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Nice story! One small point about the binary-counter process is that you cannot stuff an arbitrary number of nibbles back into the box - the smallest counter-e
by mannykannot 4y ago
Nice story!
One small point about the binary-counter process is that you cannot stuff an arbitrary number of nibbles back into the box - the smallest counter-example being three. On the other hand, you can always increase the number of them by one through selecting one and feeding it (and for the same reason, you cannot assume there are an even or power-of-two number of them to start with.)
- whatrocks 4y agoThis is definitely helpful. I am thinking about making this story into an iPhone game. Not sure there’s enough game mechanics to keep it fun yet, but maybe there’s something with the feed vs stuff with a timer?
- behringer 4y agoYes I felt the reason for the numbering system may not even need an explanation, due to it being all weirdly alien!