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The home page does somewhat assume that the reader knows what "Loom" is -- if I'm not already a Loom user, that's pretty much instructing me to go look at Loom
by andrewaylett 2y ago
The home page does somewhat assume that the reader knows what "Loom" is -- if I'm not already a Loom user, that's pretty much instructing me to go look at Loom first because it's obviously the market leader in whatever-it-does.
From context, I'm guessing it's not about textile manufacture?
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- doubloon 2y agoYou mean its not the Lucas Arts game from the 80s/90s?
- TremendousJudge 2y agoI was 100% expecting to see a reimplementation of that game
- nottorp 2y agoI wonder how many people upvoted this without reading, assuming it's that Loom.
- JohnFen 2y agoI genuinely thought that's what the article was about before clicking.
- wkat4242 2y agoMe too, especially because it was quite groundbreaking at the time with its dynamic music engine.
- kbenson 2y agoAnd I think various open source engines, reimplementations or examinations of the original have been posted a to HN a few times over the years to a lot of positive comments as people remembered the original. I assumed this was another along the same lines.
- martin82 2y agoThis was exactly the reason why I never clicked faster on a HN link... my day is ruined and my disappointment is immeasurable...
- franze 2y agoI was thinking about "Loom" an old C64 SCUMMVM game with music.
- dmd 2y agoLoom was a fabulous game but it was never on C64.
- Chamix 2y agoI was thinking about the llm writing tool from Janus.