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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by dlivingston on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:03AM (#26808104)
To go in the opposite direction, if you wanted to add an option for people fine with large CPU/GPU expenditure (i.e., if this were playing on a dedicated TV in an actual café), it might be fun to add a WebGL canvas and make lofi/vaporwave-inspired effects [0].

[0]: http://hands.wtf/rad

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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by dylan604 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:35AM (#26808541)
Why would you ever target wasting CPU/GPU when better alternatives are available?
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by artful-hacker on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:49AM (#26808729)
I actually really like this feature when playing music for a whole room on my OLED TV. People like watching the fancy graphics and I get to dodge a tiny little bit of burn in.
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by dylan604 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @11:54AM (#26808826)
You missed the part of better alternatives. I didn't mean to turn off the anim, just switch it to a more efficient method of doing it.
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by catlifeonmars on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @09:39PM (#26815272)
What are the better alternatives?
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by codebolt on Thursday April 15, 2021 @08:01AM (#26819352)
I'm guessing pre-rendered animations. Better alternative if you're optimizing for performance, but maybe not if we're optimizing for other metrics.
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by ajkjk on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:54PM (#26812932)
It might be cool.
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Re:Show HN: Lofi.cafe by dylan604 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:30PM (#26815570)
It might be cool to needlessly spin up a CPU/GPU for no reason other than not being familiar with a more effectient method of doing something? I don't know where you come from, but that's not my definition of cool at all
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