Show HN: Names - Hackdot

Re:Show HN: Names by azeemba on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:07PM (#34470542)

So I just typed each letter to see what the pattern was. Is there a reason you had the pattern rotate the other way after `m`?

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Re:Show HN: Names by GMoromisato on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:23PM (#34470687)

Looks like a bug to me.

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Re:Show HN: Names by rolfvandekrol on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:30PM (#34471353)

Definitely not a bug. There is a piece of code in source that looks like this:

  function rotateLine(position) {
    if (position < halfabet) {
      context.rotate((-90 \* Math.PI) / 180);
    } else if (position > halfabet) {
      context.rotate((90 \* Math.PI) / 180);
    } else if (position === halfabet) {
      context.rotate((180 \* Math.PI) / 180);
    }
  }

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Re:Show HN: Names by andrewstuart2 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @01:36AM (#34474984)

Halfabet is a fun variable name.

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Re:Show HN: Names by boffinism on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:11PM (#34470582)

I tried aabbccdd... to make a spiral and it broke at m.

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Re:Show HN: Names by sirl1on on Saturday January 21, 2023 @04:24PM (#34470693)

tried zzzyyyxxx... so infuriating

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Re:Show HN: Names by RheingoldRiver on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:25PM (#34471306)

You can do it:

abcdefghijklm...n..o..p..q..r..s..t..u..v..w..x..y..z..z.ab...z..c...z..d...z..e

etc.

i.e., `.` changes direction. Once you get to `z` you can continue appending additional `z`s to keep it going. I quit making the spiral here cos I realized the top comment is also a spiral, although theirs is in the other direction.

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