Like Game-of-Life, but on Growing Graphs, with WASM and WebGL
142 points
by znah
1 day ago
| 15 comments
| znah.net
| HN
gota
6 hours ago
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My quick investigation indicates that rule 2183 with a zero flipProb and the "fancy tentacles" is the most consistently able to generate penis-like images
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gota
2 hours ago
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Addendum: limit it to ~300 growthLimit to... manage expectations

And the preset doesn't matter - I thought it was a initial config that applies to any rule; it is a preset of the previous parameters instead

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reactordev
1 hour ago
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500 growthLimit for others…

;)

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kentf
4 hours ago
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This is beautiful. Have you looked at Stephen Wolfram's Physics project?

https://www.wolframphysics.org/

Reminds me of watching his idea of spacetime coming into existence.

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felineflock
34 minutes ago
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Some of those look like thongs.
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chuckadams
7 hours ago
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Pleasingly wiggly :)

8690 with a non-zero flip probability has a fun little effect I call "whoomph"

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gota
6 hours ago
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8690 with a high flipProb, "stable explosion" preset, is like a fuse -

be patient and it 'explodes'.

Very fun!

(Edit: apparently the fuse can 'die off' but the thing still eventually explodes)

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sublinear
1 hour ago
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This looks similar to the graphs on "2swap"[1]. Worth a watch if you haven't by now.

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=YGLNyHd2w10

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sanufar
5 hours ago
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Haven’t heard of SwissGL before, but this render feels super performant. Nice work with the Barnes-Hut algo!
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__MatrixMan__
6 hours ago
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This is awesome.

I'd love to see it with more than one type of stem cell and also some kind of apoptosis.

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londont
3 hours ago
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Wow. Just stunning. Congrats!
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JKCalhoun
6 hours ago
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Feels like building proteins, or some kind of RNA/DNA molecules.
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DesiLurker
5 hours ago
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looks kinda like wolfarm physics project: ref: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/11/the-concept-of-t...
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theknarf
5 hours ago
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Now we can see it knitting space-time before our eyes
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kentf
4 hours ago
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ha, great minds. Posted nearly the exact same thing, but you were first, so upvote for you.
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senfiaj
3 hours ago
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I get black screen on chrome. Works only on firefox.
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n0um3n4
10 hours ago
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mesmerizing...
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jezzamon
6 hours ago
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Very cool! Feels very alive
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psawaya
4 hours ago
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Amazing!
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analog8374
7 hours ago
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Good scifi. Strong alien vibe. Reminds me of Dark City.

Tends to get spindley but maybe that's just my phone

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