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[natureismynature]

I'm finally home and ready to talk about The Book!!

So, this book I've been talking about was found by Roier yesterday when he was looking for Cellbit in the castle. I don't think anyone thought much of it since Grandma's room is kind of a hotspot for almost all of Foolish's pranks. But I'm telling you, this one is NOT a prank. Especially not when said book was found accompanied by a VERY illegal gun.

Now. Here's the contents of the book.

i hope this finds the right person... hide it for now, be careful who you tell.

7 space 27

no one suspects a thing

that was a giant middle finger... asshole

no meaning. just for fun :D

3000 cielo 0

could someone find this first (alternatively: someone could find this first)

Ok, now that we've laid that all down, I'm gonna start rambling and theorizing under the cut

If you guys remember, Forever tried to barter Foolish's gun for his silence/lesser aggression. But Foolish told him he already had other plans for the gun... and I guess this was it.

I suspect he did this during that time Aypierre was doing a 24-hour stream and he randomly logged on. He usually logs on offline nowadays if he was hiding something from chat and other people... anyway, that's not the point! The point is the binary code on the first page and whatever the hell that was on the last.

The binary code translated to "7 space 27" which means. Literally nothing. Or DOES it?

Because I refuse to believe Foolish just randomly typed out binary code on a secret book handing over his gun to whoever finds it (most likely assumed to be Cellbit) which ACTUALLY translates to something. So I dug around and bullshitted my way to find a SOMEWHAT acceptable conclusion because I am not delusional and will never be as smart as Cellbit.

Keep in mind I have no fucking clue how enigmas work and used a chart for this bullshit. Specifically this one:

According to this chart, if we take the translated code and refer to them as our decimals, we've got 7 and 27 to look at. Now, if we look at our decimals' rows, we will get BEL and ESC as our ASCII symbols.

I searched up what they meant and they are literally:

BEL - bell, alert

ESC - escape

Now if we take those and complete the "sentence" that was there originally it would become "Alert space Escape" which is... something... but don't quote me on this, I could be 100% wrong.

But enough of that because my brain is already mush. Let's check the next one!

Next one being "3000 cielo 0"

I looked up what cielo meant, and it had various different meanings, but the common denominator was that it was high up. (i.e. sky, heaven, roof) But it could also be used as a term of endearment like mi cielo (my heaven) or something along those lines. And 3000 is some kind of angel number or something that means love and stuff.

My immediate thought upon searching up these two is the phrase "I love you 3000" but I might be grasping straws here. This might just be cords to a place somewhere up high with 3000 and 0 as the x and y axis. But you know, I like to make things harder for me.

Honestly, if you're still here and reading this paragraph, then I applaud you for being smart enough to understand whatever the hell I just wrote down.

There are two wolves inside me. One that thinks Foolish didn't really mean anything by these codes and the other that KNOWS he's smart enough to do this (AND would absolutely get help from the admins if he didn't)

[commodorez]

Sanders 720 keyboard work progresses!

I've managed to devise an interposer board to sit between the card edge connector inside of the case and the external connector to shoehorn in my own logic. In place of the blank keys, I've added in a little strip of plastic and some spare cherry key switches. The reason is that this keyboard does not have a Control key, nor is the Delete key mapped properly within the matrix. Here's the modified ASCII chart associated with it:

I've done all this without modifying the original keyboard logic so that all of my changes can easily be reverted.

My logic has some special gating on data line 7, allowing you to nix it out when pressing Control to properly send... control codes. The Delete key I added simply sets all of the data bits to 1, as Delete in ASCII is 0x7F. The other keys are passive, so I can enable the graphics mode, and also reset the system.

I've also ordered a PCB to adapt from the DC-37 connector on the back of the keyboard to a more common DB-25 cable. It's finished production, and should be shipping to me soon.

[milhspears-wild-academy-hcs]

Chart blatantly stolen of @awfulalignmentcharts

I was bored but a shine of light lighted my eyes, brain and room. Chicken, just like Cheetah, Boar and Panda, uses the hype emojis, but also uses a ton of twitch emotes. (Of any kind, really, as long as they are not default emojis)

Raccon joins Mouse and Bullford, BUT sometimes, SOMETIMES he goes fancy, like Monkey. He would post ascii art if he knew what that was.

[pleasecallmenicole]

Ok I have to make a function that creates a gantt chart out of ascii characters today, how the fuck will i do that

[open-road-air]

Goncharov (1973) cuts

So in the recent Gonchsplosion there’s been a lot of discussion and even dispute about the core facts of the film—who lives, who dies, which homoerotic cigarette lighting sequences appear, who shops for apples, etc. And I think most people don’t know that this is because of the truly bananas number of cuts of Goncharov that have been released at various times and places, often under unclear or conflicting names, with intersecting but nonidentical footage. Back in like, the mid-00s I saw a Geocities site about this—you know the type, it had everything all charted out in ASCII—that estimated that there were over fourteen hours of Goncharov that had been released in total, across I wanna say seven different cuts? That’s a lot of movie.  Of course I have no idea how to find that site, it’s probably gone forever now, and there’s no way my iPhone-rotted brain can compare with the pure archival relentlessness of a mid-aughties film studies grad student with a beige desktop computer, so this is just off the top of my head listing of cuts I’m familiar with and what things they do and don’t include. Hope it helps. The Cinematic Release You know it, you love it, somehow the most famous one of all despite the fact it never showed in theaters because the mafia (*cough*CIA/KGB*cough*) destroyed almost all of the prints? Idk man, everyone is obsessed with the idea that this one is the “real” Goncharov which is like a nice change of pace from the common canard that the director’s cut is the “real” cut, but also, bizarre. They’re all real cuts! Get with the postmodern times!  Runtime: 3:02. The studio insisted that Scorsese bring it down under three hours and he said he had but he lied. It’s probably apocryphal that Scorsese actually set the clock back 7 minutes during the second screener with the studio to fool them about the runtime—probably he just trimmed some of the opening sequences for this print—but you can see why the story spread, given how aligned it is with the themes/events of the film. Everybody loves a metatextual folktale.  Scenes In/Out: Yes bridge scene, no boat scene. Yes Goncharov/Andrey at the fruit market, no Katya/Sofia at the market. No cigarette lighting at all. (I’m sorry but it’s true!) Goncharov dies, Katya dies, Ice Pick Joe lives (or dies offscreen, this is kinda unclear). Heavy clock imagery.  Verdict: honestly this is a mid-tier Goncharov at best.  The Director’s Cut (Pseudo-Scorsese) This one started to circulate in the 80s and 90s in the US film buff circuit. Some fly by night outfit put out a bootleg VHS which is considered the authoritative version even though you can get a way better digital rip straight from the film. The VHS box set says that this was the version Scorsese first screened for the studio but that’s probably not true. Not clear who actually cut this or why or how. Most of the Netflix footage is from this one but not all of it.  Runtime: 4:12. If you’re thinking “damn, that’s a long movie,” then, uh, buddy, hold on to your fuckin hat. Scenes In/Out: Yes bridge scene, yes boat scene. Goncharov dies. Katya lives (doesn’t even fake her death, that’s just gone all together). Icepick Joe dies laughing. Both G/A and K/S at the fruit market but the scenes are played intercut to suggest that they’re there at the same time? Insane choice. Yes G/A cigarette scene. No K/S cigarettes but Sofia does go into the bedroom when Goncharov leaves. Camera doesn’t follow her, though, it just spends a minute and a half staring at the grandfather clock in the hall? Yes exterior Moscow scenes! This is the only cut I’m aware of that has them. Of course they weren’t actually shot on location, it’s all Red Square B-roll plus exterior shots still in Naples. Verdict: gayest Goncharov available in America before the turn of the millennium, probably the one the gay club reenactors had seen. Greater variety of thematic references.  The Director’s Cut (Actual Scorsese)

This one came out straight to DVD in like 2003. It was, actually, authorized by Scorsese—although he’s subsequently denied it. But it was definitely stapled together over like a weekend from whatever bits of Goncharov he could get his hands on. This does mean it has an unusually high percentage of non-overlapping Goncharov content; it also means it’s a bit of a mess.  Runtime: 3:34. Scenes In/Out: No bridge scene(!), no boat scene. Goncharov dies. (This is shot from like eight angles??) Katya fakes death, lives, gets extended in-credits epilogue in Argentina(!!) No cigarette, no fruit market. Way, way more footage of money, drugs, and guns being shipped into and out of Naples. Clock symbolism almost entirely absent. Icepick Joe gets a three minute death soliloquy for some reason. Palace ball gets like three different scenes? Andrey’s call from the phone booth goes to Valery instead of Goncharov for some reason?? A lot of frankly indulgent long shots and urban b-roll. Verdict: the worst Goncharov you might have actually watched. Only worth it for completionists, and because the DVD had a surprisingly thorough and high-quality soundtrack extra. (Don’t @ me, sapphics who are convinced it’s Sofia coming out of the cabin in Patagonia at the end of the credits and looking down the hillside at Katya—you’re right and it’s perfect but just watch the credits on DailyMotion like a human being, there’s no need to subject yourself to an hour and a half of basically arms trafficking surveillance footage.) The Director’s Cut (JWHJ0715) The version of the film that Matteo JWHJ0715 sent in for consideration at Cannes. (Scorsese did not want to send it in, didn’t feel like it was ready.) Never screened at the festival and it’s not clear how the print leaked.  Runtime: 2:38. Yes, the shortest film cut (not counting abridged TV versions) is a “directors cut”. It just. It’s Goncharov, buddy. Scenes In/Out: Yes bridge, yes boat. Goncharov dies, Andrey dies, Katya lives. Icepick Joe dies in a shootout. K/S cigarette but it’s trimmed like crazy. G/A in the fruit market but it rolls straight into the car chase (the cutting is crazy but they mostly make it work.)  Verdict: the most action-packed and claustrophobic Goncharov. The shots are mostly interior and the plot has no time to breathe. Kinda weird that that’s what JWHJ0715 thought would play in Cannes but it was a different time.  The Director’s Cut (Pseudo-JWHJ0715) Okay, we’re through the looking glass here. This is real film-buff shit. This cut was primarily available in Yugoslavia, of all places. (This is why there are non-optional subtitles in Serbo-Croatian. It claims to be from Matteo JWHJ0715 but it’s almost certainly actually finally put out by his son, Luca. Whether "his son” means “his nephew whom he raised from toddlerhood”, “his long-lost natural child”, or “his younger lover, legally adopted to create some mutual rights for their unrecognized relationship” is as you’d might expect pretty controversial in the Gonchhead community and is unlikely to be resolved soon. Runtime: 6:48 (not a typo) Scenes In/Out: Yes bridge, yes boat. Goncharov, Katya, and Andrey all die. Icepick Joe plunges silently into the Tyrrhenian. Both cigarette scenes, both fruit market scenes (separated by over two hours of film to create a parallel rather than a frantic mishmash (good call imo). Yes palace ball, very early in the film, but only using footage that doesn’t appear in any other Goncharov cut. (The partner-swapping dance sequence.) When Andrey calls Goncharov from the phone booth, it’s Sofia who answers. There’s a flashback scene with B-roll of St. Petersburg but the subtitles insist that it’s happening in Belgrade? Very bizarre, may have contributed to the suppression of the film by the Yugoslav government. Great clock footage, mirror footage, fruit footage, the works.  Verdict: the motherlode. the best Goncharov. Everyone who’s seen it says so. Block 9 hours to watch it and another 3 hours afterwards to have a psychological breakdown.  More editions: There are maybe half a dozen other prints, but we mostly know them through backward extrapolations from the viciously abridged TV-versions, so who knows. It also seems likely that the whole world of Japanese/Hong Kong/Thai remakes was inspired by another cut totally unknown in the West (given the recurrent flower imagery, among other subtler points), but it’s impossible to say if we’re talking about another cut of the Goncharov footage or some sort of ur-remake.  The point is you can keep going, but honestly, the Luca Cut is the one. If you’ve watched that, any other Goncharov just starts to seem like a blooper reel. 

[worldsofzzt]

Source “Q2” by davr0s (2002) Published by: Cactusware [Q2.zzt] - “$ASCII Chart” Play This World Online

[elen-000]

TORADORA !!

First light novel volume cover, featuring Taiga Aisaka

Toradora! is a beloved Japanese light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya, illustrated by Yasu. It includes 10 novels published between March 2006 and March 2009, and a spin-off series titled Toradora Spin-off! The story's popularity led to adaptations in manga, anime, and even a visual novel. Here's a comprehensive overview of its various media and impact:

Plot Summary

Toradora! follows Ryuji Takasu, a high school student with a fierce-looking face but a kind heart. His life changes when he encounters Taiga Aisaka, a small but fierce girl who is also his classmate and best friend of his crush, Minori Kushieda. Taiga's reputation as the "Palmtop Tiger" due to her violent behavior makes her a challenging acquaintance. Despite their rocky start, Ryuji and Taiga agree to help each other with their respective crushes, leading to various comedic and dramatic situations. Their evolving relationship and interactions with their friends, including the popular but two-faced Ami Kawashima and Ryuji's supportive best friend Yusaku Kitamura, form the core of the story.

Main Characters

Ryuji Takasu: Misunderstood due to his intimidating eyes, Ryuji is a gentle soul who takes care of his mother and friends. Despite his feelings for Minori, he grows close to Taiga, who eventually becomes his romantic partner.

Taiga Aisaka: Known for her tsundere personality and fierce demeanor, Taiga is small in stature but big in spirit. She is initially difficult to get along with but gradually reveals her vulnerable side, especially in her growing feelings for Ryuji.

Minori Kushieda: Cheerful and hardworking, Minori is Ryuji’s crush and Taiga’s best friend. Her friendly exterior hides a deep perceptiveness and commitment to her friends.

Yusaku Kitamura: Ryuji's best friend and class representative, Yusaku is diligent and well-liked but has his own unrequited feelings and personal struggles.

Ami Kawashima: Yusaku’s childhood friend who transfers to their school. Although she appears sweet and popular, she has a manipulative side and initially clashes with Taiga.

Media Adaptations

Light Novels: The original Toradora! light novels began publication in March 2006, concluding in March 2009. They have been highly influential and successful, with over 5 million copies sold by October 2017.

Manga: Illustrated by Zekkyō, the manga adaptation started in 2007 and ran until 2008. It continued in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Daioh magazine, with a total of 11 volumes released.

Anime: Produced by J.C.Staff and aired from October 2008 to March 2009. The anime is notable for its faithful adaptation and engaging character development. It has been released on DVD and Blu-ray, including a special OVA.

Video Games: A visual novel for the PlayStation Portable was released in 2009, and Taiga appears in various other games, including RPGs and fighting games.

Internet Radio Show: The show ToradoRadio! aired from September 2008 to May 2009, featuring cast members discussing the series and related content.

Reception

Toradora! has been well-received both in Japan and internationally. It has ranked highly in various light novel charts and won awards, including recognition at the Japan Media Arts Festival. The anime adaptation particularly garnered praise for its character dynamics and emotional depth, contributing to the series' enduring popularity.

Overall, Toradora! is celebrated for its heartfelt storytelling, memorable characters, and its successful integration across various media.

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TRANSMISSION 01

[TRANSCRIPT BEGIN

. . LOADING . . .

USER ID RECOGNISED: ALEK

ALEK: “Is this thing recording? Silvana?”

. . .

ALEK: “I'll take that as a yes. Hello. I am- shit, the bot's gonna spell it wrong-”

. . .

ALEK: “You won't? Great. No need to get hostile. I am Aleksander. I've got too much free time. The Doc's off doing… Grove knows what, and I'm bored. While the wifi here is shit, and accessing the internet isn't easy, I was assured the transcripts of these recordings would make it... somewhere.”

ALEK: “So… feel free to ask me anything, I guess. It's not like I've got anything better to do until the Doc comes and finds me again for whatever the hell she needs this time.”

ALEK: “uhhh…. End transmission.”

USER ID LOGGING OFF: ALEK

END TRANSCRIPT.]

[OOC: hey hey! This is a RP blog focusing on the older brother of one Oliver Rivera - who's blog can be found @hotcocoaCEO !

My Name's Lífþrasir, I use fae/faer pronouns primarily. My blog is @confusedgeckotree

This is for fun and may be a bit slow to update!

If you're curious, the URL is binary(I translated manually with my ASCII chart) for ALEK!

Aleksander is not traveling with the other rejects. He is... debatably aware of them?]

[alan-p-49]

ok so update on the bullshit with the binary uh they done fucked up how to spell "go" in binary. so the first number 01000010 is B while the second one isn't in the ascii chart. they fucked up XD

and for whatever reason they wanted the binary in the dust be not only coordinates but also the message "go" the first coordinate has to be a 47 (01000111) and the second one to be a 111 (01101111). THEY COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING CLEVER BUT NO THEY JUST MADE RANDOM LINES AND CALLED IT BINARY

and you may be wondering, why would i think the hidden message would've been "go"? it's because murph thinks that the message is "stay" but i feel like the writers are saying "ha! this little girl is so dumb! he needs to do the opposite!" and i don't like it but UGH

[lunarsilkscreen]

The Belgian Election; 2003

21 years ago now; Belgium held an electronic vote where one candidate ended up with more votes than voters. There were backups and records of every individual vote, and they hand tallied the erroneous vote.

But this sparked a scare because "How does a whole country wind up with a fraudulent election?" Despite Belgium having about the same population as the mitten part of Michigan.

This terminology; U.S. Americans think "country" means the equivalent of 50 Belgiums.

And since it's in that *whole part of the world* responsible for the world wars and non-stop espionage and subversion. (As well as all that; colonization business.) This becomes a part of the overarching conversation.

"Why; if you can take over Belgium that way; you could take over the world!"

And so the question asked is; could the election have been subverted? If not by the "bit-flip" itself; then possibly using the bit-flip as a distraction. And analysts pointed to several breaks in the chain where subversion *could* happen that were not the big flip itself; the electronic records maybe being swapped; the physical records being swapped; and the entire voting registry being altered.

Despite that, there's an intense focus on only the bit-flip itself. Here's the thing; the big flip could be cause by any number of things; a cosmic ray is only a single possibility. (But a possibility nonetheless) more likely it was one of two things; hardware issues from a bit-overflow. *Or* A software issue. I'll cover these after the theories;

They *could* have been cause manually with a strong enough magnet; but more likely than not you'd see a lot more variables than the one being affected.

This could have been caused by a malicious attack known as a "bit-flipping attack". In which case; the attacker would have been much more precise and discreet.

Now, the hardware. Cause; a bit-flip can just occur sometimes. It's the source of the old adage; "have you tried turning it off and back on again" and with the volume of votes happening; that's potentially what happened. But I don't think it's that either.

I'm going to suggest that it was software. And this goes against the official report that says "It was not software".

Because; the software itself could *look* on the surface pristine. What they're actually saying is; "It wasn't a software issue that could be foreseen".

How do I write this so the layman can understand;

An "Integer" or a "natural number" [1,2,3,4...] Is the main way that a computer stores numeric data. It doesn't care about decimals, it doesn't care about fractions. Just simple counting numbers.

In computing, you can set a maximum number to display, *and* use numbers larger than that for other purposes. (Like displaying a minus sign for negative numbers)

However; in some languages: you can also add things that aren't numbers to a number and get some strange results.

Like characters [a,b,c,d,e...] Which are also stored in a computer as integer numbers. (Search for: [ASCII Character Chart] to see how they correlate.)

It's quite possible for a computer to get the wrong memory address for a variable (especially in C where you need to manually assign a lot of pointers {a pointer is a memory address for a variable}) or in older languages, like cobalt and Fortran, where you need to manually assign absolutely every memory address and pointer. (And open up a lot of mistakes)

<aside>Office space famously obfuscated funds sent to a personal count for Embezzling transaction funds. It was obfuscated because nobody understood Cobol or Fortran *even* back then.</aside>

However, we have two options when it comes to data storage and displaying the count of these votes.

It's not like they used a singular variable *only* for the entire count; no they stored each vote separately. And only displayed the vote after a digital tally of every vote. This is how they had one set of their backups to begin with.

They display an integer; sure. But they get that count from tallying every vote, which is essentially stored in a database. And instead of hand counting every vote. The computer hand counts every vote.

So this one single integer, bit-flip or not; had absolutely no impact on the overall count. It was simply an error displaying the total when officials performed the digital tally.

It would matter if you changed the entire display to run doom in the tally count display. Because you'd have to affect the entire backend database *AND* alter every single vote manually in order to subvert a thing.

Well, you could do it programmatically. But it'd take as long as it took to do the vote itself. And that would raise some obvious questions when officials went to check the counts.

[deandacosta]

ASCII Charts https://t.co/tuVf9SAejA

http://dlvr.it/SzpwQF

[tejauan]

A Scientific Experiment (for unbelievers only)

In the spring of 2001 I became intrigued by the idea of designing a scientific test of multiple hypotheses. The hypotheses I was to test and the only way I could imagine testing them required that I test them all concurrently as I was unable to conceive of or design a scientific experiment which could test them individually. These are the hypotheses: (1) that there is another dimension of consciousness or reality which contains (an)other entity or entities, (2) that that or those other entity or entities have the ability to influence physical events in this dimension and, finally, (3) that that entity or entities have the desire to influence physical events in this dimension (primarily, for the purpose of this experiment, to communicate with a person or people in this dimension).

The reason I say that I was required to test them all concurrently is that they all three must be true for the test I designed (again, the only one of which I could conceive) to yield a positive result. If any one of them is not true then the test would yield a negative result.

Originally my idea was to find and agree with some person whom I thought might pass into the next dimension before me that if so, he or she would send a predetermined message via a predetermined mechanism. The mechanism of which I conceived required only that whatever entity was willing to communicate be able to influence the outcome of the flip of a coin. This simple ability could, with the use of modern digital coding and uncoding, theoretically allow the communication of any information possible. I am specifically referring to the use of binary codes in general and ASCII code in particular. For those of you not familiar with ASCII code it is what determines how the millions of digital bits (zeroes and ones) in your computer are converted into alphanumeric text. My idea, therefore, was to generate a series of bits by flipping a coin and then converting those bits into alphanumeric characters (as it turns out the ASCII code allows for many other characters also since there are 128 possible variations for a 7 bit "word") using ASCII code (I used the original 7 bit code instead of the later, expanded 8 bit code). IF all three of the previously described hypotheses are true then it would be possible to receive any message that was sent.

I ended up not approaching anyone else about this, though, partially because I'm not sure of the etiquette involved. What do you say? "Hey, I think you're gonna die before me. How about seeing if you can send me a message from the other side."? What I did do was sit down one day and very seriously approach the act I was about to undertake. I don't know if what I did was pray or if it was more of an attempt to project my consciousness or open my consciousness to whatever was possible. I think the general idea I tried to project was something like, "Hey, if there's anyone out there, talk to me!" As I said, though, I did not undertake it lightly. I approached it very seriously, even though I may now relay my thoughts in a more light hearted manner. The coin I chose was a one shekel coin that a friend and coworker had given me when he returned from a trip to Israel many years ago. It was an unexpected but appreciated gift.

I began flipping the coin and as I generated each string of 7 bits (flips) I converted it using the ASCII code I had gotten from several sources on the internet. As I said, the ASCII code allows for much more that simply letters and numbers so as I translated each string of bits I got other symbols as well. The first 7 bits translated as " (" or "open parentheses". The next 7 bits the ASCII code translated, according to the chart, as "BEL". I had not realized there were such characters and I did not understand the computer application of this set of letters until later but the first thing that did come to my mind is probably the first thing that would occur to most people encountering this for the first time. "BELIEVE". The third string of 7 bits translated as ")" or "close parentheses". The fourth string of 7 bits translated, again according to the chart into something that I had not known existed, as "end of transmission". I have to say that at that point I was struck by the unlikelihood that this string of characters could have occured by chance and it was obvious to me, though it took a while to really sink in, what I was being told. I should have known that I might as well stop immediately but I continued to flip the coin a little while longer.

I didn't continue for very long though, because everything after that was just nonsensical gibberish. I did also try it one more time several days or weeks later but only got more gibberish. As an example of the kind of gibberish I'm talking about and is MUCH more likely to occur by chance than anything meaningful here is the string of characters that resulted at that second time: "DLE", "C", "H","n",")","VT", "EM", ":","FS", "FS", "i". Try to find some meaning in that! I never tried it again.

Now, as a person who has studied mathematical statistics at the graduate level, I know that it would be appropriate to apply a test of statistical significance to the results of the aforementioned scientific experiment. For those of you who are not similarly trained, this is the process of calculating the probability that the results occured strictly by chance. The most common levels of statistical significance are 5%, 2% or, at the very least 1%. In other words, if there is a less than 1% chance that the results occured by chance, then the experimental results are deemed, by the highest scientific standard, to be statistically significant. That is to say the experiment has "proven" the hypothesis or, in this case, hypotheses, that it was designed to test. The question in this case is: of all the strings of characters which can possibly be generated, how many could reasonably be considered meaningful? The two strings that were generated in this case | think clearly illustrate two very different outcomes, one clearly meaningful and one clearly not. The question is: what would be their relative abundance by chance? There are 128 possibilities for the first and each subsequent character, therefore the number of possibilities for a string of "n" characters is 128 raised to the "n" power. For example, the number of possible combinations of 4 characters is 128 times 128 times 128 times 128 or over 268 million! That means that for even 1% of them to be meaningful there must be 2.68 million meaningful messages consisting of 4 characters. Is that possible? I submit that it is not and therefore declare that this test has far surpassed any conceivable standard for statistical significance and, therefore, scientifically valid confirmation of the hypotheses. As a scientist, however, I welcome any discussion of these issues.

Now, the question you may ask is why, since this test was performed in the spring of 2001 and the events described in "La Perla" and "una moneda" occured in the summer of 2003, is this test relegated to third place? Why did I not even tell a single person about it until the spring of 2003 (and then only sonya) and not a second person until after "La Perla". The answer is that even though I was astounded and maybe even a little frightened by the results, they didn't really impact me in a way that changed my life. Nothing like the impact of "La Perla". I think that speaks volumes about the relative nature of the intellectual experience versus the spiritual experience. Now that I think of it the phrase "intellectual experience" may actually be an oxymoron. If I have used more words to describe this experiment than the superior experience it is only because the experiment is more amenable to verbal description, NOT because it is more important or valuable. It is not.

I did use the previously described coin one other time to "receive" a message. It was June 23rd of this year (2003) and sonya had raised with me an issue of something I was doing which she did not think was ethical OR my mind my behavior pleasing to God. I had many "reasons" to "justify" i but that day I decided to open myself to the possibility of change and decided to pull out the coin again. This time I didn't use the ASCII code since there were only two possibilities: either I would continue doing what I was doing or I wouldn't. I also didn't feel I needed the high degree of "statistical significance". I prayed and made a solemn commitment that I would abide the results of the coin flip, no matter what the outcome. I even wrote , before flipping the coin, which side of it corresponded to each course of action. When I flipped it the result was that I was to discontinue what I was doing. I did.

Now, I hesitate to even relate these stories of "coin flipping" because I know that many people who read this will be tempted to try it for themselves and I DO NOT recommend that. Not only is it ripe for abuse but it may actually be dangerous. Especially the second, less statistically significant method. If you absolutely cannot resist trying this I strongly recommend that you use the first method. The one hypothesis that may vary in it's validity (though it was obviously true for at least one brief moment) is the third. It may be that for whatever reason that desire to communicate with you (at least by this method or at that moment) is not there. If that is the case then if you use the first method you are likely, at the worst, to end up with nonsensical gibberish (as I did the second time). Then again there may be other entities which may be harmful but which may also have the ability communicate by this method. I do not know about that. It may be that I was and am "protected". Therefore I must repeat that I DO NOT recommend using either of these methods. If you choose to ignore this warning I WILL NOT be responsible for the results.

FINAL WARNING: I recently learned (after writing all of the above) that there was a deity of the Babylonians mentioned three times in Isaiah and Jeremiah named "Bel".

THIS IS DANGEROUS! DO NOT DO IT!

[ivanca]

ChatGPT can generate HTML/CSS based on simple ASCII mockups

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that ChatGPT 4 can interpret simple ASCII art and do a decent job converting simple designs into HTML/CSS; to quickly create the initial ASCII design I'm using this online tool https://asciiflow.com/ and for the prompt I have used "Generate HTML and CSS (using flexbox) based on the following ascii art:"

Some examples of the ASCII and the result:

Result:

Example #2:

Result:

For this last example the attempt to make it generate a SVG donut chart failed (it gave me a placeholder and suggested to use a JS library to do so instead), so I had to ask it to replace it with vertical bars which are easier to generate, I also had to ask it to "hardcode all countries that belong to the European Union even if its not practical or maintanable" because it was giving me a placeholder and suggesting to "Use an API" to fetch those, which is not bad advice but for quick mockups may not be desirable.

I tried more complicated task like making it animate an ASCII cat art using multiple elements (as they were "frames") but it consitently failed, it did seem to understand that it should show just one element each fraction or a second to the create the motion illusion but it failed on the artistic endeavor of modyfing existing ASCII art.

I hope you find this info helpful, and if you have insights of what works and what doesn't when using ASCII art on ChatGPT to mock up webpages (or anything else) feel free to share those in the comment section below or in the HN thread.

That's the end of the post but while you are here...

My name is Ivan and I'm a Full-stack programmer, I live in Colombia and I’m looking for a remote job as Full-Stack Engineer so if you or you company are interested in hiring just let me know! I'm also open to Visa Sponsorship opportunities (EU or US). I have more than 10 years of experience with JavaScript, as well as a few years with TypeScript, React, Python, PHP, Git and Node, as well as knowledge of good software practices such as SOLID architecture, unit testing, regression testing, e2e testing; if you are interested in hiring me please reach me at ivanca at gmail

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Text-based Charting Library For Terminal & Browser Concole - text-graph.js

text-graph.js is a lightweight TypeScript library for generating text-based line charts to visualize data in the terminal or right in your browser’s console. The library provides several components for plotting single- or multi-series line charts using only text and ASCII characters. How to use it: 1. Install and import the text-graph.js components. # NPM $ npm i text-graph.js import…

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https://www.oktoolbox.com

LED Scrolling Text Led subtitle scrolling tool, suitable for playing work content, text reminders, advertising slogans, etc. on computers or mobile phones

XML Formatter The XML formatter can beautify the compressed XML code or compress the XML code

Timestamp Converter The tool can convert timestamps into date and time, and can also convert date and time into timestamps

QR Code Generator The tool can generate QR code pictures from web addresses or text, and can set the format, fault tolerance, size, color and logo of QR codes

Text Encryption and Decryption Online text encryption and decryption tools, support AES, DES, RC4, rabbit, tripledes

URL Encode and Decode You can convert a normal URL to an encoded URL or an encoded URL to a normal URL

Image Color Recognition Free online image color recognition tool, which can extract the main color of the image

Flow Chart Online flow chart tool, with built-in multiple graphics such as rectangle, circle, line, arrow and flow chart, supports exporting SVG/PNG/JPG.

Color Picker The color code, hex and RGB values can be obtained through the color selector, color table and color name

Character Counter This tool can quickly calculate the number of words, letters, numbers, punctuation and Chinese characters in the article

Morse Code Morse code encoding and decoding tools help you encode text into Morse code and decode Morse code into text

UTF-8 Encode and Decode You can convert text to UTF-8 or UTF-8 to text

Decimal Converter The online binary converter provides binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal and other mutual conversion functions

GIF Generator You can make GIF pictures online and combine multiple static pictures into one dynamic picture

JSON Formatter The JSON formatter can beautify the compressed JSON code or compress the JSON code

Cartoon Avatar Maker Free cartoon avatar online production tool, you can freely choose the facial expression, facial features and clothing of the characters

Htpasswd Generator Generate Apache HTTP basic authentication password file online

Letter Case Converter The tool can convert uppercase letters to lowercase letters, and also convert lowercase letters to uppercase letters

SQL Formatter SQL formatter can beautify the compressed SQL code or compress the SQL code

Markdown Editor You can write markdown code and preview it in real time in the browser

Regular Expression Online regular expression testing tools can help you quickly test whether the regular expressions you write are correct

CSS Formatter CSS formatter can beautify compressed CSS code and compress CSS code

Text Deduplication This tool can automatically remove duplicate content lines in articles or text

ASCII Encode and Decode It can convert the local characters in the code into Unicode and solve the problem of garbled code encountered in programming

Port Scanner Scan common or specified ports to see if they are open

Text Compare The two texts can be compared online to detect the difference between the two texts

Image Format Converter Can modify the image format, support JPG, PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, SVG, webp, ICO formats

Date Calculator You can calculate the number of days between dates, and calculate the number of days from today to a certain day in the past or the future

Unicode Encode and Decode You can convert text to unicode or Unicode to text

ICO Converter You can crop pictures online and convert them into favicon.ico files

Image Character Recognition The characters in the image can be recognized online

Base64 Encode and Decode Base64 encoding and decoding tools help you encode text into Base64 and decode Base64 into text

Face Recognition It can automatically recognize the faces in the photos and cut out the head pictures in batches

Image to Base64 You can convert pictures to Base64 or Base64 to pictures

Photo Background Color You can modify the background color and size of photos online

Random Password Generator You can randomly generate a password containing numbers, uppercase letters, lowercase letters and symbols

Photo to Sketch A tool for automatically generating hand drawn style photos, which can set the blur level of hand drawn pictures

Random Number Generator One number can be generated randomly, or multiple random numbers can be generated in batch at a time

Calculator Mathematical calculation of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, root square, PI, reciprocal, sine and cosine

Text Flow Chart A tool for drawing flow chart using ASCII code

XML to JSON The tool can convert XML to JSON or JSON to XML

Table Data Conversion A tool that can convert table data into JSON format

Mind Map You can make mind map, directory organization chart, fishbone chart, logical structure chart, organization chart online

MD5 Encryption It can convert text into MD5 and generate 32-bit and 16-bit MD5 ciphertext

Gantt Chart You can use this tool to draw Gantt Chart, which is convenient for project management and schedule management

Image compressor It can help you compress PNG/JPEG images online

Image to PDF You can combine multiple pictures of unlimited format and size into a complete PDF document

Image Watermarking The image watermarking tool can customize the text, font size, font color, transparency and text spacing

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Bits and Bytes

Each number is a unit of data that a computer can process and store. Detroit: Become Human utilises hex code.

Keep reading for more information.

One digit = a bit.

Two digits = a crumb.

Four digits = a nibble.

Eight digits = a byte.

Sixteen digits = a word.

Binary code is a base-2 system. It has digits that range from 0-1. (0, 1.) Decimal code is a base-10 system. It has digits that range from 0-9. (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.) Hexadecimal code is a base-16 system. It has characters that range from 0-F. (Since digits can only range from 0-9 before they repeat, the alphabet is used. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F.)

Detroit: Become Human utilises hex code, which means that it uses fewer digits to store more data. A hex character represents 4 bits. A byte is 8 bits and is always represented by 2 hex characters.

6A <- 1 byte

Sources:

Tutorial replicated with permission from Trinity.

Image and information: Bit, Bytes and Pixels information website.

Information: How Bits and Bytes Work.

Information: Understanding Different Base Systems.

ASCII character chart.