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Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by jamiek88 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @01:34PM (#39801593)
Folks, this is one where you really have to try it not just read the comments (as I usually just do).

I nearly clicked away but went in and was fricken mesmerized by this.

It’s incredible.

Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by J_cst on Saturday March 23, 2024 @04:39PM (#39802956)
I mainly read comments too... :)
Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by canjobear on Saturday March 23, 2024 @02:23PM (#39802012)
Indeed. Just looking at and zooming around is incredibly thought-provoking.
Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by hesdeadjim on Saturday March 23, 2024 @02:03PM (#39801855)
Absolutely incredible.
Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by Sn0wCoder on Sunday March 24, 2024 @03:11AM (#39805574)
Agree with you about needing to click the site and about reading comments. I always read the comments first to see if the link is worth the click (paywall, waste of time, huge banners, scam site, etc.) Big shout out to those folks who are reading the articles and leaving comments for the rest of us. I am guilty of not commenting much on this platform mostly because even with all my experience rarely will my comment add to the discussion.

I have made the game of life at least a dozen times in every new language I learn and am already thinking about how this is done. Even having a few example patterns the user can start with is sometimes a hassle depending on the implementation. This site has almost still life’s, oscillators and spaceships combined into an infinite number of layers (not sure it has all did not verify). The pattern does appear to be repeated but just getting the base layers is very impressive.

Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by TheSkyHasEyes on Sunday March 24, 2024 @11:02AM (#39807656)
Site hugged to death. :/

Will try in a few days.

Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by hacky_engineer on Sunday March 24, 2024 @03:13PM (#39809460)
If you're in firefox, try disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection.
Re:Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable by Grimblewald on Monday March 25, 2024 @01:42AM (#39813111)
highly recommend the song "darude - sandstorm" while scrolling through.