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> No WebGL Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and I'd rather it was used. As-is, one of my CPU cores is pegged at 100% just rendering the landing page.

by Retr0id 4mo ago

alightsoul 4mo ago
maybe to prove the output is purely text only?
electroglyph 4mo ago
heh, i came here to say basically the same thing
khazhoux 4mo ago
When the topic is rendering 3d models using ASCII glyphs, we've already exited the realm of advantages and disadvantages. This is just supposed to be cool.
- Retr0id 4mo ago
  Cool things are allowed to be practical and well-engineered, too. Either way, it seems weird to list a disadvantage as a headline feature.
  - khazhoux 4mo ago
    Sure. But I think the idea is already absurd, so I'm not expecting a performant engine out of it. I get your point though, that the same ASCII rendering effect might be doable at much higher scale without pegging the CPU.
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swiftcoder 4mo ago
Presumably because its an intentional throwback to the era when most people didn't have a GPU?
dspillett 4mo ago
> > No WebGL > Why Sometimes hobby projects are a fun challenge because of the limitations you set for yourself. “No WebGL” (and “no canvas”) comes directly between “Render textured 3D meshes in the DOM” and “Each scene is a single <pre> you can…”. Why did I write some SQL to use TSQLs geometry types to draw a dragon curve fractal in SSMS way back when? Certainly not because it was an efficient use of the tech or my time! How this challenge aspect translates to a project that (going by other comments) is largely vibe-coded escapes me a bit, if I asked an ML algorithm to complete a sudoku I wouldn't feel any sense of achievement, but each to their own. > Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and… Away from the “because that was the challenge the maker set for themselves” aspect: WebGL does not always work, such as over most remote desktop solutions (there are of course ways to make the access it needs to the GPU possible, depending on the remoting option you are using, but one of those being configured is far from a given). This will continue to operate in those circumstances.

> No WebGL Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and I'd rather it was used. As-is, one of my CPU cores is pegged at 100% just rendering the landing page.

by Retr0id 4mo ago

> No WebGL Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and I'd rather it was used. As-is, one of my CPU cores is pegged at 100% just rendering the landing page.

alightsoul 4mo ago

maybe to prove the output is purely text only?

electroglyph 4mo ago

heh, i came here to say basically the same thing

khazhoux 4mo ago

When the topic is rendering 3d models using ASCII glyphs, we've already exited the realm of advantages and disadvantages. This is just supposed to be cool.

Retr0id 4mo ago
Cool things are allowed to be practical and well-engineered, too. Either way, it seems weird to list a disadvantage as a headline feature.
- khazhoux 4mo ago
  Sure. But I think the idea is already absurd, so I'm not expecting a performant engine out of it. I get your point though, that the same ASCII rendering effect might be doable at much higher scale without pegging the CPU.
- deleted 4mo ago
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swiftcoder 4mo ago

Presumably because its an intentional throwback to the era when most people didn't have a GPU?

dspillett 4mo ago

> > No WebGL > Why Sometimes hobby projects are a fun challenge because of the limitations you set for yourself. “No WebGL” (and “no canvas”) comes directly between “Render textured 3D meshes in the DOM” and “Each scene is a single <pre> you can…”. Why did I write some SQL to use TSQLs geometry types to draw a dragon curve fractal in SSMS way back when? Certainly not because it was an efficient use of the tech or my time! How this challenge aspect translates to a project that (going by other comments) is largely vibe-coded escapes me a bit, if I asked an ML algorithm to complete a sudoku I wouldn't feel any sense of achievement, but each to their own. > Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and… Away from the “because that was the challenge the maker set for themselves” aspect: WebGL does not always work, such as over most remote desktop solutions (there are of course ways to make the access it needs to the GPU possible, depending on the remoting option you are using, but one of those being configured is far from a given). This will continue to operate in those circumstances.