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Interview with Japanese Demoscener 0b5vr

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241 points nokonoko | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 11:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.263s | source
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herodoturtle ◴[05 Sep 25 14:07 UTC] No.45138777[source]▶
This article was such a cool trip down memory lane, and as an old-timer that hasn’t looked at this stuff since the early 90s (mode13h anyone?) I am so happy to see how strong the scene is today.
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ErneX ◴[05 Sep 25 14:42 UTC] No.45139164[source]▶
His live set demo is pretty neat

https://youtu.be/3lOptjAeA2w

Repo: https://github.com/0b5vr/0mix

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skrebbel ◴[05 Sep 25 14:49 UTC] No.45139235[source]▶
Just to clarify for readers who didn't read the interview, not a live set, it’s a 64kb demo that looks and feels like a recording of a livecoding competition. So “live set demo” is technically correct because it’s a “live set” themed demo. But it’s not actually a live set :-)
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1. genezeta ◴[05 Sep 25 19:19 UTC] No.45142514[source]▶
I don't know why the sibling comment is dead (edit: was). I mean, it is a valid concern, if one doesn't know.

So, for slickytail and anyone who has the same question:

The code is actually compressed into a binary blob. You can see it if you just look at the source of https://0b5vr.com/0mix/0mix.html

A small script loads the blob and uncompresses it before running it through eval:

  fetch("#").then(t=>t.blob()).then(t=>new Response(t.slice(156).stream().pipeThrough(new DecompressionStream("deflate"))).text()).then(eval)
This is a common approach in browser demos and what is counted as "less than 64Kb" is that final html. A similar technique compresses it into a PNG.