Mimi - Ch. 134 - Computer Science.

[yensteel]

I've never played Minecraft : can someone explain ?

Logic gates are effectively the building blocks of a computer. Most transistors in a computer chip are logic gates, although other transistors serve other functions like voltage management or memory. We have billions of transistors in computer chips now. Imagine the insane amount of logic gates in them.

Using logic gates (Shown in the below), you can create an adder. It adds binary numbers. Any input of binary combinations creates an output.

Binary numbers work like this: the rightmost digit is 1, the one to the left is two, and so forth.

10 (in base 10) = 1010 (In binary)(8 + 2 in base 10)

The one below is a 3-bit adder. Max number is 3. You combine them to handle bigger numbers.

There's switches that you can use to create AND, OR, and NOT logic gates in Minecraft. So you can effectively build a computer within a computer game.

 

[BackAlleyWeeb]

Oh.
I thought there was gonna be another joke/jab. One that involves long socks and some bright colors...

 

[Magatsu-no-Imouto]

me, a web designer having no idea how to work a Redstone Circuit:

 

[DemonHide]

Heck, I've messed with it myself in the game way back when they first introduced it. Started playing with my niece and nephews and stopped years ago when they outgrew it. Managed to make my first logic cluster (not quite a chip) by laying it out on flat ground and then condensing it in three dimensions to slot it into a stealth build. The trick was getting it so that no matter the placement order, the secret hatch would open only when all redstone torches were placed down in their slots. My brain was fried after even that simple task, however, so I went back to living in a dirt hole surrounded by TNT. Good times...

 

[nathan67003]

First of all, AI (as in LLMs) is NOT the future, that shit is being held in place by prayers, hundreds of billions in debt guarantees and literally all the venture capital in the world. Second, redstone wasn't a thing when I was a kid.

 

[VLM]

I feel called out

 

[ahobaka]

First of all, AI (as in LLMs) is NOT the future, that shit is being held in place by prayers, hundreds of billions in debt guarantees and literally all the venture capital in the world. Second, redstone wasn't a thing when I was a kid.

LLM's do come in useful in eliminating or simplifying simpler tasks. AI was responsible for 55,000 job cuts in the United States alone, so you can't outright say it's NOT the future. It is part of a very dystopian future, one that will drive up price increases and create a lot of havoc for society and increase the gap between the rich and poor.

It still sucks for vibe coding and I wouldn't trust it to write a proper website or ecommerce platform but for a lot of simple things it's entirely changed the game in some industries. Ai pornography for example is something that is slowly growing in popularity and some even pay for it.

 

[JJTheWeeb]

“Good job prospects…”

Hol’up there buddy.

I mean, ai specifically has a lot of options. dunnonif it's sustainable, but it's a job market that's there. anything else tho... (as someone who recently got laid off)