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Shown by Svenstaro on Jan 17, 2018. Click the card to turn it over.

131points

25comments

#321of 2,155 in 2018

Top 15%of 2018 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

7 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.48.

Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against

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Fun and funny; great for movies and hacker-style scenes
From 3 comments
- Whenever I watch movies featuring "hackers" I always wonder who writes the code to do the random terminal noise to make it look like they are doing something. This is really cool…
  audiolion on HN
- This could be something for the movies industry... It's at least better than your average Hollywood OS.
  mar77i on HN
- Hi HN! I built a completely useless tool that just pretends to do work. It's written in Rust and compiles to Linux, OSX, Windows and the web all from the same code base. The web…
  Svenstaro on HN
Excellent browser version that runs without install
From 1 comment
- The online version - https://svenstaro.github.io/genact/ is absolutely excellent! Hopefully its the beginning of a trend with more apps being available in a browser-window…
  willvarfar on HN
Looks like real compiling and feels convincing
From 2 comments
- I literally didn't notice when it stopped building and when it started running. Good show.
  fredley on HN
- Same here.
  ohmichel on HN

Very similar to existing hollywood tool
From 1 comment
- Extremely similar with multi-window support https://github.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood
  pkd on HN

A mode that pretends to compile genact
From 1 comment
- Can you make a mode where it pretends to be compiling genact?
  petertodd on HN
Mac binaries missing from releases page
From 1 comment
- This may be a stupid question, but I can only see linux / win binaries on the releases page. Do I need to compile for OS X?
  sarreph on HN

Do I need to compile for OS X?
From 1 comment
- This may be a stupid question, but I can only see linux / win binaries on the releases page. Do I need to compile for OS X?
  sarreph on HN

hollywood (Ubuntu package with multi-window support)
From 2 comments
- Maybe they use "hollywood" (https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/hollywood)
  Aaronmacaron on HN
- Extremely similar with multi-window support https://github.com/dustinkirkland/hollywood
  pkd on HN
hackertyper.net
From 1 comment
- This one is my favorite: https://hackertyper.net/ haha I've actually seen it used in a few videos before. Cracks me up.
  bluetidepro on HN
geektyper.com
From 1 comment
- Check out http://geektyper.com/ It's a collection of several 'hacking tools' that look dramatic on screen.
  okramcivokram on HN
nmap movie scenes
From 1 comment
- Nmap seems reasonably popular for this purpose. https://nmap.org/movies/
  auxym on HN