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		youainti 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Relax while watching bouncing particles making con... This made me realize how much I miss screensavers. I used to sit and just stare at them meditatively as a teen.

grues-dinner 11 months ago | [–]

I think I learned more about chaos theory by hacking a first person Rössler attractor "rider" into xscreensaver (instead of the usual Lorenz attractor) than by any other thing.

ykonstant 11 months ago | | [–]

Also the cool effects in music players.

rollcat 11 months ago | [–]

Yeah this one definitely has a JWZ vibe. Probably worth porting and contributing to XScreensaver.

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