Makes me wonder how many bytes the shortest possible Mandelbrot implementation would need.
Author of "wakeup" here. You would would need between 32 and 64 bytes. I have something that almost looks like one in 32 but it's not published yet ;)
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#22One of the linked demos, "rainbow surf", got me hypnotized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLhH_ANwIc
Author of "wake up" here. Yes, that one reactivated me again. We thought (as size coding community) that we found every cellular automaton trick years ago, but then Plex came around and showed us otherwise ♥
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#23Makes me wonder how many bytes the shortest possible Mandelbrot implementation would need.
At the same event I released "Broccolori", a 32 Byte fractal for old-school PCs.
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=106205
Related to the Dragon Fractal, with a twist:)
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#24There are only 2^128 of such demos. How much of those are valid DOS programs? If we narrow it down to ones that generate both video and sound, I guess there are much less, which should motivate more people to try and find one :)
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#25There are only 2^128 of such demos. How much of those are valid DOS programs? If we narrow it down to ones that generate both video and sound, I guess there are much less, which should motivate more people to try and find one :)
2^128 is still a huuuuuge space.
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#26I swear watching this kind of projects occasionally is the only thing keeping me from dropping tech and going to work as a mailman or something.
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#27Did not work on PCEM for some reason.
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#28that's crazy. level to which i'm striving haha
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#2916 bytes equals immediate “black magic” and “it’s a witch”. I get it in the abstract - generative art and CAs and fractals have infinite depth. But this is madness. I love it so much
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#30This sent me on a one hour long rabbit hole that ended with two guys building a Sierpinski triangle with recursive PowerPoint presentations https://youtu.be/b-Fa6HtvGtQ?si=LpQszgA9_K-m3V3-
Matt Parker and Steve Mould are two of the best STEM educators on YouTube. They are both witty and experimental. Parker is a straight maths kind of guy but Mould goes all over the place and really scratches that experimental/DIY itch.
If you enjoy this video, I highly recommend checking out more of their channels.