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Show HN: Bash Screensavers

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225 points attogram | 5 comments | 28 Oct 25 11:12 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

A github project to collect a bunch of bash-based screensavers/visualizations.
1. throwaway2037 ◴[28 Oct 25 14:20 UTC] No.45733242[source]▶
How can anyone have a bad day when great projects like this pop up on the front page of HN?

Did you see the library of viz? https://github.com/attogram/bash-screensavers/blob/main/libr...

My favourite API: lov_die_with_honor()

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2. axiolite ◴[28 Oct 25 21:40 UTC] No.45739596[source]▶
With "matrix" causing bash to consume 46% of my CPU time, I think I'll pass. I think I can play the actual film in 4K with less CPU time than that.
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3. AdieuToLogic ◴[29 Oct 25 00:50 UTC] No.45741285[source]▶
> My favourite API: lov_die_with_honor()

A friend of mine fancied the following when making an infinite loop in C:

  #define MONEY 1
  #define POWER 1

  while (MONEY == POWER)
  {
    ...
  }
4. o11c ◴[29 Oct 25 04:34 UTC] No.45742670[source]▶
Hm, does caching the result of each unique `tput` fix that?
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5. axiolite ◴[29 Oct 25 22:14 UTC] No.45753782{3}[source]▶
I don't see any `tput`s inside the Main loop. Only at startup and exit. Comment at the top of my version (HEAD as of yesterday) says:

  # This version is optimized for speed by:
  # 1. Using direct ANSI escape codes instead of forking `tput` for every update.