doll!Mar 21
TheZoq2

Big Endian won't tell you this but you don't actually need to chose between big- and little-endian, you can just select no endianness!

Endinaness was invented by Big Endian to sell more big-endian

Mar 21 at 10:47amWeb
Show threadRevK Mar 21
@thezoq2 Can we have the bits reversed in each byte, but the bytes in the right order (for some definition of "right")?
Show threadFlorianMar 21
@revk @thezoq2 I've seen modbus devices that do exactly this 
Show threadan actual busMar 21
@thezoq2 I, for one, only ever have my bits in random order
Show threadTheZoq2Mar 21
@renardboy This is the way. Bit order is just made up anyway
Show threadStanley Black-DeckerMar 21
@thezoq2 @renardboy Frankly the sum will do
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 21
@thezoq2 WUOT!?
Show threadRabbitMar 21
@thezoq2 I like to eval a binary value in big endian AND little endian and the final value is the smaller result subtracted from the larger result
Show threadJennyFluff  💾Mar 21
@thezoq2 personally, I prefer Random-endian
Show threadTheZoq2Mar 21

@JennyFluff My preference is german endian

[1, 0, 2,3,4,5...]

Show threadReed MidekeMar 21
@thezoq2 All the bits just in a big pile
Show threadTheZoq2Mar 21
@reedmideke Heap endian
Show threadMaeMar 21
@thezoq2 I only use numbers that are palindromes, it makes my encoding slightly bigger but its well worth it for the simplicity
Show threadRob Flickenger ⚡️Mar 22
@thezoq2 Circular bit representation has no telomeres, allowing floats to be copied any number of times. But it does require additional processing to determine the origin of replication (aka the "start bit") for any individual float.
Show threadAstridMar 22
@hackerfriendly @thezoq2 Circular bit representation raises the question if bits should be stored in clockwise endian or counterclockwise endian
Show threadAndrewMar 22
@thezoq2 just put all the bits in the same place. Much more compact than arranging them linearly.
Show threadsynMar 22
@thezoq2

getting endianned?

simply say no!

bytes can't be in an order without your consent
Show threadKarpourMar 22
@thezoq2 Sausages have 2 ends, why can't bytes? Food for thought.
Show threadMortenMar 22
@thezoq2 Ourobosendianness
Show threadAndreas GnauMar 25
@thezoq2 Wait until you learn about middle endian which gives you the best of both worlds 😅