79
votes
Loading... Forever
HTML/CSS, 183 180 163 161 160 147 143 bytes
a{display:inline-flex;overflow:hidden;width:1ch}c{animation:c 1s steps(4)infinite}@keyframes c{to{margin:0-4ch
<...
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61
votes
Loading... Forever
Vim, 43, 41 bytes
qqSLoading... |<esc>:sl250m
r/@:r-@:r\@:@qq@q
Two bytes saved thanks to @Udioica!
Here's a (slightly outdated) animation of it happening in ...
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45
votes
Accepted
Sprocket Science: Animating a Chain Drive System
JavaScript (ES6), 2557 1915 1897 1681 bytes
This isn't super-duper golfed really; it's minified - partly by hand - but that's nothing special. It could no doubt be shorter if I'd golfed it more ...
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41
votes
Sprocket Science: Animating a Chain Drive System
C# 3566 bytes
Not golfed at all, but works (I think)
Ungolfed in edit history.
Uses Magick.NET to render gif.
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41
votes
41
votes
40
votes
Loading... Forever
HTML + JS (ES6), 20 + 51 50 = 70 bytes
setInterval(_=>a.innerHTML='|/-\\'[i=-~i%4],i=250)
Loading... <a id=a>-
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40
votes
I'm too cold, turn up the temperature
Minecraft 1.9.0+, 204 162 bytes + 58 36 28 24 20 blocks = 262 240 232 186 182 blytes
This solution is golfed down, and it can't be seen whole in one, or even two screenshots. Uses two glitches and ...
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39
votes
I'm too cold, turn up the temperature
Bash + linux utilities, 19
seq 40 2 72|pv -qlL2
seq generates the numerical output. pv ...
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34
votes
34
votes
Animate the text in your terminal
Vim 26 bytes
ihello world<ESC>qq~gsul@qq0@q
Explanation (no .gif yet):
First, we must enter the 'hello world' text. This is pretty straightforward. It's ...
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28
votes
Asciimation Jumping Jacks
CJam, 51 45 42 38 36 bytes
"c\o/
_0_""^[c_o_
0
/ \^["{_o\6e4m!}g
The above uses caret notation; the sequence ^[ is actually ...
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27
votes
26
votes
Print the Oscars Best Picture Winner
Vim, 37 bytes
3iLa <esc>snd<esc>gs:s/./&<C-v>u336/g
A Moonlight
A fairly straightforward solution.
Here is an animation of it running:
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25
votes
Print the Oscars Best Picture Winner
HTML, 153 148 bytes
Using CSS animation. Tested on Firefox and Chrome only.
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23
votes
A single pixel moving in a circular path
Processing, 101 97 96 bytes
4 bytes thanks to Flambino.
1 byte thanks to Kritixi Lithos.
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23
votes
Make an ASCII bat fly around an ASCII moon
05AB1E, 69 62 60 bytes
Saved 2 bytes thanks to Adnan.
3ð×…^o^)U13FNV0379730vð5y>;ï-y_+×N(Y-12%_Xè'my×NY-12%_y&XèJ,
Try it online!
Explanation
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23
votes
Loading... Forever
Windows Batch, 121 114 84 80 79 78 bytes
Just throwing this out for fun.
for %%b in (/ - \ ^|)do (cls
@echo Loading... %%b
ping 1.1 -n 1 -w 250>nul)
%0
I was ...
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21
votes
Loading... Forever
Node, 72 70 bytes
f=i=>console.log('\x1BcLoading... '+'|/-\\'[setTimeout(f,250,i=-~i%4),i])
Replace \x1B with the literal ...
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20
votes
19
votes
Print the Oscars Best Picture Winner
HTML + JavaScript, 18 + 59 = 77 bytes
setTimeout('O.innerHTML="<s>La La Land</s> Moonlight"',1e3)
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19
votes
Print the Oscars Best Picture Winner
Octave, 81 66 bytes
15 bytes saved thanks to @Stewie
text(0,.5,'La La Land');pause(1);text(0,.5,'---------- Moonlight')
Online Demo Here.
While the demo shows two ...
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19
votes
Loading Forever... Windows style
V, 17 16 15 bytes
i[´.¶ ]<esc>ògó$X|p
<esc> is 0x1b.
And the hexdump:
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19
votes
18
votes
I'm too cold, turn up the temperature
Vim, 24, 23 bytes/keystrokes
i40<esc>qq:sl500m
Yp2<C-a>q15@q
One byte saved thanks to @Kritixi Lithos!
Written from my phone, tested in mobile vim (...
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17
votes
17
votes
Accepted
The sea in your terminal
MATL, 41 40 bytes
`'3SJp/B@Tc`@+ara'F'* 'Za6el&Xx80:@-Z)DT
Example run:
Or try it at MATL Online! (the actual speed may depend on server load).
How it works
<...
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17
votes
16
votes
A single pixel moving in a circular path
QB64, 79 bytes
QB64 is a QBasic emulator that adds some nice features. This program uses one (CLS,15) that isn't supported by vanilla QBasic.
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16
votes
Loading... Forever
Kotlin, 67 66 bytes
while(1>0)"|/-\\".map{print("\rLoading... $it");Thread.sleep(250)}
Fairly self explanatory, using \r ...
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