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Comment by jpsierens | Hacker News Reader

Sorry to ask but, what do you and the author refer to with 'demos'?

I'll quote wikipedia here:

    The demoscene is an international computer art subculture that specializes
    in producing demos: small, self-contained computer programs that produce
    audio-visual presentations. The main goal of a demo is to show off
    programming, artistic, and musical skills.

Basically, these programs are extremely small, but produce interesting and impressive visual or audio experiences. A popular example would be "fr-041: debris. by farbrausch": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxfmxi-boyo

http://www.demoscene.info/the-demoscene/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

If you want to watch some of the demos you can check out http://www.demoscene.tv/

Please don't. demoscene.tv is extremely outdated. Youtube is full of excellent quality 60fps video captures of demos. Here's a link to get started: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=60fps+demoscene

I found that site hard to navigate, and a bit outdated.

For anyone who want a very spesific example of how cool demos can be, here are some of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXMs54NUBOI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOYpKnl1B_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO6dtjxbHzs

Going to see these demo-competitons in Norway in my childhood was certainly a big inspiration to learn coding.

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