@nixCraft why wasn't i shown this in computing gcse

@nixCraft this is so cool.

@nixCraft I used to demonstrate by counting fingers and thumbs

@nixCraft aww, that's neat!

@nixCraft It stopped 101011₂ before the end! 😭

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That is really creative.

@nixCraft amazing!

@nixCraft who turn the wheel in the computer ?

@nixCraft 🥰 👍👋👋👋👋

@nixCraft I was hoping this would continue to show an integer overflow error.

@nixCraft Reminds me of my first computer, the Digi Comp I. I wonder how much time it'd take to load windows 11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chrURgrkd44

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp_I

@nixCraft in my case it helped learning about octal, going from 0 to 7 and then going straight to 10 made my brain click on how binary counting works.

@nixCraft I always knew computers were actually just made up of flipping numbers. Can't wait to tell that annoying computer kid in my family that I was right all along.

@nixCraft hey it's my username in GIF form 😁

@nixCraft brilliant

@nixCraft Very creative

@nixCraft this is neat!

@nixCraft I'm just so blown away by how the device works..

@nixCraft Thank you for this! I always struggled with how this worked.

@nixCraft Gives a whole new meaning to "bit flipping".

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I was literally today years old when I learned even this much about binary.

I was also today years old when it hit me that it goes by a "base 2" system (if my terminology is right, at least).

Meaning...
2 = 10
2^2 = 100
2^3 = 1000
2^4 = 10000
(And presumably 2^5 would have been 100000, if the gif had gone on any longer.)

@nixCraft A nice example of a ripple counter as well...and why they cant be used for large numbers. #Embedded

@nixCraft I could watch this all day...

@nixCraft possible source https://youtu.be/zELAfmp3fXY

@nixCraft @cassidy This would make a great LEGO project!

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This is beautiful. I'm going to stare at this for 5 hrs now. 🥰

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There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

@nixCraft Disappointing. I wanted to see it wrap from 63 to 0. Or from 31 to -32.

@nixCraft Why?

@nixCraft I used to keep track of the volleyball score using binary with the fingers of each hand.

@nixCraft it's like watching a wooden lava lamp

@nixCraft that's really cool

@nixCraft that is so much easier to understand. Thank you

@nixCraft Hmm, if only they could find a way to speed this process up… 🤔🤔🤔

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It seems there are horrifying moments where binaries almost fail to work.

That might explain my coding skills...

@nixCraft This is genius, I love it

@nixCraft this is beautiful 🥹

@nixCraft That is brilliant

@nixCraft
what about backward? 🫠

@nixCraft #gifsthatendtoosoon

@nixCraft And if you need a 4¼ minute countdown/timer in binary: https://youtu.be/JJNItNkux6s

@nixCraft Oh, it's cut before it reaches 101010 🙁

Good news for non binary people

@nixCraft Instructions as used by my father for teaching students to become teachers. Before 1975, hence imperial measures, foolscap copy by dyeline printing.

@nixCraft waited thirty years for this video… 😎