Hacker News: drfreckles

New comment by drfreckles in "A game where you're an OS and have to manage processes, memory and I/O events"

drfreckles — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:40:00 +0000

It's possible. Look for "Run with an automated script" in the README.

The Tale of My Retrocomputing Infrastructure

drfreckles — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:00:56 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/the-tale-of-my-retrocomputing-infrastructure/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482664

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I Used NumPy to Plan for My Home Renovations

drfreckles — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:24:13 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/i-used-numpy-to-plan-for-my-home-renovations/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298065

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

My Journey to Stop Using My Phone

drfreckles — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:03:14 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/my-journey-to-stop-using-my-phone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45315692

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 22:24:51 +0000

You're right! I rephrased that.

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 17:07:15 +0000

Again, the need was not to implement an efficient sort. It was to implement an animation that pretends to execute an efficient sort. Also, quicksort gives a more interesting result visually.

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:49:33 +0000

That's precisely why I added emojis. In early versions of the game, the starvation levels were only represented by colors.

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:42:38 +0000

Exactly :)

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:41:03 +0000

Because the animation needs to pretend to use something more efficient.

New comment by drfreckles in "I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it"

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 15:23:51 +0000

Oof! I was definitely tired! Thank you!

I coded something dumb and I'm proud of it

drfreckles — Wed, 15 May 2024 12:58:46 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/i-coded-something-dumb-and-im-proud-of-it-en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366323

Points: 162

# Comments: 84

I Used Netscape Composer in 2024

drfreckles — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 02:14:11 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/i-used-netscape-composer-in-2024-en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38996673

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by drfreckles in "A video game where you are an operating system"

drfreckles — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:56:56 +0000

Thanks for your report. It is fixed now! :)

A video game where you are an operating system

drfreckles — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 23:21:31 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/i-created-the-nerdierst-game-ever-en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37115626

Points: 662

# Comments: 122

In this game, you are a computer's OS

drfreckles — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 01:57:40 +0000

Article URL: https://drfreckles42.itch.io/youre-the-os

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36938032

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

The Problem with Frameworks

drfreckles — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:56:04 +0000

Article URL: https://plbrault.com/blog-posts/the-problem-with-frameworks-en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30250123

Points: 82

# Comments: 106