F.A.Q
Q: buT cAN iT rUn dOOm?
A: It can't really "run" anything, its a number.
Q: Is it fast?
A: Define "fast". If you mean "faster than copying Euclid by hand", then yes, dramatically.
Q: Why did you make this?
A: I wanted arbitrary precision arithmetic, but I also wanted to feel something.
To add my own "most relatable" quote to this thread:
> As always, please save any important work before running anything I ever write.
:')
But really I just want to add to the cacophony of appreciation in this thread :)
0x0mer, I hope you feel the love from this reaction and can bask in that warm inner glow for years to come.
And definitely feeling the love and the warm inner glow!!
Awesome :D
I use SageMath to find minimal polynomials and solve the constructions algebraically. The reason I say that the library is only "arbitrary precision" and not exact/symbolic is that I use approximation in order to distinguish between points. I believe the "correct" way to implement this as exact would have been to save for each number its minimal polynomial and some interval that contains it and distinguishes it from the other roots of its minimal polynomial. It shouldn't be too much work to incorporate this, maybe I will do it some day :)
I'm wondering how hard would it be to extend it to include the whole game state plus all the ROM into the plane at the same time, and have it compute the next step from that!
I was wondering about this myself, it feels and probably is possible, and I have some ideas on how to do it. Though, on the one hand it would be cool if the entire GB was emulated using compass-and-straightedge, but OTOH, it would be less "pure" and a little more "forced" than just simulating the ALU, if you get what I mean.
One idea I had is trying to draw the graphics of the game using compass-and-straightedge constructions (i.e., using circles and lines to draw approximately the GB graphics)
I rarely login, because I don’t want to be a supply chain attack vector, but I guess that’s bad for someone’s promotion metrics.
Anyway, don’t host documentation there, and if you do, put it on one big page. If I read two paragraphs, think, then read the next page and so on, it bans me after about 5 clicks.
Them A/B testing “make it all private” would disappoint me, but not surprise me.