rastapasta

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   by rastapasta 1y ago

   Won't go offline before me going offlife ;)
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   by rastapasta 2y ago

   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, p
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   by rastapasta 2y ago

   Thanks for the kudos and the shared joy :) AMA, happy to answer any potential questions!
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   by rastapasta 5y ago

   thank you for the big smile and amazement about MapSCII being adapted for a whole new level of creativity - beautiful project, kudos to you!
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   by rastapasta 5y ago

   Quick update: scaling up again atm, HN was a bit too much for the current machines :)
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   by rastapasta 5y ago

   Indeed it does, take a look at the BrailleBuffer[1] :) Thanks for the kudos! [1] https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blob/master/src/Braill...
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   Wearable Microphone Jamming – One Bracelet to Jam Them All(github.com)

   1 points by rastapasta 7y ago|0 comments
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   by rastapasta 9y ago

   From people who are willing to exchange 'real'-money backed numbers ('fiat') with might-have-some-worth-soon numbers.
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   by rastapasta 9y ago

   thanks for touching the heart of an old perlmonk :)
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    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
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    :) some more info and discussion around MapSCII can be found @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14254165
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    new old school magic ;) http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/ctlseqs.html#Mouse%20Tracking
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Very odd - na, that's a bug and not a feature, I'm just throwing color coded Braille characters at you ;) Most likely related to your Terminal version, http://iterm2.com might help.
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Not yet, heaps of CLI parameters in the ToDo though - until then, clone the repo and set it in https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blob/master/src/Mapsci... - & thanks for the kudos ;)
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Came across the vector tile format, fell in love with it, used it for some projects, idea came to mind -> wrote it as a side project :)
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    no, not in the inital one :) kinda freestyle gitmojis ( http://gitmoji.carloscuesta.me )
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    It currently uses the Planet file of http://osm2vectortiles.com , but will be ported to its successor https://openmaptiles.org soon. Both projects -> pure awesomeness! Thanks for the kudos ;)
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Thank you & especially thanks for the work on the vector tile format - so much in love with it and the possibilities that come along! Cheers!
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Its complelty self stylable (based on Mapbox Style definitions, https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-style-spec/ ) - so no need for orange plasma, just set https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blo
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Good question indeed, main reason for me was the incredible well toolset in the node.js world around Vector Tile based map data and GIS processing. Check out the list of used libraries in the repo and you might understand ;)
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    by rastapasta 9y ago

    Thanks and enjoy :)
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    Telnet mapscii.me(asciinema.org)

    2 points by rastapasta 9y ago|1 comments
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    MapSCII – Braille and ASCII OpenStreetMap renderer for your console(github.com)

    5 points by rastapasta 9y ago|0 comments