▲ 584 ▼ Firmware (seemel.ink) submitted 3 years ago by likeaduck@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DaudAfandi@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Is this true? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago (3 children) I want to believe... Also halfway between a bit and a byte is a nibble. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do love scientice's collective sense of humour. I'd give good odds it was initially suggested down the pub (or similar). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Science pubs are some of the best pubs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago The fact that Java compiles into Jars always makes me smile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] player_entity_t@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago QBasic came with NIBBLES.BAS, a snake game using text-mode characters as "pixels". Specifically it faked a 80x50 "pixel" grid using the standard 80x25 text screen where each 8-bit (=1 byte) text character made up two monochrome pixels using ▄ or ▀ or █ or an empty space. I assume the name derived from the fact that, in a way, one pixel was "using half a byte", i. e. a nibble. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago (3 children) I want to believe... Also halfway between a bit and a byte is a nibble. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do love scientice's collective sense of humour. I'd give good odds it was initially suggested down the pub (or similar). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Science pubs are some of the best pubs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago The fact that Java compiles into Jars always makes me smile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] player_entity_t@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago QBasic came with NIBBLES.BAS, a snake game using text-mode characters as "pixels". Specifically it faked a 80x50 "pixel" grid using the standard 80x25 text screen where each 8-bit (=1 byte) text character made up two monochrome pixels using ▄ or ▀ or █ or an empty space. I assume the name derived from the fact that, in a way, one pixel was "using half a byte", i. e. a nibble. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do love scientice's collective sense of humour. I'd give good odds it was initially suggested down the pub (or similar). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Science pubs are some of the best pubs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago Science pubs are some of the best pubs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 years ago The fact that Java compiles into Jars always makes me smile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] player_entity_t@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago QBasic came with NIBBLES.BAS, a snake game using text-mode characters as "pixels". Specifically it faked a 80x50 "pixel" grid using the standard 80x25 text screen where each 8-bit (=1 byte) text character made up two monochrome pixels using ▄ or ▀ or █ or an empty space. I assume the name derived from the fact that, in a way, one pixel was "using half a byte", i. e. a nibble. permalink fedilink source parent
