Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer
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Instead of trying to run DOOM on things, I have instead decided to use DOOM (many, many, many doom games actually) to create a transformer. For a lot of the math required I essentially had to use DOOM game mechanics and voodoo dolls (DOOM is turing complete btw) and exchange them with the actual operations, essentially creating an alternative to NumPy (a 65000x slower one). Thus, I am proud to present DOOMFORMER. Here are a list of things DOOMFORMER can do : It can classify MNIST digits, even…
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Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 80 checks on 3 different days, across 2 lists (Hacker News · Front page, Hacker News · Show HN · this week). Its best position was #14 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 13:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 22:50 UTC.
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| Hacker News · Front page | #14 | 2 | 65 | |
| Hacker News · Show HN · this week | #13 | 1 | 15 |
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I wonder what the implementation actually adds over the idea itself. At least part of the appeal of these kinds of projects used to be "wow, someone was actually crazy/eccentric/obsessive enough to go through the effort to do this". If the idea is clearly feasible, and it's just a question of putting in the work,…
Awesome >a handwritten digit takes 163 seconds of real-time DOOM in one map at the default schedule and 8 seconds at --opt 3. What does this refer to? What does schedule mean here, and what are these opt levels? Edit: oh sweet Jesus https://github.com/mottopanikeiku/doomformer/blob/main/docs/...
Came for the "doomformer" based snow lyric puns... Left with a feeling my people are on slashdot.
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Is Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 22:50 UTC, after 3 days of trending.
What is the highest rank Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer reached?
#14 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 13:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Show HN: I Turned DOOM into a Transformer been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 3 days (80 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
132 points and 36 comments; submitted by falperc on Oct 29, 2026.