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Why is this an advantage? I have a GPU and I'd rather it was used. As-is, one of my CPU cores is pegged at 100% just rendering the landing page.
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khazhoux • today at 5:45 AM
When the topic is rendering 3d models using ASCII glyphs, we've already exited the realm of advantages and disadvantages. This is just supposed to be cool.
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alightsoul • today at 5:17 AM
maybe to prove the output is purely text only?
electroglyph • today at 5:48 AM
heh, i came here to say basically the same thing
Presumably because its an intentional throwback to the era when most people didn't have a GPU?