Fabrice Kirchner
nixCraft ๐งIf you ever wanted a visual to explain how binary in works.
Dr. Guillermo Power 
@nixCraft oh my God!!!!
lazlo/trec@nixCraft why wasn't i shown this in computing gcse
ใชใผใใค@nixCraft this is so cool.
purpletwiglet ๐ฌ๐ง ๐พ@nixCraft I used to demonstrate by counting fingers and thumbs
grob (teeth era) ๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
EaterOfSnacks@nixCraft It stopped 101011โ before the end! ๐ญ
chanii@nixCraft amazing!
Jerry Wham@nixCraft who turn the wheel in the computer ?
Derick Rethans
Alexander The 1st@nixCraft I was hoping this would continue to show an integer overflow error.
Atlas@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.
Josh@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.
Pensiveโข๏ธ
Cam@nixCraft hey it's my username in GIF form ๐
Irรจne Jolys@nixCraft brilliant
Mozami12@nixCraft Very creative
SarahATX@nixCraft this is neat!
Kd @ the Floating Continent@nixCraft Thank you for this! I always struggled with how this worked.
Josiah Winslow@nixCraft Gives a whole new meaning to "bit flipping".
Jason MadridI 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.)
ZahmbieND@JMad17 @nixCraft Exactly! Binary is numbers in base 2, instead of our typical base 10 system. Computers use it because you can physically represent a digit with an "on" or "off" state of a transistor, switch, or wire. "on" or high voltage is usually 1, and "off" or low voltage is usually 0.
Other common base systems computer programmers use are hexadecimal (base 16), octal (base 8), and even base 64. That's because the power of 2 makes it easier to convert to/from binary.
Other common base systems computer programmers use are hexadecimal (base 16), octal (base 8), and even base 64. That's because the power of 2 makes it easier to convert to/from binary.
@JMad17 @nixCraft Example:
In hexadecimal, each digit is 0-15 (represented 0-9 and A-F), and the "tens place" is multiplied by 16, 2^4, which in binary is just adding 4 zeroes to the end, just enough room for the next digit.
0x41C3
3=binary 0011
C=12=binary 1100
1=binary 0001
4=binary 0100
0x41C3=binary 0100 0001 1100 0011
From binary to decimal:
2^14+2^8+2^7+2^6+2^1+2^0
=16384+256+128+64+2+1
=16835
From hex to decimal:
4ร16^3+1ร16^2+12ร16^1+3ร16^0
=4ร4096+1ร256+12ร16+3ร1
=16384+256+192+3
=16835
In hexadecimal, each digit is 0-15 (represented 0-9 and A-F), and the "tens place" is multiplied by 16, 2^4, which in binary is just adding 4 zeroes to the end, just enough room for the next digit.
0x41C3
3=binary 0011
C=12=binary 1100
1=binary 0001
4=binary 0100
0x41C3=binary 0100 0001 1100 0011
From binary to decimal:
2^14+2^8+2^7+2^6+2^1+2^0
=16384+256+128+64+2+1
=16835
From hex to decimal:
4ร16^3+1ร16^2+12ร16^1+3ร16^0
=4ร4096+1ร256+12ร16+3ร1
=16384+256+192+3
=16835
Richard Hendricks
Sine ๐ณ๏ธโ๐@nixCraft I could watch this all day...
Adam โฟ
Ian Tindale
artisanroxThis is beautiful. I'm going to stare at this for 5 hrs now. ๐ฅฐ
๐บ๐ฆ haxadecimal ๐ซ๐@nixCraft Disappointing. I wanted to see it wrap from 63 to 0. Or from 31 to -32.
Kelvin n0mql EN35ld@nixCraft I used to keep track of the volleyball score using binary with the fingers of each hand.
Krupo@nixCraft it's like watching a wooden lava lamp
Rioboyva2554@nixCraft that's really cool
Just JenE@nixCraft that is so much easier to understand. Thank you
Core FINIt seems there are horrifying moments where binaries almost fail to work.
That might explain my coding skills...
Demi ๐บ TEAM WEREWOLVES ๐บ@nixCraft This is genius, I love it
Carl Poppa ๐ธ@nixCraft this is beautiful ๐ฅน
Stellarator ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ@nixCraft That is brilliant
ะขัะฐ ๐ท๐บ ะขัะฑะตะฑะต@nixCraft
what about backward? ๐ซ
what about backward? ๐ซ
Sten
Stefan Scholl@nixCraft And if you need a 4ยผ minute countdown/timer in binary: https://youtu.be/JJNItNkux6s
Silent Binary Timer/Countdown from 11111111 to 00000000 (255 to 0) = 4ยผ Minutes - 4K UHDTV 2160p
Kierunkowy74@nixCraft Oh, it's cut before it reaches 101010 ๐
OJ/AndroGood news for non binary people
PaulBivand@nixCraft Instructions as used by my father for teaching students to become teachers. Before 1975, hence imperial measures, foolscap copy by dyeline printing.
Manuel J. Escobar ๐บ๐ฆ๐ป@nixCraft waited thirty years for this videoโฆ ๐
pariahkite@nixCraft so satisfying.
James H McLaren@nixCraft That is very cool.
Lehrerseele@nixCraft
I try to get that effect by giving a student two cards, 1 and 0, then let them count. All cards used? Get a new student, let them have two cards and keep counting.
But I like the video and will use it as well.
I try to get that effect by giving a student two cards, 1 and 0, then let them count. All cards used? Get a new student, let them have two cards and keep counting.
But I like the video and will use it as well.
Jan's insights@janenglert zajimave, ze?
@nixCraft love that
Rokosun@nixCraft This just makes SO MUCH SENSE! I love it ๐
fuzzyface@nixCraft Awesome. I should build one. ๐