this one weird trick, https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg

46 points by zdw 4y ago

Very interesting post, and refreshing presentation/formatting too, great job! Meta: it would be good to have "OpenBSD" in the title, it's not obvious to me and it might help readers decide on whether or not it sounds interesting quicker.

emsixteen 4y ago

Interesting at a core, but I'm too fickle to browse a site that looks like it was made to intentionally be a painful viewing experience.

bartvk 4y ago
Then you'll hate the homepage[0] which features a tit (bird) flying off after the page rendered. That's the default theme, though -- you can switch themes using the animated glasses button in the lower-left of the homepage. [0] https://research.exoticsilicon.com/ https://research.exoticsilicon.com/
- blueflow 4y ago
  Oh c'mon it doesn't even spread its wings when flying away, the sprite is just moved and scaled.
  - notadev 4y ago
    I really find is so much better this way.
- emsixteen 4y ago
  I did try browsing around and changing the themes before making that comment, but the only theme for me was pain.
skrebbel 4y ago
Then it’s not for you! That’s okay!
fortyseven 4y ago
So what happened to the whole "websites used to be a lot more creative in the '90s" thing. A website shows some creativity for once and we immediately shun it. We can't have it both ways...
dpifke 4y ago
Quoting https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.

kator 4y ago

Am I over simplifying or does this in general do the same thing with some help from imagemagick on linux with /dev/fb? convert -size $(tr ',' 'x' < /sys/class/graphics/fb0/virtual_size) -depth 8 bgra:/dev/fb0 snap.png

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xwowsersx 4y ago

This page gives me such a headache, but I absolutely love it.

harel 4y ago

The aesthetics of this site are incredible. I can't tell if it's intentionally mid-late 90s (a la lingcars.com), or not. I find it very hard to read, but very entertaining at the same time.

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gpvos 4y ago

It would be good if in the title or clearly in the intro it is explained what wscons is, and make clear that it's an OpenBSD thing.

jollyllama 4y ago

Or use tmux https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236845 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236845

trynewideas 4y ago

This is neat tech. I'm only a little bummed that the two options are "text without formatting" and "raster graphics without text data", though. SVG's right there! You can background the raster image and write equivalent text over it. EDIT: Just remembered this one weird trick, https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg