Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle

Re:Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle by drcode on Sunday September 18, 2022 @11:33PM (#32893996)

I know, I like them too!

This was a popular thing to do in ye olde commodore 64 days, because you could cycle the background color easily in basic, and nobody thought yet that a video game could trigger epilepsy

(honestly, I'm a bit skeptical about this theory even today, but will defer to the typical opinion on this matter, not being an epilepsy expert)

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Re:Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle by alanh on Monday September 19, 2022 @12:44AM (#32894367)

That’s real. I once wrote a quick & dirty bookmarklet to disable all GIF animation on a page because even fairly unremarkable-to-most-of-us GIFs are uncomfortable for an epileptic friend. It is still on https://alanhogan.com/bookmarklets

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Re:Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle by soheil on Monday September 19, 2022 @09:50PM (#32906677)

Really shouldn't be too difficult to do this at the OS level or even hardware level if someone really wanted to make this happen.

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Re:Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle by hoseja on Monday September 19, 2022 @03:13AM (#32895259)

I don't think it's that dangerous if the flashing is very rapid, it has to hit some sweet brainwave spot (10x/s ?) I think. The Porygon episode did.

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Re:Show HN: I may have created a new type of puzzle by code_duck on Monday September 19, 2022 @04:10AM (#32895612)

Atari games, too. This reminded me of the end of Missile Command and Adventure.

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