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Won't go offline before me going offlife ;)


Thanks for the kudos and the shared joy :) AMA, happy to answer any potential questions!


Thanks for this, this is such a cool tool!

When zooming in, I get "renderer is busy" which hangs the map for a second or two, and I was curious as to why. I'm running it locally so it isn't network bound. CPU does spike (for process "gnome-terminal-server") but doesn't seem to get anywhere near 100% (for any core). Do you know what it's waiting on when it prints "renderer is busy"?


Even though it runs locally, it is network-connected to the tile server that provides you with the vector tiles (unless they are cached locally after their first use). You currently have to wait for the requested tile(s) to be downloaded, processed, and available in memory before continuing rendering (which is slow in direct comparison to rendering itself). Could be improved by continuing to render the zoomed features of the parent tile until its children are ready (triggering a re-render) - but for now, it simply lets you wait until then :)


thank you for the big smile and amazement about MapSCII being adapted for a whole new level of creativity - beautiful project, kudos to you!


Can I try adding Teletext mosaic support? It’s 2x3 only, but, unlike Braille, it’s evenly spaced.


something very soothing about this project. I love it.


Quick update: scaling up again atm, HN was a bit too much for the current machines :)


Indeed it does, take a look at the BrailleBuffer[1] :) Thanks for the kudos!

[1] https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blob/master/src/Braill...


From people who are willing to exchange 'real'-money backed numbers ('fiat') with might-have-some-worth-soon numbers.


thanks for touching the heart of an old perlmonk :)


2147483647 (2^31-1) is worth watching as well.

A second later the first bit of any timestamp still handled as signed int32 will flip and the ride into the past begins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem


:) some more info and discussion around MapSCII can be found @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165


Hey, you're the author, cool! Nice work.



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