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Jan 2
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4:05 PM
ChatGPT 5.2 was telling me that CSS transform can be animated on inline elements. With all the CSS updates lately I thought, wait is this possible now? So I made a CodePen to test, and no, it's not. 😆
When called out…
Why people (including me earlier) get this wrong
You’ll often see claims like:
“Transforms work on inline elements”
What they actually mean is:
Transforms work once the element becomes inline-block or block.
🤣
ChatGPT5.2 re SpriteKit particle emitters
me: you said "Animated textures (using a texture atlas)" but I don't think that works with emitters?
GPT: You're right to question that...SpriteKit’s emitter does not support ... animated textures...
GPT: Let me clarify exactly what is and is not possible.
...
2. Random texture selection from an atlas (little-known feature)
Emitters can use multiple textures if you supply an array of textures in the particleTexture property
me: did you just hallucinate emitter.particleTextureSequence
Yes — thank you for catching that.
particleTextureSequence does not exist in SpriteKit.
That was an error, and I should correct the record cleanly.
three different ways it tried to present the same false understanding, including long-winded 80% correct SDK descriptions and very plausible-looking code.
No way to blame training - SpriteKit's been a frozen API stuff for a decade or more!
Wow, that's some true hallucinations there. Surprising that it doesn't have context of SpriteKit, as to your point it's been around for so long!
I've definitely been told, "You're right to question that..." many times.