[HN Gopher] Show HN: Names
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       Show HN: Names
        
       Author : jstjnsn
       Score  : 47 points
       Date   : 2023-01-21 20:43 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (joostjansen.me)
 (TXT) w3m dump (joostjansen.me)
        
       | w-m wrote:
       | ssqu...are
       | 
       | one-two-one-two
        
       | knipsaanarchist wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
       | Turing_Machine wrote:
       | tarquinfintimlinbinwhinbustopftangftangolebiscuitbarrel quickly
       | runs off the edge of the world. Maybe connect opposite edges to
       | form a toroidal geometry to avoid this?
        
       | JoeOfTexas wrote:
       | heheleeq
        
         | warent wrote:
         | I didn't have the courage to do it. Bonus points that it starts
         | with "hehe" LOL
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | warent wrote:
       | aabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabba
       | abbaabbaabbaabbnaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabba
       | abbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbnaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabba
       | abbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbnaabbaabbaabbaabba
       | abbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbaabbn
        
       | Hbruz0 wrote:
       | p.pllll..pllll..p.p.p.p.p..hh.hhh...hp...p..p.p
        
         | warent wrote:
         | edit: nah you changed your post without saying so. cringe
        
           | Hbruz0 wrote:
           | I mentioned that the space formatting on HN caught me off
           | guard. Editing something to provide a better quality result
           | is the opposite of cringe imo.
        
         | Hbruz0 wrote:
         | I tried using spaces but HN replaces multiple spaces with one.
        
           | paolosimone wrote:
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc                 these
           | words  are    very     distant
           | 
           | go nuts! (wink wink)
        
         | paolosimone wrote:
         | TTP reached!
         | 
         | https://knowyourmeme.com/search?q=TTP
        
       | jhardy54 wrote:
       | bbbbddddffffhhhhjjjjllll0nnnnpppprrrrttttvvvvxxxxzzzz0
       | bbbbddddffffhhhhjjjjllll0nnnnpppprrrrttttvvvvxxxxzzzz0
       | bbbbddddffffhhhhjjjjllll0nnnnpppprrrrttttvvvvxxxxzzzz0
       | bbbbddddffffhhhhjjjjllll0nnnnpppprrrrttttvvvvxxxxzzzz0
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | RheingoldRiver wrote:
       | ZZZZYYYYXXXXWWWWVVVVUUUU.ZZZZYYYYXXXXWWWWVVVVUUUU.ZZZZYYYYXXXXWWW
       | WVVVVUUUU.ZZZZYYYYXXXXWWWWVVVVUUUU
        
       | jspann wrote:
       | AAAAQQQQSSSSUUUVVV
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | jstjnsn wrote:
       | "Names" is a programmatic visualisation of letters in a word,
       | based on their position in the alphabet. Try typing a word
       | yourself in the box below!
        
         | aordano wrote:
         | Love your name/logo :)
        
         | azeemba wrote:
         | 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`?
        
           | GMoromisato wrote:
           | Looks like a bug to me.
        
             | rolfvandekrol wrote:
             | 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);
             | }       }
        
           | boffinism wrote:
           | I tried aabbccdd... to make a spiral and it broke at m.
        
             | sirl1on wrote:
             | tried zzzyyyxxx... so infuriating
        
             | RheingoldRiver wrote:
             | 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.
        
       | alphabet9000 wrote:
       | araazaaazaataazhataaamazzazawzkaazzzaaazaazawaazgagkgagaaaaraagag
       | aadlbbeaabeaabeaabeaabeaabeaabeadaabaadadaaadaacgaacgaacgaaadaaca
       | aeaebecaaebaaeaaaeabaeabaeaaaabbbbbabacaaeac
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | Existenceblinks wrote:
         | Your username tells your skills in the game.
        
         | simlevesque wrote:
         | You blew my mind.
        
       | iJohnDoe wrote:
       | Is there a way to do it in reverse?
        
       | shevis wrote:
       | iaefeaiaefeaideadagaaa
        
       | spdustin wrote:
       | a..b..c..d..e..f..g..h..i..j..k..l..m.nopqrstuvwxyzz.a..z.b..z.c.
       | .z.d..z.e..z.f..z.g..z.h..z.i..z.j..z.k..z.l..z.m.z.nz.oz.pz.qz.r
       | z.sz.tz.uz.vz.wz.xz.yz.zz.z.a..z.z.b..z.z.c..z.z.d..z.z.e..z.z.f.
       | .z.z.g..z.z.h..z.z.i..z.z.j..z.z.k..z.z.l..z.z.m.z.z.nz.z.oz.z.pz
       | .z.qz.z.rz.z.sz.z.tz.z.uz.z.vz.z.wz.z.xz.z.yz.z.zz.z.z.a..z.z.z.b
       | ..z.z.z.c..z.z.z.d..z.z.z.e..z.z.z.f..z.z.z.g..z.z.z.h..z.z.z.i..
       | z.z.z.j..z.z.z.k..z.z.z.l..z.z.z.m.z.z.z.nz.z.z.oz.z.z.pz.z.z.qz.
       | z.z.rz.z.z.sz.z.z.tz.z.z.uz.z.z.vz.z.z.wz.z.z.xz.z.z.yz.z.z.zz.z.
       | z.z.a..z.z.z.z.b..z.z.z.z.c..z.z.z.z.d..z.z.z.z.e..z.z.z.z.f..z.z
       | .z.z.g..z.z.z.z.h..z.z.z.z.i..z.z.z.z.j..z.z.z.z.k..z.z.z.z.l..z.
       | z.z.z.m.z.z.z.z.nz.z.z.z.z
       | 
       | That was unexpectedly fun!
        
         | [deleted]
        
       | imwm wrote:
       | abcdefghijkloabcdefghijklopabcdefghijkloabcdefghijklopabcdefghijk
       | loabcdefghijklopabcdefghijkloabcdefghijkloa
        
       | Hbruz0 wrote:
       | Someone please make a rickroll QR code
        
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