@GreatDismal Hehe … the older you get, the easier it is to think of something you've done 8000 times. But once you start reminiscing about those moments … nigh-impossible to find anything you haven't fucked up multiple times.
@Code_of_Kai@ID_AA_Carmack Pretty much any base would work. The word you're looking for is ‘digit’ ;)
Depends on which Pong you'd like to represent, though, and how accurately. It's complicated with the early versions, which didn't have software.
@PatrickGruska The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.”
@themolluskka@qikipedia@bouphe You're talking about sound chips controlled by an 8-bit processor, whereas Eno obviously meant PCM with a bit-depth of 8. Completely unrelated concepts.
@notedBonesHaver@qikipedia In the experiment they're talking about (without actually mentioning it, let alone linking to the paper, in typical QI fashion), the coin is caught in mid-air. So there's zero chance it lands at all.
@PhilippSeifried@unity @UnityforGames The “now” is technically correct, but they've been like this for 8+ years. Choosing Unity was stupid all along. (And supporting them was unethical all along.) If this calamity is what it takes to make devs realise … well, better late than never.
@el_nagashi Nur, weil eins schon Panik schiebt, wenn eine cis Frau von der eigenen Schwester eine fehlende Gebärmutter gespendet bekommt, ist es nicht transphob.