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Posted by theanonymousone 10 hours ago

Mario Meets Pareto(www.mayerowitz.io)
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yaqubroli 5 hours ago|
So Pareto’s the third brother then?
dorfsmay 5 hours ago||
I did not know the term but I'm thinking that the old project management triangle (cheap, good, fast) is a specialisation of that concept.
kevinwang 7 hours ago||
Can anyone explain why Rosalina is not Pareto optimal here? It kind of looks like she should be.
bspammer 7 hours ago||
Because Donkey Kong gives more speed for exactly the same acceleration. I.e. you sacrifice nothing and gain something by switching away.

EDIT: If you mean that Rosalina looks slightly higher on the graph, I believe that's just a visual effect to allow multiple characters to occupy the same square - the stats are all integers.

kevinwang 7 hours ago||
> If you mean that Rosalina looks slightly higher on the graph, I believe that's just a visual effect to allow multiple characters to occupy the same square - the stats are all integers.

Ah, yeah. That is what I meant. Thanks!

devin 6 hours ago||
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39936246 for the discussion 2 years ago
kasts 5 hours ago||
What I've found is that my favorite person is not optimal... I have decided that I'm going to believe that the driver is worth more than the sum of their choices. And when I lose I'll just accept it as my own failing of skill. #rosalina
giekaton 4 hours ago||
80/20 Rule in Mario Games - https://8020.in/mario-games
andai 9 hours ago||
Excellent. This is some kind of 3D PowerPoint. How did he do that?
superMayo 8 hours ago||
Author here. The source code is available at https://github.com/SuperMayo/mayerowitz.io.

It’s called scrollytelling. For this particular project, I borrowed a lot from https://mlu-explain.github.io/. For the 3D elements, I used Threejs and a custom vertex shader for the 3D plot.

dxdm 6 hours ago||
Is there a version I can just read as text without having to push every paragraph out of the way with my fingers across an unevenly colored background that shines through?

I get that this form of presentation may be great for many people, but for my brain, it makes it extremely hard to engage with the content.

superMayo 5 hours ago||
I'm sorry, this is by design colorful and interactive. If you still want to read about this topic in a less "juicy" way, you can can take a look at this other article: https://hinnefe2.github.io/python/tools/2015/09/21/mario-kar...
dxdm 5 hours ago||
Thanks a lot for the link!

I appreciate your work to make this topic accessible in an interactive format. Somehow, in this case, it's too much for me.

I think the ratio of information to interactivity is too low. It's like I have to push around a tiny keyhole to slowly access information. The graphs look fun, but their fancifulness is distracting me.

I don't usually mind interactivity, but I think usually it is embedded in the text, instead of gating it, if that makes sense.

beklein 8 hours ago|||
I guess the author used a different framework but I like this one: https://animejs.com/
Retr0id 8 hours ago||
Looks like html+css+js+webgl
phyzix5761 7 hours ago||
A lot of these optimization problems can benefit from using a genetic algorithm: https://github.com/lodenrogue/genetic-algorithm-js
demibabs 8 hours ago||
This article isn’t quite accurate; acceleration is surprisingly unimportant in Mario Kart and not really considered a major factor when choosing a optimal combo. The optimal combo is solely decided on the basis of speed and mini-turbo. Otherwise good analysis.
nwsm 8 hours ago|
Nice article, I'm sad to learn that I shouldn't be using Koopa. How are Peach and Mario not dominated on acceleration by Tanooki Mario and Luigi respectively?

Also, wonderful visualizations, but the change between blue and white backgrounds is really jarring to me.

SubiculumCode 8 hours ago||
Koopa came out in offroad vs weight..without being that familiar with the game, I don't know whether that would ever be important enough to care about
mef51 6 hours ago||
I always pick koopa, I always win
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