Comment by water-data-dude

Comment by water-data-dude a year ago

21 replies

I just wanted to say, I enjoyed the little pixel art cat that runs towards wherever you click immensely. It’s one of those fun, whimsical little touches that I don’t see all that often. A reminder that the internet can be a fun, whimsical place if we want it to be :)

Semaphor a year ago

As I didn’t get that, it seems like the dev honors prefers-reduced-motion, and doesn’t display it in that case. Excellent of them, give joy to those who want it, prevent annoyances for those who hate them.

johndough a year ago

On Debian, you can install and run the cat with

    sudo apt install oneko
    oneko &
Makes a great gift for colleagues who leave their computer unattended.
  • bbarnett a year ago

    Well that was a rabbit hole.

    Current version is hard to even see with high-res screens. A few checks shows endless ports, code from the 90s and before, and all sorts of other fun.

    Wonder if the author will reply.

  • 0x1ceb00da a year ago

    You have sudo access to your colleagues computers?

    • johndough a year ago

      I don't, but I run the same system configuration, so I can compile it on my computer, transfer it and run it.

      Alternatively, if a compiler such as gcc is available, you could also run

          # https seems to be broken on this website currently
          wget http://www.daidouji.com/oneko/distfiles/oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz
          tar -xf oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz
          cd oneko-1.2.sakura.5/
          gcc oneko.c -lX11 -lm -o oneko
          ./oneko &
          cd ..
          # remove all traces
          rm -r oneko-1.2.sakura.5 oneko-1.2.sakura.5.tar.gz
      • rixed a year ago

        so, to remind your coworkers that they should securely lock their computer, you download some software from http and run it on it?

hbn a year ago

It's cute but I just can't focus on the article knowing the cat is gonna move every time I move my mouse or scroll. I popped open my console and deleted him. Sorry, kitty

nkrisc a year ago

And here I was wishing it would go away and trying to find a way to hide it because on my phone it was always covering text. Firefox reader mode worked.

jonny_eh a year ago

I found it, like an actual cat, extremely distracting.

  • knowitnone a year ago

    it sits when it's next to pointer. just don't move your mouse.

lukan a year ago

I did not. On the firefox mobile browser it was just using screen space.

brettermeier a year ago

It is distracting and annoyed me, I stopped reading because of it.

  • lelandfe a year ago

    I thought it just ran around on the top line of the header, and was quite taken with it. I then scrolled and it followed me right into the middle of a paragraph. Less taken, but cat's gonna cat.

zendaven a year ago

I guess it's removed? I don't see it. On Windows Chrome.