Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

heikki @gdc@typo.social

11/12/2025, 9:04:32 AM

Public

Accidentally discovered a flood fill based cellular automata while making a simple paint app.

I animated the flood fill (inspired by Mario Paint), so on click it slowly starts flooding in all four directions. But, when I placed two floods close together, they started colliding into each other, forming very organic looking patterns that ripple and shift. It's semi-stable: they can go for thousands of generations before eventually one floods "wins". Maybe some configurations are even stable?

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