Wake up! 16b

375 points25 comments19 hours ago
tedggh

This sent me on a one hour long rabbit hole that ended with two guys building a Sierpinski triangle with recursive PowerPoint presentations

https://youtu.be/b-Fa6HtvGtQ?si=LpQszgA9_K-m3V3-

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gnabgib

Discussion (209 points, 6 days ago, 34 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173962

3form

Some other time, I really thought that a 32 byte demo I saw is the limit of how small the binary can get and still look good.

That other demo didn't even have sound.

This is hell of a good work. A masterpiece to retire after. (or more realistically, chase it on other architectures)

namanyayg

One of the linked demos, "rainbow surf", got me hypnotized. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLhH_ANwIc

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kennywinker

Definitely thought this was a 16b parameter llm, not a 16 byte demo.

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hei-lima

I'm really impressed. Those are the things that made me love programming and computing. It's all so beautiful, it's TRULY art. It's a shame that in the industry we don't usually have the opportunities to make something like that, with AIs and all that...

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torben-friis

I swear watching this kind of projects occasionally is the only thing keeping me from dropping tech and going to work as a mailman or something.

__del__

i can barely accept this is possible

smokel

There are only 2^128 of such demos. How much of those are valid DOS programs? If we narrow it down to ones that generate both video and sound, I guess there are much less, which should motivate more people to try and find one :)

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mg

Makes me wonder how many bytes the shortest possible Mandelbrot implementation would need.

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sph

I did NOT expect this 16 bytes demo to also have sound! What an outstanding piece of art.

Dwedit

Did not work on PCEM for some reason.

electroglyph

i'll upvote this each time it's submitted

selfsimilar

16 bytes equals immediate “black magic” and “it’s a witch”. I get it in the abstract - generative art and CAs and fractals have infinite depth. But this is madness. I love it so much

nzhumasseiit

that's crazy. level to which i'm striving haha

immanuwell

love the sign "This text is handwritten" at the bottom, that's awesome

sneak

This is absolutely obscene. I am floored. Sweet hack.

coffeeking001

But big model is really better