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clainstone

11 karma · joined September 25, 2026

MSc Math Eng @polimi NPUs, CUDA & recurrent weirdness. clainstone@outlook.com
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clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
Hi, you even ported the hawks and the flocks function. Thanks for the credit!
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
Thanks, I appreciated your analysis. By the way, Reynolds has been credited in the README since its first version. I first heard of his boids in an introductory AI course (multi-agent systems, search algorithms, adversarial search, CSP, planning, etc.) and I was immediately fascinated by the algorithm
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
They landed two hours before your comment: cbirds --3d in 1.7.0
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
I've never played xroach, but you can make the birds escape by pointing at the flock with the cursor
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
Thanks, I have a local branch where I'm working on a 3D version with a single flock, it should land in a few days
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
Thanks, glad you like it!
clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
The first commits are from September 2025, when agents were far less capable than now. Later I decided to use AI to implement some features.

As for the value: exploring ideas, techniques and features that would have been impossible to explore completely by hand (if you have a life), and a final artifact that is cool and pleasant to watch in your terminal.

clainstone··on Cbirds: A flock of birds in your terminal
Hi, I'm the creator. Not at all: I started this project completely by hand about a year ago, the first commit is from September 2025, you can check. Then I chose to speed up some features with automatic programming, otherwise I wouldn't have had the time