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Tank Body Problem

http://www.jimsitu.com
12•jimbooonooo•1h ago

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jimbooonooo•1h ago
I grew up playing scorched Earth on Windows 3 just over a thousand years ago, and have always enjoyed that game. here is my implementation using a circular world with basic orbital dynamics added. in theory it works on mobile as well, but is best intended to be a PC browser game.

in the interest of transparency, this was generated on qwen 3.8: 27b, so you should consider the "my implementation" loose at best.

I'd love feedback on what works and what doesn't.

some weapons, such as the laser satellite and the peacock feather have additional actions that can be commanded after the initial launch. for instance the laser satellite will shoot a laser in whatever the current orientation is, and the peacock feather will split up into multiple feathers when pressing the space button or the fire button again.

enjoy!

SubiculumCode•33m ago
Loved that game...and there is definite potential here. It seems like a player can just move right next to opponent and fire? That doesn't seem right?
WhiteNoiz3•26m ago
I also grew up playing Scorched - love this twist on the old idea.
olliepro•17m ago
Moving L/R is OP
ivanech•8m ago
Yes you can drive up to your opponent and hit them point blank

Jeff – Jev-compatible 0.8B decision models, trained at home, ~30 ms

https://github.com/firelex/jeff
303•firelex•6h ago•122 comments

Pirating the Pirates

https://mubi.com/en/notebook/posts/pirating-the-pirates
427•piotrgrabowski•10h ago•227 comments

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https://archaeologymag.com/2026/09/gobeklitepe-burials-hundreds-of-scattered-bones/
86•yusufaytas•2d ago•22 comments

MicroLLM Lab – Try 7 tiny LLM's in the browser

https://stateofutopia.com/experiments/microllmlab/
140•logicallee•7h ago•65 comments

1996 chat room simulator connected to Win95 and System 7 web desktops

https://lolchat.rip/
25•henrychannel•2h ago•13 comments

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/scientists-solve-1840s-space-weather-mystery/
66•gumby•6h ago•37 comments

Sonnet 5.5

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603•D2OQZG8l5BI1S06•8h ago•416 comments

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68•randycupertino•6h ago•154 comments

World Labs Is Joining AMD

https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/amd-announcement
195•mfiguiere•6h ago•77 comments

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https://github.com/Low-Zi-Hong/ESP32s3-LLM-Cluster
35•nkko•5h ago•3 comments

Hijacking the PS5's RTMP stream

https://yashgarg.dev/posts/hijacking-ps5-rtmp-stream/
201•ibobev•11h ago•67 comments

What is the best shape of a city? Modelling effect of urban form on distance

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23998083261458842
18•rustoo•2d ago•9 comments

Tank Body Problem

http://www.jimsitu.com
13•jimbooonooo•1h ago•5 comments

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https://www.thisamericanlife.org/897/transcript
298•simonpure•11h ago•184 comments

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https://bluegraph.io/
3•polytap•1h ago•0 comments

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12•bookofjoe•2d ago•0 comments

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124•p-s-v•13h ago•149 comments

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315•ibobev•6h ago•118 comments

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16•jamie-simon•2d ago•2 comments

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73•keeda•2d ago•24 comments

Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

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242•slowin•11h ago•135 comments

Show HN: HN.watch – Videos of all Hacker News posts

https://hn.watch/
132•mrborgen•11h ago•82 comments

Nvidia wants to put a watchdog chip next to every AI agent

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/28/nvidia-releases.html
109•jonbaer•10h ago•149 comments

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https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-cf-cli-launch/
125•macleos•11h ago•53 comments

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57•BiraIgnacio•1d ago•17 comments

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https://destroy.spritefusion.com/
112•HugoDz•10h ago•27 comments

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https://blog.plcred.org/3mwlphq42d227
42•embedding-shape•7h ago•19 comments

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https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/coding-is-not-solved
430•firstSpeaker•12h ago•435 comments

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https://benovermyer.com/blog/2026/09/japanese-vs-western-heraldry/
70•bovermyer•11h ago•23 comments

When did Google get so weird?

https://sancho.bearblog.dev/google-weird/
1845•sancho-panza•1d ago•1038 comments