Rule 84, etc

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merde@sh.itjust.works · 132 pts · 2y (15 replies)

all digits can be created by using only one numeral : 8

atocci@kbin.social · 27 pts · 2y (10 replies)

I found myself down a YouTube rabbit hole once of people one-upping each other by making segmented displays with fewer and fewer segments and seeing who could use the least and still have it be decipherable for all numbers

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Minimum is 4 for ten digits

atocci@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y (4 replies)

There was a smaller subset that challenged themselves with 3 segment displays for 0-6

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Got a link to anything about that? I'd love to check it out but am having trouble finding anything.

atocci@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Here's one I had in my YouTube history
I like the top comment here

at this point it's honestly easier to read a row of leds displaying the number in binary

I found another one but I feel like it's cheating since one of the segments is divided into two parts that light together.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Thanks! They're terrible, but it gets the juices flowing ...

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asbestos@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Please give links

atocci@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It all started when I watched this video that was linked in the other comment, and then YouTube recommended more of them for days after that.

A small selection
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B887D3PVYqs&t=4s&pp=ygUSc2VnbWVudGVkIGRpc3BsYXlz
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Blyfh@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

It was mentioned in another comment.

Beeko@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Only with a rectangular 8. Doesn’t work for a ‘real’ 8. This solves that issue.

yetAnotherUser@feddit.de · 14 pts · 2y

Except you have to turn the thing on its head for some numbers which I consider a worse tradeoff.

merde@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

watch the video linked in another comment. There are circle based 7 segment displays, if you realy need those curves.

i can see from how you did 'real' that 8, that i don't need to remind you that there are no real 🖐️✌️🖕 :)

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2y

This. Wake up, people!

Ddhuud@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Have you ever seen a 7 segments display?

anhkagi@jlai.lu · 3 pts · 2y

Yeah I thought about that too

revoopy@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y (4 replies)

I argue that when presented with 9 normal looking numbers, the o is not an acceptable alternative to 0

miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

So many fonts just do whatever to be different and stand out from the crowd, but all it does is making it easier to avoid them

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It just looks like a lowercase 0. Lowercase digits often look better anyway.

norawibb@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

what

AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Look up lowercase digits in your typography manual and be enlightened. And also start making nicer documents.

Gork@lemm.ee · 27 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Don't give New Years party glasses manufacturers any more ideas.

lugal@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

They won't do it because they can only sell them once

MyUnclesSecret@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y (2 replies)

You can make every digit 0-9 with a boxy 8. Look at any 7 segment display.

6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I think you might like this.

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herzberd@kbin.social · 16 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Makes me think of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTB5XhjbgZA

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y

Straight up this is exactly what came to .ind for me as well

It's a great watch for those that haven't BTW, I'd recommend it if you're curious

merde@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

It's a great watch for those that haven't BTW, I'd recommend it if you're curious

thanks for the link. it's a pleasure to watch "if you're curious"

it's a very interesting channel

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Pro tip for if you need to scratch out sensitive penned down text: don't scratch it out, it'll still be readable. Instead write other similar numbers and letters over it. Have a 9? Write a p over it, then use the circle for the bottom of an 8, then write a B over the p.. it'll be impossible to discern what the original letter or number was. Do this for all letters and you're good.

Neato@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

TIL dban exists for physical media.

MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

I find setting fire to said sensitive text is usually pretty effective.

If that's not enough, separating the ashes and sending them to different continents works pretty well too.

saigot@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I want a clock that illuminates like this, but I guess it'd need to be able to flip to really do it with just a 4 and 8.

m_r_butts@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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saigot@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

I made one of those a while back, I like it a lot, but I sort of like the idea of the numbers have a different vertical height, I may have to try @Wirlocke 's idea and do a 484 design.

Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y

It wouldn't need to flip if you just make a symmetrical upsidedown 4 on the topside of the 8.

Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I never write 4 that way, though

Blastasaurus@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Me neither. I also cross my 7's.

Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Funny, I do box top 4's but don't cross my 7's

My 9's also have a tail pointing straight down though

YeetPics@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This is literally 11 84's

hglman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

Its 11 1234567890s